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Bylaws:
A Curriculum Committee, which shall care for the wise adjustment
of the several curricula. All changes in these curricula shall be
referred to this Committee for study and recommendation before being
referred to the Faculty for final action. The Committee shall include
one member from each department of the School, one representative from
the Tufts Gordon Institute, one each from the Departments of Mathematics,
Physics, and Chemistry, and one from the humanities or the social studies.
Description and Workload
The School of Engineering Curriculum Committee (SOECC) is charged with
maintaining the health and wellbeing of the curricula offered by the School
of Engineering (SOE). In practice, this entails insuring that the
Bulletin of
Tufts University (the
Bulletin) contains accurate, definitive, unambiguous, and
concise information on all engineering courses and programs. SOE programs and courses
arise from the initiative of the faculty of the school, while the SOECC chair
speaks for the School of Engineering in communicating approved changes to the
registrar for recording in the
Bulletin. Thus the SOECC acts as a gatekeeper
between the faculty of engineering and the registrar.
Proxy Policy:
It is extremely important that every Engineering department be represented
at each committee meeting, whether by the appointed departmental representative
or a proxy. In the event that an appointed representative cannot attend a
committee meeting, the representative is encouraged to recruit another department
member to attend as a temporary department representative. In that case, please
inform the committee chair of the proxy choice. Proxy representatives have
voting responsibilities.
Open Attendance Policy:
Unless otherwise noted, committee meetings are open to all voting faculty in
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering, although only committee members can vote.
Faculty responsible for specific changes requests are especially encouraged
to attend the meeting at which their request is considered.
Submissions to the Curriculum Committee
The SOECC acts on requests to do the following.
- Create or modify an undergraduate or graduate course
(number, title, description) to be listed in the
Bulletin.
- Create or modify an undergraduate program (title, description),
or SOE undergraduate programs as a whole, that will appear in the
Bulletin.
The Engineering Graduate Committee
fields requests to modify graduate engineering programs.
Forms and Documentation
The following is a downloadable form for submitting requests to the
Curriculum Committee and, for convenience, the form for cross-listing a course,
which should be routed to the assistant registrar. Refer to the guidelines above
regarding procedures, approvals, and other protocols for submitting a request.
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