3.01 – Faculty Divisions
Divisions of Faculty members in related subjects of teaching and research, independent of colleges, schools and departments, are: (1) Arts and Humanities; (2) Natural Sciences; (3) Professions; (4) Social Sciences; (5) General Studies. Each academic department and non-departmentalized school, college, or Division or any other unit in which tenure is granted shall be a member of at least one (1) Division. Each Division has an Executive Committee whose Chair also serves as Chair of the Divisional Faculty.
3.02 – Divisional Membership and Meetings
- The Executive Committee of each Division recommends, for approval by the University Faculty or the Faculty Senate, which academic departments or non-departmentalized schools or colleges, hereinafter called “department,” shall be included in its Division. Applications for membership of departments in more than one (1) Division are recommended by the appropriate Divisional Executive Committees for approval by the University Faculty or the Faculty Senate. A dispute as to Divisional membership shall be settled by the University Faculty or the Faculty Senate on the recommendation of the University Committee.
- The University Committee shall, in conjunction with its annual review of membership on the Faculty Senate, file a list of departmental membership in the Faculty Divisions.
- The Division’s Chair may call meetings of the Division’s Faculty, and must do so on the written request of ten (10) members.
3.03 – Eligibility to Vote in Divisions
Faculty members having the rank of Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, instructor and such other persons having Faculty status are eligible to vote in the Division in which their department has membership. If a department is in more than one (1) Division, a member of its Faculty shall vote in only the one with which the subject matter of the Faculty member’s courses and research are most appropriately associated. This will usually be the Division concerned with advice for tenure status. If a Faculty member holds an appointment in a department which is in more than one (1) Division, then the Faculty member must choose a Divisional membership during the first semester of employment. The Faculty member may not change membership in a Division after being considered for promotion to a tenure position until the Faculty member has gained tenure. Changes of membership in Divisions require the approval of the Executive Committee of both Divisions.