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Faculty Legislation 2021-2022 1 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Legislation 2021-2022 1 FACULTY LEGISLATION 2021-2022 Updated: July 1, 2021 2 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Legislation 2021-2022 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION ONE: ORGANIZATION OF THE COLLEGE..................................................................................... 7 I. General Powers .............................................................................................................................. 7 II. The Trustees ................................................................................................................................... 7 A. Number, Composition, and Terms of Office ................................................................................ 7 B. Meetings ...................................................................................................................................... 8 C. Officers and Committees ............................................................................................................. 8 III. The Administrative Officers .......................................................................................................... 9 A. The President of the College ....................................................................................................... 9 1. Election and General Powers ............................................................................................. 9 2. Role in Appointments and Promotions ............................................................................. 10 B. The Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty .................................................. 10 IV. The Faculty .................................................................................................................................... 10 A. Definition and Voting Members ................................................................................................. 11 B. Grant of Power .......................................................................................................................... 11 C. Officers ...................................................................................................................................... 11 D. Meetings of the Faculty and Voting Procedure .......................................................................... 11 E. Committees and Representatives ............................................................................................. 12 1. Nature, Membership, Elections and Appointments, Reports ............................................ 12 2. Standing Committees: Elected ......................................................................................... 13 a. The Academic Priorities Committee ..................................................................... 13 b. The Advisory Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid................................. 14 c. The Advisory Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions 15 d. The Faculty Equity in Hiring Committee ............................................................... 15 e. The Committee on Appeals ................................................................................... 16 f. Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Advisory Committee .................................... 17 g. The Faculty Conference Committee [See also subsection 4 below.] .................. 18 h. The Faculty Grants Committee ............................................................................. 18 i. The LITS Advisory Committee ............................................................................... 19 j. The Faculty Committee on Planning and Budgeting ........................................... 19 3. Standing Committees: Appointed ..................................................................................... 20 a. The Academic Administrative Board .................................................................... 20 b. The Committee on Fellowships ............................................................................. 21 c. The Frances Perkins Steering Committee ............................................................ 21 d. The Committee on Graduate Work ....................................................................... 21 e. The Committee on the Health Professions ........................................................... 22 f. Academic Honor Board (AHB) ............................................................................... 22 g. Faculty Planning Committee ................................................................................. 22 4. The Conference Committees ............................................................................................ 23 a. Trustee Conference Committee and Joint Conference Committee ................... 23 b. Faculty Conference Committee ............................................................................ 23 c. Student Conference Committee ........................................................................... 23 5. Faculty Representatives ................................................................................................... 23 a. To the Alumnae Association .................................................................................. 23 b. To the Seven College Conference ......................................................................... 23 c. Five College Committees ....................................................................................... 23 d. Other ....................................................................................................................... 24 V. The Student Government Association ....................................................................................... 24 A. Grant of Power .......................................................................................................................... 24 B. Faculty-Student Committees ..................................................................................................... 24 VI. The Honor Code Council .............................................................................................................. 24 VII. The Academic Departments ....................................................................................................... 25 A. Definition ................................................................................................................................... 25 B. Department Chairs .................................................................................................................... 25 VIII. Academic Advisors ....................................................................................................................... 25 A. For First-Year Students and Sophomores ................................................................................. 26 B. For Majors ................................................................................................................................. 26 C. For Graduate Students .............................................................................................................. 26 SECTION TWO: THE CURRICULUM AND ACADEMIC REGULATIONS ...................................................... 27 Mount Holyoke College Faculty Legislation 2021-2022 3 I. Admission Requirements ............................................................................................................ 27 II. College and Distribution Requirements .................................................................................... 27 A. College Requirements ............................................................................................................... 27 1. First-Year Seminar ........................................................................................................... 27 2. A Language Other Than English, Ancient or Modern ....................................................... 27 3. Multicultural Perspectives ................................................................................................. 27 4. Physical Education ........................................................................................................... 27 B. Distribution Requirement ........................................................................................................... 28 C. Advanced Placement................................................................................................................. 28 III. Classification of Courses ............................................................................................................. 28 A. Course Types ............................................................................................................................ 28 B. Credit Limits .............................................................................................................................. 29 C. Course Levels ........................................................................................................................... 29 1. Undergraduate Courses ................................................................................................... 29 2. Graduate Courses ............................................................................................................ 29 D. Minimum Enrollment .................................................................................................................. 29 IV. The Major .....................................................................................................................................
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