Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Faculty of Education. Undergraduate Programs Committee
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The establishment of the Undergraduate Studies Committee was approved by the Faculty of Education at its Faculty Meeting of November 1968. Although the records of the committee do not begin until 1972, reference to its activities can be found in the Faculty Meeting minutes before this date. With the re-organization of the faculty in 1972 it became known as the Undergraduate Programs Committee and under this name continues as an active committee as of this writing (July 2008). Its mandate is to consider and make recommendations to the faculty on all matters relating to the undergraduate courses and programs of the faculty; to recommend candidates for the Bachelor of Education degree; and to fulfill the responsibilities of departmental and faculty undergraduate studies committees.
The committee's composition has varied over time. Originally membership comprised the Dean plus one faculty member and one student from each of the faculty's various departments. With the restructuring of the faculty in 1972, composition was changed to consist of the Director of Undergraduate Programs, Dean (non-voting), four members elected by and from the faculty, and two student representatives (originally named by the Director on nomination by the Education Student Union, later elected directly by it).