Composition
- Voting Members:
- Eleven faculty, at least six of whom are actively involved in teaching courses. Normally, eligibility for membership shall be limited to those who have been members of the WSU faculty for at least four years.
- One graduate and two undergraduate students, serving one-year renewable terms.
- Ex-officio Non-voting Members:
- Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, or designee.
- Executive Vice President for Statewide campuses, or designee.
- Representative from the University Academic Advising Executive Council.
- Representative from First Year Programs.
- One dean, elected by the Council of Deans.
- Registrar or designee, serving as secretary.
- Director of admissions, or designee
- Director of the Academic Success and Career Center, or designee.
Function
- On a continuous basis, reviews and appraises educational policies and programs of Washington State University, except those applying exclusively to graduate education or the professional health sciences.
- Makes recommendations to the Faculty Senate concerning academic policies, undergraduate courses and curricula, new bachelor degree programs, minimum University requirements for graduation, scholastic standards, calendar, catalog, examinations, summer session, and educational innovation. Also considers similar policies and procedures for all non-health-related professional degree programs.
- Receives, reviews, and acts upon policy recommendations of its permanent subcommittees.
Workload
- Meets every other week, Tuesday 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm on weeks between Faculty Senate meetings.
Workload Committee Chair
- Within a 2-week cycle, the chair performs the following tasks:
- AAC Committee Meeting: 2 hours
- Steering Committee meeting: 1.5 hours
- Pre-meetings: 1 hour
- Review materials/prep for meeting: 1.5 hours
- Total: 6 hours every 2 weeks = 3 hours per week
Workload Committee Member:
- Within a 2-week cycle, committee members perform the following tasks
- AAC Committee Meeting: 2 hours
- Review materials: 1 hour
- Total: 3 hours every 2 weeks = 1.5 hours per week
Additional notes
- The vice-chair is elected by the committee and becomes the chair. The chair may serve two consecutive terms.
- Permanent Subcommittees: University Academic Advising Council and Catalog.
- Whenever possible, at least one non-ex officio member of the Academic Affairs Committee shall serve on each of the permanent subcommittees.
- Has representation on the Budget and Steering Committees.
- Responsible to: Faculty Senate.
- Reports to: Faculty Senate and the president, through the provost and executive vice president.
| Name | Rank | College | Location | Start Term | End Term |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee Chair: John Barber | |||||
| Committee Vice-Chair: Paul Buckley | |||||
| 2027 Rotation | |||||
| Robby Cooper | Scholarly Associate Professor | CAHNRS | Pullman | 2024 | 2027 |
| Mark Gibson | Professor | CAHNRS | Pullman | 2021 | 2027 |
| Benjamin McCamish | Associate Professor | VCEA | Vancouver | 2026 | 2027 |
| 2028 Rotation | |||||
| John Barber | Professor | CAS | Vancouver | 2025 | 2028 |
| Paul Buckley | Professor | CAS | Pullman | 2022 | 2028 |
| Deborah Eti | Associate Professor | CoN | Spokane | 2026 | 2028 |
| Yoon-Wha (Yuna) Roh | Assistant Professor | CAS | Pullman | 2025 | 2028 |
| 2029 Rotation | |||||
| William Brecher | Professor | CAS | Pullman | 2026 | 2029 |
| Melissa Nicolas | Professor | CAS | Pullman | 2026 | 2029 |
| Richard Zack | Professor | CAHNRS | Pullman | 2026 | 2029 |
| Xiao Zhang | Professor | CAS | Tri-Cities | 2026 | 2029 |
| Student Representatives | |||||
| Shetu Ranjan Biswas | Graduate Student | Graduate Student Representative | Pullman | 2026 | 2027 |
| Boone Brown | Undergraduate Student | Undergraduate Student Representative | Pullman | 2026 | 2027 |
| Katie Moriwaki | Undergraduate Student | Undergraduate Student Representative | Pullman | 2026 | 2027 |
| Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members | |||||
| Bill Davis | Vice Provost for Academic Engagement and Student Achievement | ||||
| Kate McAteer | Designee, Executive Vice President for Statewide Campuses | ||||
| TBD | Representative, University Academic Advising Executive Council | ||||
| Samantha Solomon | Representative, First Year Programs | ||||
| Kara Whitman | Representative, Council of Deans | ||||
| Heather Morgan | Representative, Registrar's Office | ||||
| Andrew Berwick | Director, Admissions | ||||
| Harrison Hughes | Director, Academic Success and Career Center | ||||