2.5 DIVISIONS
Academic divisions
exist to integrate the work of the departments within the broader educational
objectives of the college as a whole.
2.5.1 Organization
2.5.1.1 The Academic Divisions
The academic departments are organized into four academic divisions:
- Division of
Contextual Disciplines: The departments of Education, History, Philosophy,
and Religion
- Division of
Languages, Literature, and the Arts: The departments of Art; Classical
Languages; Communication Arts and Sciences; English; French; Germanic
and Asian Languages and Literature; Music, and Spanish
- Division of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences: The departments of Biology; Chemistry
and Biochemistry; Computer Science; Engineering; Geology, Geography,
and Environmental Studies; Mathematics and Statistics; Nursing; and
Physics and Astronomy
- Division of
Social Sciences: The departments of Economics and Business; Health,
Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport; Political Science;
Psychology; and Sociology, and Social Work.
2.5.1.2 Membership
A person appointed
to the faculty with the rank of instructor or higher is a member of the
academic division of which his or her department is a part.
2.5.1.3 Chairperson
The chairperson of
an academic division is either the academic dean of that division or is
a faculty member appointed by the provost.
2.5.1.4 Executive
Committee
The executive committee
of a division shall be composed of the chairperson of the division plus
the chairpersons of the departments within the division. The Science Division
Executive Committee also includes a secretary elected from division members.
2.5.2 Functions
of the Division
The functions of
the division shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
- reviewing new
course and program proposals emanating from the departments within the
division prior to recommending them to the appropriate academic affairs
committee;
- coordinating departmental
endeavors within the division;
- providing advice
to division departments concerning matters of common interest and to
the academic dean concerning interdisciplinary programs falling, in
part or in whole, within the division; and
- providing advice
to the academic dean on building needs and allocation of space.
Each division, with
its chair, determines how it performs these functions, e.g. through meetings
of the whole division, executive committee, or virtual meetings.
2.5.3 Functions
of the Chairperson
Each division chairperson
is responsible for providing the administrative services necessary for
proper functioning of the division. The academic dean is responsible for
the educational articulation of the college's ideals in the division under
his or her jurisdiction. Annually he or she shall submit to the provost
an evaluation of the State of the Division, including projections for
future needs and changes.
