Position Title: Member, SAS Curriculum Committee
Committee Website: https://sasoue.rutgers.edu/curriculum-courses/sascurriculumcomm
Committee Charge:
The Curriculum Committee shall have broad responsibility to advise the Executive Dean on substantive matters concerning the educational programs of SAS. The committee shall review and make appropriate recommendations to the faculty of SAS on undergraduate disciplinary and multidisciplinary course and curriculum proposals. At its discretion, the committee may form appropriate subcommittees to consider these proposals (e.g., from a single major discipline area or from the relevant disciplines for a multidisciplinary proposal).
The Curriculum Committee shall be composed of fifteen members, and shall represent a range of academic areas and department or program sizes. Six members shall be appointed yearly by the Executive Dean from the Undergraduate Directors or other designees of departments or programs. Three members, drawn from SAS departments that do not have Undergraduate Directors, shall be elected to two-year terms of service. Six at-large members from departments not represented on the committee shall be elected by the SAS faculty. No department may be represented by more than one person.
Committee Commitment and Meetings:
- Two-year term
- The committee holds 6 2-hour meetings each semester
- Additional work, approximately 2 hours of preparation prior to each meeting
Recognition and Benefits:
- Opportunity to assist with the SAS Curriculum
- Opportunity to interact with others at Rutgers outside of your department
- Service to Rutgers is one consideration for promotion and merit evaluations
Chair:
- Gary Heiman - DLS - Genetics
Appointed Faculty:
- Lauren Adamo - MPS - Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Christine Cahill - SBS - Political Science
- Nishali Mehta - MPS - Mathematics
- Mimi Phan - SBS - Cognitive Science
- Andrea Spaeth - DLS - Kinesiology and Health
Elected Faculty:
- Elisabeth Maura Camp - Humanities - Philosophy
- Andrew Goldstone - Humanities - English
- Charles G. Haberl - Humanities - AMESALL
- David M. Hughes - SBS - Anthropology
- Joanna L. Kempner - SBS - Sociology
- Jamie L. Pietruska - Humanities - History