Division of the Undergraduate Education
Table of Contents
- 1 - Membership
- 2 - Officers
- 3 - Meetings
- 4 - Committees
- 5 - Election and Balloting
- 6 - Amendments and Suspensions of Bylaws and Regulations
1
Membership
Membership
Membership (En 27 Feb 24)
1.1
The Faculty of the Division of Undergraduate Education
1.2
Faculty members must have at least a 25%
appointment in the DUE to be considered
DUE members and/or serve as a Senate
Faculty member affiliated with a DUE
program. DUE continuing lecturers, who are
non-Senate Faculty, are eligible for
appointment to relevant committees within
the DUE.
(En 27 Feb 24)
2
Officers
Officers
Officers
(En 27 Feb 24)
2
Sections 02 and 03 of the DUE’s Bylaws will
be held in abeyance pending the DUE’s
growth to include at least five Senate Faculty
(a four-member Executive Committee [EC]
and a Chair of the Faculty.)
(En 27 Feb 24)
2.1
The Officers of the Faculty consist of a Chair,
a Vice Chair and a Secretary-
Parliamentarian.
(En 27 Feb 24)
2.1.1
The Chair of the Faculty is elected for a 3-
year term and is not eligible for a successive
term. The election is conducted as provided
in Section 7 of the Bylaws of the Division and
in accordance with the procedure prescribed
in these Bylaws. If the Chair is unable to
complete the term of office, the Secretary-
Parliamentarian of the Riverside Division of
the Academic Senate shall within two months
conduct an election in accordance with the
procedure prescribed in these Bylaws for the
unexpired term provided that the unexpired
term is longer than six months. In the interim
or in the event the vacated term is less than
six months, the Vice Chair will serve as Chair.
(En 27 Feb 24)
2.1.2
The Vice Chair is chosen by the DUE EC
from among its membership. The term of
office is three years.
(En 27 Feb 24)
2.1.3
The Secretary-Parliamentarian of the DUE
Faculty is chosen by the EC from among its
membership. The term of office is one year.
(En 27 Feb 24)
2.1.4
The Chair assumes office on the first day of
September following a regular election for
Chair or immediately upon completion of the
ballot count at a special election. The Vice
Chair takes office immediately upon
appointment.
(En 27 Feb 24)
3
Meetings
Meetings
Meetings (En 27 Feb 24)
3.1
Faculty meetings are called by the Chair or
by the EC. There must be at least one
Faculty meeting each academic year. At the
written request of 25% of the voting members
of the DUE Faculty, the Chair must call a
meeting. The Chair or the Vice Chair may
serve as the meeting chair.
(En 27 Feb 24)
3.1.1
A quorum consists of 50% of the members of
the DUE Senate Faculty.
(En 27 Feb 24)
3.1.2
A motion to submit a measure to email or
secret ballot has precedence over a motion
for an open vote in a meeting.
(En 27 Feb 24)
3.1.3
Prior to a DUE Faculty meeting, the Chair will
send copies of the call for the meeting and
will make all pertinent documents available to
each member of the DUE Faculty. The
Faculty shall not change curricular
requirements of DUE unless notice is
previously given to all Faculty in a call for the
meeting.
(En 27 Feb 24)
3.1.4
These Bylaws constitute primary rules of
order for meetings of the Faculty and of the
committees of the Faculty. The order of
business is that prescribed in Section 4 of the
Bylaws of the Riverside Division of the
Academic Senate. Questions of order not
covered by these Bylaws or those of the
Division are covered by Sturgis’ Standard
Code of Parliamentary Procedure.
(En 27 Feb 24)
3.1.5
The minutes of every Faculty meeting shall
be sent to every member of the DUE Faculty
before the next Faculty meeting. For
personnel matters, Faculty may consider the
departmental letter in lieu of minutes.
Opportunities for review of and/or comment
on the departmental letter in personnel cases
are as prescribed in the APM.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4
Committees
Committees
Committees (En 27 Feb 24)
4.1
There shall be an EC of at least four
members consisting of Senate Faculty
members who are engaged in one or more of
DUE’s programs, and shall include one or
more DUE Senate Faculty members from the
University Writing Program. The Vice Provost
and Dean of the DUE will serve as an ex
officio, voting member of this committee.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.1
The term of office of members of the EC is
three years.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.2
The election of DUE Faculty members to the
EC is as provided in Section 7 of the Bylaws
of the Riverside Division of the Academic
Senate. For purposes of these elections,
members of the EC are considered officers of
the Faculty of the DUE. Members of the EC
take office on September first of the
academic year following their election at a
regular election or immediately upon
completion of the ballot count at a special
election.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.3
Whenever the EC determines that a vacancy
exists in its membership, the Secretary-
Parliamentarian of the Riverside Division of
the Academic Senate conducts an election in
accordance with the prescribed procedure
provided the vacancy is to last more than six
months. A vacancy shall be declared to exist
and the committee member considered to
have resigned if the member anticipates an
absence from the committee of more than six
months. Vacancies of six months or less are
filled temporarily by appointment by the Chair
of the Faculty with the advice and consent of
the EC.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.4
The EC has the following functions:
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.5.1
The EC has the general oversight of the
academic welfare and discipline of students
in the DUE and has the power to bring before
the Faculty any matters that the EC deems
advisable.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.5.2
The EC appoints and designates the Chairs
of all other standing committees and all
special committees of the Faculty unless
otherwise directed at a meeting of the
Faculty.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.5.3
Should the DUE or a unit in the DUE win
Senate approval to offer a degree program,
the EC acts finally for the Faculty (a) in the
awarding of all degrees to students of the
DUE in all cases which do not involve the
suspension of regulations or that involve only
minor adjustments in the curricula and (b) in
the awarding of honors at graduation. The EC
is likewise empowered to act on petitions of
students for graduation under suspension of
the regulations. The EC will report all degrees
approved to the Riverside Division of the
Academic Senate.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.5.4
The EC makes recommendations to the
Faculty in the establishment, modification,
and discontinuation of all divisional
instructional programs and curricula.
(En 27 Feb 24)
4.1.5.5
The EC acts for the Faculty in making
recommendations to the Riverside Division of
the Academic Senate regarding courses.
(En 27 Feb 24)
5
Election and Balloting
Election and Balloting
Election and Balloting (En 27 Feb 24)
5.1
Elections are conducted as specified in
02.01.01, 04.01.02.
(En 27 Feb 24)
5.1.1
Balloting on measures referred to the whole
Faculty of the DUE by action of a meeting of
the Faculty are conducted by the Secretary-
Parliamentarian of the DUE following the
provisions of Section 7 of the Bylaws of the
Riverside Division of the Academic Senate.
(En 27 Feb 24)
6
Amendments and Suspensions of Bylaws and Regulations
Amendments and Suspensions of Bylaws and Regulations
Amendments and Suspensions of Bylaws and Regulations (En 27 Feb 24)
6.1
These Bylaws can be amended or suspended
only as provided in Section 6 of the Bylaws of
the Riverside Division of the Academic
Senate and in 03.01.03.
(En 27 Feb 24)