Committee on Curriculum (COC)

Purpose

This committee, composed of faculty members only, in order to exercise its responsibility for the conduct of the College’s instructional program, shall be concerned with

a. the policies regarding instructional development, support and administration including the library

and instructional technology;

b. the structure, content, and interrelationship of courses, curricula and degree requirements;

c. the compliance with the General Education policies as set for by the Board of Trustees;

d. the review and approval of petitions for course replacements by students.

Composition

The committee is composed of nine (9) voting faculty members representing the academic departments (Chemistry, Environmental and Forest Biology, Environmental Resource Engineering, Environmental Studies, Forest and Natural Resources Management, Landscape Architecture, Paper and Bioprocess Engineering and Sustainable Construction Management & Engineering) and the Library. The Faculty Chair (College President) and the Executive Chair of Faculty Governance or their designees are also voting members. Non-voting members are the Associate Provost for Instruction and Dean of the Graduate School, Registrar, an undergraduate student representative and a graduate student representative. Current composition is posted here. The committee chair may invite visitors and recognize them in discussion.  Committee meetings are open to all members of the Faculty.

Committee decisions shall be made by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the voting membership.

Members 2012-2013

Name	Representing	Phone	Email
John Hassett	Chemistry, CoC Chair	6827	jphasset@syr.edu
Siddharth Chatterjee	Paper & Bioprocess Engineering	6501	schatterjee@esf.edu
Douglas Daley	Environmental Resources Engineering	4760	djdaley@esf.edu
Kelley Donaghy	Faculty Chair	6826	kdonaghy@esf.edu
Jo Anne Ellis	Library	6717	jcellis@esf.edu
Neil Murphy	Faculty President	6681	cbmurphy@esf.edu
William Smith	Sustainable Const. Mgt. & Wood Science	6832	wbsmith@esf.edu
John Wagner	Forest & Natural Resoruces Management	6971	jewagner@esf.edu
Christopher Whipps	Environmental Forest Biology	4762	cwhipps@esf.edu
Benette Whitmore	Environmental Studies	6722	bwhitmor@esf.edu
Jamie Vanucchi	Landscape Architecture	6544	jvanucch@esf.edu

Nonvoting Members and Observers
Scott Shannon*	Associate Provost for Instruction	6599	sshannon@esf.edu
Stephen Balogh	GSA Representative		sbbalogh@syr.edu
Ariana Muca	USA Representative		amuca@syr.edu
Mary Chandler	Registrar	6654	mchand01@esf.edu
Susan Sanford	Director of Admissions	6604	shsanfor@esf.edu
Chuck Spuches	Associate Provost for Outreach	6817	cspuches@esf.edu
Suzette Vandeburg**	Assistant Dean, Instruction and Graduate Studies	6595	svandeburg@esf.edu

*represents and votes for President in his absence

**Keeper of the minutes, keeper of the web site and primary contact point for CoC