Committee on Education of the University Senate

Mandate of the Education Committee

Annual Report 2006-2007

Committee Roster


Starting a New Academic Program

A letter from the Provost and a detailed procedure

Form for New Program Approval (combined Columbia and New York State)

Awarding Nondegree credentials

You can print the form from your browser or you can highlight and paste it into an MS Word document.

Standards for establishing Clinical Doctoral Degrees in the Health Sciences

 

Five-year review of academic programs

All academic programs undergo a five-year review process based on this questionnaire. The issues the questionnaire raises should be considered in proposing new programs.

 

Guidelines for administering dual degree programs

Distance learning guidelines

 

Your questions about the work of the Education Committee can be directed to the University Senate staff at 854-6836.

 

For the use of Education Committee subcommittees reviewing new programs

 


Past Sessions

Special Reports

Annual Reports

Resolutions and accompanying committee reports

2004-2005

2003-2004

2002-2003

o        Resolution to Change the Name of the Department of Mining, Mineral, and Metallurgical Engineering to the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering (03/28/03)

o        Revised resolution to establish the Doctor of Physical Therapy (01/31/03)

o        Resolution to establish the M.S. in Computer Engineering (01/31/03)

o        Resolution to rename the Department of Medical Informatics as the Department of Biomedical Informatics (12/13/02)

2001-2002

o        Resolution to Establish the PhD Program in Kinesiology (2/22/02)

o        Resolution to Establish the Certificate in Comparative Literature and Society (2/22/02)

o        Resolution Concerning the Name Change of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (9/28/01)

o        dual degree

2000-2001

o        Resolution to Establish the Sackler Institute for Developmental Psychobiology (4/27/01)

o        Resolution to Establish a Public Policy Studies Certificate Program (4/27/01)

o        Resolution to Establish the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) (1/26/01)

o        Resolution to Establish Six New Departments in the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health (1/26/01)

o        Resolution to Establish a New Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (12/8/00)

o        Resolution to Establish an Institute at Reid Hall (11/17/00)

1999-2000

o        Resolution to Establish a Master of Arts Program in Museum Anthropology (3/31/00)

o        Resolution to Establish a Master of Arts Program in Biotechnology (2/25/00)

o        Resolution to Establish the Master of Arts Degree in African American Studies (12/17/99)

o        Resolution to Establish the Taub Institute on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (10/22/99)

o        Resolution to Establish a New Department of Biomedical Engineering (9/24/99)

o        Resolution to Establish an Institute for Cancer Genetics (9/24/99)

o        Resolution to Reorganize the Faculties of Medicine and Dentistry (9/24/99)

1997-1998

o        Resolution to Create a Non-degree Document for the Certification of Professional Achievement (2/27/98)

o        Resolution to Establish a Liberal Studies Master of Arts Degree Program in Human Rights (2/27/98)

o        Resolution to Establish a Master of Arts Degree program in Physics and Philosophy (2/27/98)

o        Resolution to Establish an Interdepartmental Program Leading to the Degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy, and Doctor of Philosophy in Communications (1/30/98)

o        Resolution to Change the Name of the Department of Applied Physics to the Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics (1/30/98)

o        Resolution to Establish a Joint Degree Program in Dentistry and Business Administration (9/26/97)

o        Resolution to Establish a Master's Degree Program in the Mathematics of Finance (9/26/97)

o        Resolution to Establish a Joint Degree Program in Medicine and Business Administration (9/26/97)