Common use of Academic Programs Clause in Contracts

Academic Programs. a. The Department Chair along with the department teaching faculty reviews and evaluates courses taught in the area, overseeing curriculum to ensure it is current with pedagogical and scholarly advances in the discipline. b. The Department Chair initiates, plans, oversees implementation of, and reviews the preparation and offering of the academic program/curriculum, the evaluation of transfer credit, the review of course substitutions, and the use of resources in the department, with appropriate involvement of members of the department and approval of the ▇▇▇▇. c. The Department Chair, in conjunction with appropriate teaching faculty, works to ensure courses are taught in keeping with the official catalog descriptions, in a professional manner, and at an appropriate level of rigor to ensure academic quality. d. The Department Chair develops and validates departmental publications including the class schedule, course catalog, program information pamphlets; and coordinates the updating of departmental web pages. e. The Department Chair with faculty, divisional staff and the bookstore, establishes and maintains a default book order list on a semester basis. f. The Department Chair meets with the ▇▇▇▇ regularly and as needed to exchange pertinent information, plan, and address concerns related to the department. g. The Department Chair meets with other Department Chairs regularly and as needed to exchange pertinent information, plan, and address concerns related to the department, the Divisions, and/or the College. h. The Department Chair acts as a liaison with the College community and appropriate organizations within and/or outside the College. i. The Department Chair coordinates faculty participation in the development and review of learning outcomes and assessment at the course and program level. j. The Department Chair coordinates faculty participation in accreditation, certification and with other external organizations. k. The Department Chair conducts at least two regular department meetings per semester. On the recommendation of or in consultation with the ▇▇▇▇, other meetings may be called to facilitate department business. l. The Department Chair facilitates the discussion and creation of departmental policies such as travel, overloads, or textbooks by the members of the department. Departmental policies are accepted or rejected by a simple majority of all full time teaching faculty members of the department. “Departmental Policy” as used in this subsection is not a college policy, must be written, and shall not be applied or enforced against any faculty member not a member of the department or program adopting the policy. Department policy cannot conflict with TMCC and NSHE policy. Department policy shall be reviewed by the ▇▇▇▇ or appropriate administrator If there are objections to the policy, the ▇▇▇▇ shall return the policy to the Department members for revision. Policies are enacted once approved by the ▇▇▇▇.