Curriculum Committee

The Curriculum Committee ensures the quality and cohesion of department undergraduate and graduate curriculum and should be aware of curriculum timetables, submission deadlines, and review reports that summarize the decisions of the college and university-level curricular committees for any given term (UOCC meeting minutes can be found here).

The committee considers faculty proposals for change to individual classes or program requirements and recommends curriculum decisions to the entire department for review and approval. The committee is comprised of a chair and no less than two members, appointed by the Department Head for one academic year. At least one of the members must be a tenure-related faculty; however, a Career NTTF may be a member of this committee (see internal governance).

The committee is also responsible for writing the annual assessment report, which is due to central administration by the end of each fall term. Details, a timeline, and data will be provided to the committee. Find assessment plans, reports, and links to information and resources here.

During the 2019-20 academic year, the department finalized changes to the Graduate Program’s methods requirement. A piece of this agreement (per a 2017 curriculum vote) was to create and initiate declaratory statements on lower-division courses and graduate methods courses. Declaratory statements for both lower-division courses and the Graduate Program methods courses can be found here.

UO Curriculum utilizes CourseLeaf, a Course Inventory Management system (CIM), for course proposals and other curriculum changes.

See the UO Catalog for a list of current Political Science courses.

Click here to view the Curriculum Committee’s Chair responsibilities