Charter

Subcommittee on Undergraduate Program Reviews (UPR)

The Subcommittee on Undergraduate Program Reviews (UPR) appoints members to program review teams, reviews their findings and recommendations, and advises the APCC on the frequency and scope of undergraduate program reviews.

  1. Membership. The committee is composed of the following members:
    1. Nine elected Faculty members;
    2. Nine members of the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee appointed annually by the Chair of the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee, subject to approval by the committee.

      Subcommittee membership should reflect the range of disciplinary competencies in the University and represent the several colleges insofar as the size of the subcommittee allows.
  2. Chair.
    The UPR elects its own chair from among its membership. The chair must be a Faculty member of the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee (Section 6.27 (1)).
  3. Functions.
    1. To supply two members for each program review team. The chair of the subcommittee appoints the review team members to include two members from the subcommittee and one member from either (a) faculty or (b) academic staff with training, experience and responsibility comparable to those in the faculty ranks.
    2. To meet with the review teams and to receive reports, conclusions and recommendations of the review team for presentation to the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee together with a rationale for each conclusion and recommendation, as necessary.
    3. The subcommittee makes appropriate recommendations on the frequency and nature of reviews of the various programs to the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee.
    4. The subcommittee makes an annual report to the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee. Special reports may be made at the direction of the Academic Program and Curriculum Committee or on the initiative of the subcommittee.
  4. Procedures.
    The Subcommittee on Undergraduate Program Reviews will adhere to the Audit and Review Procedures adopted by Academic Program and Curriculum Committee.