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  • Matters of Departmental Governance and Related Procedures
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    • Matters of Departmental Governance and Related Procedures Overview
    • Definition of the Faculty
    • Administrative and Service Positions
    • Department Committees
    • Handbook Modification, Amendment and Revision
  • Teaching assignments and workload including workload equivalencies and related procedures
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    • Teaching assignments and workload including workload equivalencies and related procedures Overview
    • Faculty Workload and Workload Equivalents
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    • Summer Teaching Assignments
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    • Annual Workload Summary Report
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The Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC)

The UPC assists the Undergraduate Coordinator in supervising and coordinating the Department’s curricular programs.  The UPC makes recommendations on any and all matters that affect the UG academic programs of the Department including but not limited to Faculty proposals for new courses, changes in course content, major requirements, and other curricular matters.  The makeup and the responsibilities of the committee are specified in the Department Operations Manual.

  1. Matters of Departmental Governance and Related Procedures
    1. Definition of the Faculty
    2. Administrative and Service Positions
    3. Department Committees
      1. The Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC)
      2. The Undergraduate Program Committee (UPC)
      3. The Graduate Program and Admissions Committee (GPAC)
      4. Student Academic Complaint Committee (SACC)
      5. Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Committee (RTP)
      6. Candidacy Examination Committee (CEC)
      7. Other Departmental Committees
    4. Handbook Modification, Amendment and Revision
  2. Teaching assignments and workload including workload equivalencies and related procedures
  3. Reappointment, tenure and promotion criteria and the criteria and processes relating to other faculty personnel actions
  4. Criteria, performance expectations, and Department/School procedures relating to Faculty Excellence Awards
  5. Other Department Guidelines
  6. Appendix I
Physics Faculty Handbook
University Faculty Handbook

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