Membership
Name | Appointment Type | Start of Term | End of Term |
---|---|---|---|
David DeVidi [Chair] | Member, Associate Vice-President, Academic | June 30 , 2024 | June 30, 2025 |
Katherine Acheson | Member, Ex-Officio, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies (Arts) | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2025 |
Jason Grove | Member, Ex-Officio, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies (Engineering) | May 1, 2023 | April 30, 2025 |
Johanna Wandel | Member, Ex-Officio, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies (Environment) | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 |
Leeann Ferries | Member, Ex-Officio, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies (Health) | May 1, 2024 | April 30, 2027 |
Benoit Charbonneau | Member, Ex-Officio, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies (Mathematics) | July 1 2024 | June 30 2026 |
Laura Deakin | Member, Ex-Officio, Associate Dean Undergraduate Studies (Science) | May 1, 2023 | June 30, 2025 |
Veronica Austen | Member, Faculty Representative (AFIW) | July 1, 2024 | June 30, 2026 |
Danielle Jeanneault | Editor, Undergraduate Calendar (non-voting resource) | ||
Maysah Eid | Quality Enhancement Coordinator (non-voting resource) | ||
Ashley Day | Secretary (non-voting) |
Related Information
- Kuali Agenda Guidelines (PDF)
- Submission Due Dates
- Tips for printing proposals to PDF
- Academic Calendar and Curriculum Management Resources
Resource Documents
Senate
Senate Committees
On October 7, 2024 Senate approved the establishment of a curriculum subcommittee for Senate Undergraduate Council. The description of remit and processes are below.
- Members of the subcommittee to review submissions in advance of SUC meetings, with scrutiny akin to that rendered by the ADUs:
- Discover clarifications/corrections
- Reach out to non-committee members as necessary in this process. This work can take place asynchronously and largely without the need for in-person meetings.
- Evolve practices to utilize workflows embedded within the new curriculum and calendar management system.
- Once curricular submissions are revised and refined to address any issues with the submission, a vote will be taken (“Yes/no” on recommending the change to SUC). The aim will be to allow easy and efficient discourse and voting for committee members and will further aim to provide an automatic record of the result. Since a unanimous “yes” vote is currently the typical outcome at SUC, we anticipate that this will remain the normal result in the subcommittee, since required corrections will be made along the way
- The subcommittee may choose to operate through synchronous meetings, or through asynchronous processes where all members have the opportunity to engage in the business of the subcommittee.
- Impact on SUC meetings:
- The subcommittee would submit a report to recommend to SUC the unanimously approved courses and minor modifications, and this would be brought forward in the consent agenda. It is anticipated that nearly all such curricular business would be handled in three (3) meetings over the course of the year
- Where the subcommittee does not obtain unanimous approval, those curricular items would be brought forward to SUC for approval, with an item on the regular agenda for an SUC vote. It is anticipated that this would occur infrequently
- The subcommittee would make recommendations to SUC to approve new program proposals, major modifications to programs, and regulation changes to SUC, with this business carried out in the regular agenda
The scrutiny and approval of curricular submissions is allocated rationally to streamline processes, and there continues to be provision for any SUC member to request that any item of business be discussed in greater detail at any time e.g., moving the item from consent agenda to regular agenda.
The membership of this committee shall consist of the following:
- Associate Vice-President, Academic (AVPA) [Chair]
- The six Faculty Associate Deans for Undergraduate Studies (ADUs)
- One SUC member from an Affiliated and Federated Institutions of Waterloo (AFIW), one year term [this member will rotate between the AFIW represented at SUC, and the member will consult with representatives from other AFIW, as appropriate]
- One undergraduate student member, appointed by the WUSA President, one year term [student member may be drawn from any student senator or any student member of a Senate committee]
- Editor, Undergraduate Calendar (UGC) [non-voting resource to the committee]
- Quality Enhancement Coordinator [non-voting resource to the committee]
- SUC Secretary [non-voting resource to the committee]
Approved by Senate on October 7, 2024