UCLA ACADEMIC SENATE MANUAL
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COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE

Part I.  Functions

1. The Faculty of the College of Letters and Science shall conduct the government of the College.

Part II.  Membership

2. Membership in the Faculty of the College of Letters and Science is defined by Divisional Bylaws 50(A) and 184.

Part III.  Officers

3. Chair.  The Faculty shall elect a Chair every two years, according to procedures prescribed in Divisional Bylaw 150 and Senate Bylaws 180-184.  The chair shall serve a two-year term beginning September first.
4. Vice Chair.  The Faculty shall elect a Vice Chair every two years, according to procedures prescribed in Divisional Bylaw 150 and Senate Bylaws 180-184.  The two-year terms of the Vice Chair and Chair shall begin in alternate years. [EC 24 Oct 06]

Part IV.  Meetings of the Faculty of the College [EC 24 Oct 06]

5. (A) The Faculty shall meet at such times as it may determine or at the call of the Chair or the Vice Chair. [EC 24 Oct 06]
(B) Ten students, including five from the Student Educational Policy Commission, appointed by the Student Legislative Council of ASUCLA shall be granted the privilege of the floor, but shall not vote at meeting of the Faculty.
(C) If no quorum is present, or when no meeting is scheduled, matters requiring a vote of the Faculty shall be submitted to a mail or an electronic online ballot in accordance with Bylaw 14.  [Am 5/7/80; EC 24 Oct 06]

Part V.  Quorum

6. One third of the voting members of the Faculty constitutes a quorum.  [Am 5/7/80]

Part VI.  Committees

Title I.  Appointment and Tenure
7. The Chair shall appoint committees of the Faculty not otherwise provide for.  The Executive Dean shall be a member ex officio of all committees. [EC 24 Oct 06]
8. Standing committees shall be appointed on or before the first regular meeting of the academic year and shall serve for one year.
Title II.  Standing Committees
9. Faculty Executive Committee. [EC 24 Oct 06]
(A) Membership. There shall be an Executive Committee of fourteen.  One member shall be elected by each of the following eleven academic units: [Am 20 Nov 97] 
(1) English, Applied Linguistics and TESFL, Comparative Literature
(2) Art History, Classics, Asian Languages and Cultures, Linguistics, Musicology [Am 23 Aug 06]
(3) French and Francophone Studies, Germanic Languages, Italian, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Slavic Languages and Literature, Spanish and Portuguese
(4) Physiological Science, Psychology
(5) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology [EC 24 Oct 06]
(6) Mathematics, Philosophy, Statistics
(7) Chemistry and Biochemistry, Earth and Space Sciences, Institute of the Environment [Am 23 Aug 06]
(8) Aerospace Studies, Atmospheric Sciences, Military Sciences, Naval Sciences, Physics and Astronomy    
(9) Asian American Studies; Chicana/o Studies, History, Communication Studies [EC 24 Oct 06]
(10) Economics, Political Science 
(11) Anthropology, Geography, Sociology
The Executive Dean of the College, the Chair of the Faculty, and the Vice Chair of the Faculty shall serve as ex officio members. [Am 23 Aug 06; EC 24 Oct 06]
(B) Term.  The term of the elected members shall be two years, beginning on September first.  Members representing even numbered groups shall be elected in even numbered years.  Members representing odd numbered groups shall be elected in odd numbered years. The Chair shall be elected in odd numbered years.  The Secretary shall be elected in even numbered years.  Interim appointments shall be made by the Chair of the Faculty. [Am 20 Nov 97]  
(C) Organization.  The Chair of the Faculty shall chair the Executive Committee.  A quorum shall consist of seven faculty members.  The student representatives shall not vote on any motion in which the Committee is taking final determinative action under authority delegated from the Regents. [Am 20 Nov 97]
(D) Duties.
(1) The Committee shall have general over-sight of the welfare of the students in the College and shall bring before the Faculty of the College any recommendations that the Committee may deem advisable.
(2) It shall designate the specific courses which shall be accepted in fulfillment of graduation requirements of the College.
(3) Requirements for majors, minors, and interdepartmental degree programs (IDP's), including prerequisites and limitations, programs of alternative electives, shall be submitted to the Committee for approval. [EC 24 Oct 06]
(4) After appropriate consultation with concerned faculty and necessary members of the administration, the Committee shall make recommendations to the Executive Dean and Deans based on established Senate policies about the College's allocation of educational resources, academic priorities, and planning and budget processes.  [Am 20 Nov 97; EC 24 Oct 06]
(5) The Faculty delegates to the Committee its powers to act under Divisional Bylaws 50(D), (4), (5), and (6) and authorizes the Committee, at its discretion, to redelegate these powers to the Executive Dean of the College.  [Am 20 Nov 97; EC 24 Oct 06]
10. Honors Committee.  There shall be a Standing Committee on Honors, which shall be charged with the administration of the regulations on Honors as adopted by the Academic Senate.  The Dean or Dean’s representative shall be the executive officer of this Committee.

Part VII.  Order of Business
11. All meetings of the Faculty shall be governed by procedures specified in Senate Bylaw 162.

Part VIII.  Amendment of Bylaws
12. The Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any meeting, provided notice shall have been sent to each member at least five days previous to the meeting at which the amendment is to be moved.

Part IX.  Mail and Electronic Online Ballots [EC 24 Oct 06]

13. A mail or an electronic online ballot on actions or measures considered at a meeting of the Faculty must be taken: [EC 24 Oct 06]
(A) at the request of a majority of the members voting at a meeting of the Faculty;
(B) at the written request of 35 voting members of the Faculty no later than ten calendar days after distribution of the minutes of the meeting at which the action was taken or the measure considered.
14. (A) If no quorum is present at a scheduled meeting of the Faculty, all matters on the agenda requiring a vote of the Faculty shall be submitted to a mail or an electronic online ballot no later than 10 calendar days after the scheduled date of the meeting. [EC 24 Oct 06]
(B) At the written request of 35 members of the Faculty no later than 10 calendar days after the scheduled date of the meeting, the Chair shall submit to a mail or an electronic online ballot any matter requiring a vote of the Faculty.  [Am 7 May 80; EC 24 Oct 06]
Revised:  November 20, 1997; August 23, 2006; October 24, 2006

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