Curriculum Committee

Mission:

The Curriculum Committee has the following regular responsibilities:

1. Overseeing the undergraduate and graduate programs of the School.

2. Reviewing and approving all planned changes to courses and programs before those requiring faculty action are brought before the faculty for final action.

3. Periodically, reviewing the School's academic programs of the School to ensure that they are current and appropriate to the needs of the clients served.

Specific charges for the 2010-2011 academic year include:

  1. From the perspective of ABB:
    1. Provide a clear interpretation of how and from where the School derived its ABB allocation.
    2. Given 1.a., provide the trend line for each factor for the last five years.
    3. Given your analysis under 1.b., provide recommendations for altering or improving tend lines.
  2. Explore the use of peer TAs and suggest appropriate courses (and associated training).

Specific charges for the 2009–2010 academic year include:

  1. Provide a transparent set of criteria for allocating teaching assistants.
  2. Review UW models for use of peer TAs and develop a mechanism for SEFS to train peer TAs that recognizes the need to provide and use credit options.
  3. Evaluate tradeoffs among maintaining SEFS majors, generating SCH, and sustaining student field and laboratory experiences.
  4. Explore use of volunteers to assist with sustaining student field and laboratory experiences.

Faculty and Staff Members:

NameChairTitlePhone or ExtensionEmail AddressTerm
Sharon DotyAssociate Professor206-616-6255 sldoty@u.washington.edu  
Richard GustafsonProfessor206-543-2790 pulp@u.washington.edu  
Stephen WestProfessor/Associate Director206-685-7588 sdwest@u.washington.edu  
Clare RyanProfessor206-616-3987 cmryan@u.washington.edu  
Ivan EastinProfessor/Director, CINTRAFOR206-543-1918 eastin@u.washington.edu 6/30/2013
Sergey RabotyagovAssistant Professor206-685-3159 rabotyag@u.washington.edu 6/30/2014
Soo-Hyung KimAssistant Professor206-616-4971 soohkim@u.washington.edu 6/30/2013
Michelle TrudeauStudent & Acad Svcs Director6-1533 michtru@u.washington.edu  
Stanley AsahAssistant Professor206-685-4960 stasah@u.washington.edu 6/30/2014

Student Members:

NameMajorProgramTerm