SPH CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Purpose

The Arnold School of Public Health’s Curriculum Committee is vital to the school to provide quality control to curriculum items.  The purpose of the SPH Curriculum Committee is to oversee newly proposed curricula or changes to existing curricula.  The committee also offers suggestions to the proposer that will maintain a consistency in formatting and purpose.  In addition, the committee acts to prevent potential duplication or conflicts with existing curricula before these curricula are forwarded to the school’s faculty for review, discussion and approval.

The current goals of the SPH Curriculum Committee are to:

1. review proposed new courses or curricula;
2. review additions/deletions/changes to existing courses or curricula;
3. offer suggestions regarding new courses or modifications to existing courses, which maintains consistency of format and purpose before these changes are forwarded to the general school’s faculty for approval.

Committee Members

The committee is composed of six members, one representative from each department in the Arnold School of Public Health and a student member.  Faculty members are appointed by the Office of Academic Affairs upon recommendation by department chairs and typically serve a period of up to three academic years.

Committee Chair and Chair Responsibilities

The chair of the committee is appointed by the Office of Academic Affairs and typically serves in that capacity for 1-2 years.  The chair’s responsibilities include:

1. establishing regular monthly meetings dates/times and notifying the Office of Academic Affairs and all SPH faculty of those dates/times;
2. assuring that complete minutes are taken at each meeting and are included in the committee folder for the current academic year;
3. notifying the Office of Academic Affairs of pertinent outcomes of all committee meetings;
4. consulting with appropriate faculty and departments concerning issues surrounding curriculum requests; and
5. submitting a list of actions taken during the current academic year at the end of each spring semester.