For purposes of the Presidential Orders and the Faculty Code and Governance:
1. | Campus Definition The word "campus" refers only to those listed in the Executive Order No. IX, Section 1. |
2. | College and School Definition The words "college" and "school" refer only to those listed in the Executive Order No. IX, Sections 2–4. |
3. | Department Definition The word "department" refers to any separately organized unit within a college or school which has been established by the Board of Regents or by the President, to any department-level interdisciplinary unit which has been established by the dean of a college or school, and to any department-level interdisciplinary unit involving two or more schools or colleges which has been established by the Provost. |
4. | Academic Program Definition An academic program is an area of specialization which has one or more of the following characteristics: has program as part of its title; grants a degree or a credential; has a sequence of courses with a common prefix; has been identified as a program by a distinct faculty action. Ordinarily, an academic program shall be smaller than an administrative unit such as a department and larger than the activities of a single faculty member. |
May 31, 1956; October 1, 1982; January 30, 2004; RC, September 23, 2014.
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