Table of Contents

University Senate Constitution  --

Preamble

  1.0

Purpose

  2.0

Duties

  3.0

Calendar

  4.0

Membership and Electorate

  5.0

Officers and Parliamentarian

  6.0

Meetings and Quorum

  7.0

Committees of the Senate

  8.0

Bylaws

  9.0

Amendments

Bylaws 1.0

Definitions

  2.0

Committees

  3.0

Standing Committees: Membership and Duties

  4.0

Elections

  5.0

Substitutes

  6.0

Vacancies

  7.0

Meetings

  8.0

Order of Business (Agenda)

  9.0

University Policy File

  10.0 

Parliamentary Procedure

  11.0

Presidential Approval of Senate Actions

  12.0

Interpretation of Senate Actions

  13.0

Availability of Documents

  14.0

Amendments

Resolutions  

 

University Policies: Academics  

Absence from Class, Student

   

Advising, Undergraduate Academic

   

Assessment

   

Calendar

   

Cheating and Plagiarism

   

Competency and Proficiency in Written English and Mathematics

   

Course Prerequisites

   

Courses, Credit/No Credit Undergraduate

   

Courses, Cross-Listed

   

Courses: Experimental and Interdisciplinary Limited-Duration

   

Courses: Hours and Preparation

   

Courses Not Offered in Two Years, Undergraduate

   

Courses Rejected by the Curriculum Committee

   

Courses, Special Study

   

Courses, Undergraduate Collaborative

   

Credit by Examination

   

Credits Earned by High School Students

   

Credit for Academically Related Work Experience

   

Curriculum Changes, Undergraduate and Graduate

   

Dean's List

   

Degree Program Discontinuation

   

Degree Revocation

   

Examinations and Projects

   

Extended Studies

   

Freedom of Expression

   

General Education

   

Grades

   

Graduation

   

Honorary Degrees

   

Honor Societies, Student

   

Hybrid, Online and Intercampus Classes: Definitions and Scheduling

   

Impaction and Enrollment Management

   

SDSU Imperial Valley: Curriculum and Academic Policy

   

Intellectual Property

   

Major

   

Matriculation by Faculty Members

   

Minor

   

Mission and Goals

   

Records

   

Registration

   

Review of Departments, Schools, or Programs

   

Transfer Students

   

Unit Limits

   

Universal Access to Information Technology Resources and Services

Administration  

Academic Administrators

   

Emeritus Administrator Status

   

Review of Academic Administrators

   

Search Committees for University Administrators

   

Staff Deans, Appointment of

   

Academic Misconduct

Budget  

Budget Procedures

   

Payroll Checks

   

Relocation Expenses

Codes  

Alcohol Abuse and Ilegal Drugs

   

Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets

   

Disabilities, Persons with

   

Faculty, Staff, and Student Conflict of Interest

   

Faculty-Student Relations

   

Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity

   

Patents

   

Research, Classifed or Otherwise Privileged

   

Research and Scholarship, Integrity in

   

Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence and Stalking

   

Sexual Harassment

   

Student Conduct Procedures

   

Student Grievance Code

   

Sustainability Policy

Committees and Councils  

Appointive Authorities

   

Bookstore Advisory Committee

   

Campus Development Committee

   

Disability Access and Compliance Committee

   

Environment and Safety Committee

   

Expanded Senate Executive Committee

   

Extended Studies Advisory Council

   

Faculty Honors and Awards Committee

   

Fee Advisory Committee, Campus

   

Freedom of Expression, Committee on

   

General Education Curriculum Committee

   

Graduate Council

   

Graduation and Retention Subcommittee (Undergraduate Council)

   

Honorary Degrees, Advisory Committee on

   

Instructional and Information Technology Committee

   

Intercollegiate Athletics Council

   

Liberal Studies Committee

   

Library Committee

   

Press Editorial Board, San Diego State University

   

Promotions and Tenure Review Panel

   

Research Council

   

Scholarships Committee

   

Staff Affairs Committee

   

Student Grievance Committee

   

Student Learning Outcomes and Program Assessment Committee

   

Student Media Advisory Committee

   

Sustainability, Committee on

   

Teacher Education Advisory Council

   

Tenure-Track Planning Committee

   

Undergraduate Council

   

Undergraduate Topics Subcommittee of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

   

Undergraduate Writing Subcommittee of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

   

Writing Subcommittee of the General Education Committee

Facilities  

Classrooms

   

Responsible Use

   

Events

   

Faculty-Staff Club

   

Library Privileges

   

Naming

   

Noise Abatement

   

Parking and Traffic

   

Smoking

   

Space and Equipment

   

Student Official Email Address Use Policy

Faculty  

Academic Freedom

   

Academic Responsibilities

   

Appointment at Another Campus

   

Awards

   

Endowed Chairs

   

Grievance

   

SDSU Imperial Valley

   

Leaves, Difference-in-Pay

   

Leaves of Absence without Pay

   

Leaves, Sabbatical

   

Leaves, Sick

   

Personnel Files

   

Political Tests for Employment

   

Probationary Faculty, Appointment of

   

Probationary Faculty, Periodic Evaluation of

   

Professional Activities, External

   

Professional Responsibilities

   

Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion: Criteria (Excluding Library Faculty and Student Affairs Faculty)

   

Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion: Procedures

   

Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion of Librarians: Criteria

   

Reappointment, Tenure and Promotion of Student Affairs Faculty: Criteria

   

Retention and Development

   

Retirement and Development

   

Royalties from Instructional Materials

   

Substitutability

   

Temporary Faculty Appointments

   

Temporary Faculty, Periodic Evaluation of

   

Temporary Faculty: Range Elevation

   

Tenure-Track Planning

   

Tenured Faculty, Periodic Evaluation of

   

Titles and Appointments

   

Vacancy Announcements

   

Voting Eligibility in Departments, Schools, and Colleges

   

Workload

   

Work Year

Organization  

Auxiliaries, Review of

   

Chairs of Departments or Programs and Directors of Schools

   

College Policy and Planning Coimmittees

   

Colleges

   

Departments and Schools

   

Administrative Units: Establishment and Restructuring

   

SDSU Imperial Valley

   

Name Changes, Academic Unit

   

Press, San Diego State University

Staff  

Awards

   

Policies

Students  

Associated Students

   

Employment

   

Theses and Projects, Ownership of and Rights to