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Departmental Governance and Procedures

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Departmental Organization Section A
Introduction	ii
Department Faculty	iii
Purposes, Goals, and Specific Objectives of the Department	A2
Administrative Structure	A4
The Department and Internal Governance	A7
Departmental Divisions	A8
Branch Campuses	A9
Committees and Special Assignments	A10
Selection of a Representative to University Senate	A18
Student Participation in Governance	A19
Parliamentary Rules	A20

Faculty Governance and Procedures Section B
Recruiting Procedures	B2
Workloads and Resource Allocation	B3a
Teaching and Teaching Evaluation	B5
Peer Evaluation of Teaching	B9
Faculty Evaluation of GA/TA Teaching	B12
Consideration for Promotion, Tenure, and Retention	B14
Reporting of Faculty Accomplishments	B15
Criteria for Promotion	B18
Tenure and Retention	B19
Faculty Salary Increases	B22
Graduate Faculty Standing	B22
Faculty Teaching Assignments	B23
Summer Appointments	B24
Sabbatical Leaves	B26
Academic and Extra-curricular Advising	B27
Special Departmental Lectures and Symposia	B27
Scholarships and Awards	B28
Consulting	B33
Faculty Research Facilities	B35
Departmental Support of Graduate Research	B35
Equipment Needs	B36
Faculty Travel	B38
The Volwiler Endowment in Chemistry	B39
Waiver Statement	B43
Faculty Professional Liability	B43
Grievances	B43
Adjunct Appointments	B45
Visits by Potential Graduate Students	B46
Assessment Plan	B47

Graduate Student Governance and Procedures Section C
Official Graduate Student Records	C2
Admission Policy	C3
Outline of M.S. and Ph.D. Program Tracks	C5
Diagnostic Examinations and Background Courses	C6
Departmental Graduate Course Requirements	C8
Seminar Guidelines	C10
Credit Hour Requirements	C11
Academic Performance	C12
Selection of a Research Director	C13a
Biographical Data Form	C14
Research Director Selection Form	C15
Administrative Responsibilities of Research Directors	C16
The Research Director, The Graduate Committee and the Plan of Study	C17
Graduate Student's Plan of Study	C18
First-Year Conference	C19
Graduate Student Research	C21
Final Defense of the Master's Thesis	C22
Procedures for Changing from the M.S. to Ph.D. Program	C23
Doctoral Written Examinations	C24
Guidelines--Preliminary Ph.D. Oral Examination	C26
Dissertation Prospectus	C30
Final Defense of the Ph.D. Dissertation	C31
Criteria for the Selection of Teaching Associates and the Dissertation of a Scholar	C32
Grievance Procedure for Graduate Award Holder	C33

Undergraduate Student Governance and Procedures Section D
Student Records	D2
Laboratory Fee	D2
Tutors	D2
Tutor Recommendation Form	D3
Academic Grievance Procedures	D4
Departmental Honors	D5
Undergraduate Research	D7
Program Modification for Students with Unusual Backgrounds	D8

Safety Guidelines and Storeroom Procedures Section E
Safety Guidelines	E2
Emergency Phone Numbers	E2
Safety Inspection Report	E3
Eye Protection	E5
Emergency Procedures	E6
Incident Report	E8
The Chemistry and Biochemistry Storeroom	E9
Disposal of Hazardous Waste	E15
Hughes Laboratories Security	E16
Graduate Student Check-Out Sheet	E17

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