Faculty of Science Education Committee

Due to Senate approved amendments to the Governance of Faculties and University Schools (GOFUS) Rule 2016, one or more (up to three) standing committees are responsible for making recommendations about curriculum proposals to faculty and University school boards. A faculty or University school board may nominate a single committee such as its Education or Programs committee for this purpose, or it may allocate the work multiple committees, such as an Undergraduate Committee, a Postgraduate Committee and a Research Education or Higher Degree by Research Committee.

Under this amendment, faculty and University school boards retain the authority to endorse or amend proposals before recommendation to the Academic Board, the Board of Interdisciplinary Studies and their committees. They may choose to do so in a physical meeting or, for matters requiring no further scrutiny or discussion, by circulation. This will facilitate proper scrutiny of creation, variation and deletion of units of study, curriculum components and degrees by the appropriate committee, and proper high-level oversight by the faculty or University school board while easing approval timelines. Provision has also been made for attendance at relevant standing committees by representatives of faculty or University schools offering units into a degree administered by another faculty.

Within the Faculty of Science it resulted in the closure of Postgraduate Studies and Undergraduate Studies committees and the Education Committee taking over the direct referral role to Faculty Board and therefore Academic Board.