APPENDIX III

BYLAWS OF THE GRADUATE COUNCIL

Part I. Membership and Duties

1. The membership and duties of the Graduate Council are defined by Divisional Bylaw 65.2.

Part II. Officers

2. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Graduate Council are selected by the Committee on Committees of the Los Angeles Division from among the appointed members.

Part III. Meetings

3. Meetings of the Council are ordinarily scheduled twice a month during the academic year, or at least once each quarter. The Council may meet at such other times as it may determine, or at the call of the Chair. [Am 13 Mar 90]

Part IV. Quorum

4. Eleven members constitute a quorum. [Am 8 Nov 88]

Part V. Committees

Title I. Appointment and Tenure

5. Members of Standing Committees of the Graduate Council are appointed by the Chair and hold office for a term of one academic year and until successor committees are appointed thereafter. The Chair shall create committees and make appointments not otherwise provided for. [Am 8 Nov 94]

Title II. Standing Committees

6. Administrative. The Administrative Committee of the Council shall consist of the Dean of the Graduate Division, Chair of the Council, and at least four other members. This Committee is delegated responsibility to act for the Council as a whole as the need arises, subject to the rules of the Academic Senate and the Graduate Council. [Am 28 May 82]
   
7. Degree Programs. The Committee shall consist of at least seven members and the Chair of the Council, ex officio. The charge of this Committee includes review and recommendation of graduate education policy matters; admission and enrollment issues; proposals of new fields of study; degree procedures and requirements; proposals for extensive changes to existing degree programs; and matters pertaining to courses of instruction. [Am 13 Mar 90, 8 Nov 94]
   
8. Graduate Admissions and Enrollment. [Deleted 13 Mar 90]
   
9. Fellowships and Assistantships. The Committee on Fellowships and Assistantships shall have full power to act for the Council on fellowship matters, and shall have the responsibility for recommending policy where teaching and research assistantships are involved.
   
10. Follow-up Committee. The Committee shall consist of at least five appointed members and the Chair of the Council, ex officio. Acting on behalf of the Council, this Committee is charged with review of responses from departments/programs and the Administration to Graduate Council periodic reviews. It receives, evaluates, and replies to responses from each department, school or interdepartmental program to the Council's review of a particular unit and recommends satisfactory closure of the process. [Am 28 May 82; 13 Mar 90]
    
11. Instruction and Degree Requirements. [Deleted 13 Mar 90]

Part VI. Order of Business

12. All meetings of the Graduate Council shall be governed by procedures specified in Academic Senate Bylaw 135. [Am 8 Nov 94]

Part VII. Coordinated Reviews

13. Pursuant to Los Angeles Division Bylaw 65.2(B).(3), the Graduate Council is to conduct periodic reviews of each graduate program, normally at intervals not exceeding eight years. Each team reviewing a graduate program shall include no fewer than two members, at least one of whom must be a current member of the Graduate Council. Other Senate members may be asked by the Chair of the Council to serve on such review teams. The review will consist of three steps in which year I is a self-review by the department/interdepartmental degree program (IDP); Year II an analysis and further review of the department/IDP by the Graduate Council; and Year III a follow-up process. Programmatic reviews are coordinated with the Committee on Undergraduate Courses and Curricula and shall follow the procedures as specified in the "Guidelines for UCLA Programmatic Reviews." Changes to the Guidelines will be approved by the Graduate Council and the Committee on Undergraduate Courses and Curricula after consultation with the Committee on Educational Policy and the Council on Planning and Budget. [Am 8 Nov 94]

Part VIII. Coordinated Reviews [Rescinded 11 Jun 91]

Part VIII. Amendment of Bylaws

14. The foregoing bylaws may be added to, amended, or repealed at any regular or special meeting by a two-thirds vote of all members present, provided that written notice of amendment shall have been sent to each member of the Council at least five days previous to the meeting at which the amendment is to be proposed. [En 8 Nov 94]