Teaching and Academic Programs

Charge

The Committee on Teaching and Academic Programs is responsible for advising the provost on multi-school curricula and on undergraduate curricular issues and policies arising from recommendations from the Undergraduate Studies Committee (UGSC); on unit requirements, residency requirements, and broad-based policies and issues related to the academic appeals process under the purview of the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures (CAPP); on student conduct matters under the purview of the Office of Student Affairs; on policies and programs related to the Center for Excellence in Teaching (CET), including the improvement of faculty teaching or training for classroom technology; on setting priorities and launching initiatives in support of interdisciplinary teaching; and on policies and initiatives recommended by the Graduation and Retention Committee (GRC). The committee also advises the provost on strategic issues that fall under the purview of the Coupling Implementation Committee, the University Writing Committee, the Provost’s Oversight Committee on Athletic Academic Affairs (OCAAA) and the Undergraduate Admission and Financial Aid Committee (UAFAC).

Meetings: Contact committee chair for the date/locations of the committee meetings.

Specific Charge for 2020-2021 Academic Year

This year’s committee will assess the implementation of the Excellence in Teaching initiative in order to understand how it is being implemented in the schools, particularly how the Student Learning Evaluations are being used. In addition, the committee will assess how faculty perceive the utility of the Student Learning Evaluations compared to the previous Course Evaluations.

Chair

Laura Ferguson (Co-Chair) – laurafer@usc.edu

Trisha Tucker (Co-Chair) – ttucker@usc.edu

Committee members

Ex Officio Members

  • Ginger Clark (Associate Vice Provost for Academic and Faculty Affairs; Director CET), ginger.clark@usc.edu, Rossier School of Education

Reports