CURRICULUM AND EDUCATIONAL
POLICIES COUNCIL
The Curriculum and Educational Policies Council shall serve as the primary advisory body to the
Academic Senate and university administration on matters pertaining to the educational policies
of the university. No changes in existing educational policies shall be approved without
consideration by this council. 1
The Curriculum and Educational Policies Council is subordinate to the Academic Senate, and, as
such, all policies and regulations recommended by the Curriculum and Educational Policies
Council shall be presented to the Academic Senate for approval, except for those matters
specifically delegated to the Curriculum and Educational Policies Council or those matters to be
presented directly to the administration.
The Curriculum and Educational Policies Council shall review, evaluate, and make
recommendations to the senate regarding all new and existing policies and statements governing
graduate and undergraduate curriculum, academic programs, academic standards, and
educational policy, and may initiate recommendations for change for the successful
implementation of those policies. The council shall also be responsible for the formation and
implementation of policies pertaining to the university's General Education requirements.
Upon request of the Academic Senate or university administration, the council shall nominate
members to serve on committees that require the particular expertise of its membership.
The Curriculum and Educational Policies Council may establish such subcommittees as it deems
necessary to the discharge of the responsibilities under its charge.
The council shall not have initial jurisdiction with matters specifically delegated to the colleges.
Among the specific responsibilities of the council are the following:
1. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding newly proposed,
substantially revised, and to-be-discontinued degree programs, options, minors, credentials, and
certificates;2
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2. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies pertaining
to admission, registration, probation, disqualification, student unit overloads, and graduation,
especially those referred to the council by the Academic Appeals Committee (AAC);4
The council calls this sentence to the senate’s attention. The senate has made many changes to policy
without referring them to the council. Should this statement remain as is?
2 These revisions state these duties more fully.
3 This section is now number 8 below.
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3. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies pertaining
to General Education, especially those referred to the council by the General Education
Governing Committee (GEGC);5
4. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies pertaining
to the appeal of final course grades, especially those referred to the council by the Grade Appeal
Committee (GAC)6;
5. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies pertaining
to the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement, especially those referred to the council by
the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement Committee (GWARC)7;
6. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies related to
international education, especially those referred to the council by the International Education
Committee (IEC)8;
7. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies related to
teacher preparation referred to the council by the Teacher Preparation Committee (TPC)
8. To review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies related to
the university library referred to the council by the University Library Committee (ULC);99. To
review and make recommendations to the Academic Senate regarding policies pertaining to
graduate and undergraduate academic honors and awards and interdisciplinary studies and to act
as the final curriculum committee dealing with revisions to the requirements for the University
Honors Program, the Interdisciplinary Studies Program, their courses, and all other universitywide courses, such as EOP, INTL, S/I, UNIV, and WPE10;
10. To review and make recommendations to Academic Affairs regarding CSULB Catalog
material pertaining to educational policies, curriculum, and academic standards11;
11. To review each semester the list of changes to the General Education Master Course List
submitted by the General Education Governing Committee12; and
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These revisions state these duties more fully and correctly. Although not all of these duties relate to the
duties of the AAC, most do.
5 The current charge makes no reference to this, highly important duty of the council.
6 This statement is re-written to make it about grade appeals; the admission and registration aspects were
moved to 2.
7 The current charge makes no reference to the relation of the council to this, very important committee.
8 This section was moved here from 6, to put the committees in alphabetical order.
9 These two committees (TPC and ULC) were placed under the authority of the council only relatively
recently; the current charge does not mention them.
10 These revisions add interdisciplinary studies to the programs that report to this council and make it
clear that the council acts as their “college” curriculum committee.
11 This section was moved here from 2. to put it after the sections dealing with committees. The council
acts here in an advisory capacity to the university administrator in charge of the CSULB Catalog.
12 The removed duties have, in fact, been performed solely by the GEGC for many years. The newly
added statement describes what the council has actually done in this regard for many years.
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12. To resolve disputes between or among departments and colleges regarding matters of
curricular content, program requirements, and CSULB or CSU system educational policies.
Membership
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs (or designee)
Additional designee of the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Assistant Vice President for International Education and Global Engagement
Vice President for Administration and Finance (or designee)
Vice President for Student Services (or designee)
Four (4) tenured or tenure track faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts, two (2) from
each of the other colleges, and one (1) from the Library and Academic Technology Services , all
elected by their respective units to serve staggered, three-year terms
Two (2) lecturers elected by the lecturers to serve staggered three-year terms
One (1) tenured or tenure track member of Counseling and Psychological Services (CaPS)
One (1) of the Academic Senate elected by the Academic Senate, who should also be an elected
member of the council, to serve as a liaison from the senate to the council ; if an individual with
dual membership is not available, the senator becomes a non-voting liaison to the council
One (1) department chair, either an elected member of the council or a department chair
appointed by the senate upon recommendation of the Nominating Committee as a non-voting
member if an elected member is not available
President, Associated Students, Inc.
Two (2) student members, selected by the Associated Students, Inc.
Officers
The council shall elect annually from among its members a chair, vice chair, and secretary. The
chair presides over the meetings, forwards materials to the senate, and writes the annual report to
the senate. The vice chair fulfills the duties of the chair in her/his absence. The secretary writes
minutes of each meeting.
Curriculum and Educational Policies (CEP) Steering Committee
The Curriculum and Educational Policies Council shall establish a steering committee composed
of the officers of the council and one of the designees of the provost and senior vice president for
academic affairs.
The CEP Steering Committee shall be responsible for the planning and scheduling of meetings 13.
The CEP Steering Committee shall make appointments to subcommittees of the Council. 14
Standing Committees Reporting to the Council
The standing committees that report to the Curriculum and Educational Policies Council are the
Academic Appeals Committee, the General Education Governing Committee, the Grade Appeals
Committee, the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement Committee, the International
Education Committee, the Teacher Preparation Committee, and the University Library
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The chair does this. See above under duties of the chair.
This duty was removed with the most recent revision of this policy statement.
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Committee. The Academic Senate shall approve the charge, size, and mode of selection of the
membership of these committees.
Senate Liaison
The council shall select a liaison to the Academic Senate from among its members who will
attend Academic Senate meetings and report back to the council. The liaison to the senate should
be an academic senator; if not, the council shall select a member, who will become a non-voting
liaison to the senate.
Additional duties of the chair
The chair of the Curriculum and Educational Policies Council is an ex officio voting member of
the Campus Planning Committee, the Academic Senate Emergency Committee, and the
Resource Planning Process Task Force.
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