The Academic Affairs Office coordinates academic planning, scheduling, student academic support, and the development and maintenance of academic policies. This includes:
Academic Programs
- Assessment of academic programs
- Collaboration with program coordinators
- Academic support programs (advising, tutoring)
- Co-curricular opportunities (e.g., Honors Program, Undergraduate Research, Sustainability in the Curriculum)
- Finances for programmatic offerings
- Academic budgets
- Course scheduling and room assignments
- Support to established shared academic programs
- Coordination of course offerings
- Collaboration with Continuing Education
Academic Support for Students
- Academic progress of students
- Honors Program and related activities
- Undergraduate research
- Academic awards & Dean’s list
- Academic advising and learning support
- Academic integrity, and grade mediation and adjudication cases
- Career planning
- Commencement
Faculty Affairs
- Faculty searches (tenure track, non-tenure track, and fixed term)
- Promotion and tenure
- Yearly faculty reviews
- Workloads for full-time and part-time instructors
- Determining faculty for university awards
- Finances for professional development
- Faculty travel (including international)