Committees

Committee Description

The Admissions Committee serves as an advisory body to the Faculty of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences (LAS). The duties of the Admissions committee are to review student applications (Freshmen and transfer students) to LAS whose qualifications do not meet the criteria for guaranteed admission, to decide on admission on a weekly basis in cooperation with the Office of Admissions and Records, and to determine conditional admission requirements for individual students or groups of students.

Committee Description

The Budget and Planning Committee will advise the Dean on matters concerning budgeting priorities, and also on matters relating to long term planning (growth projections, FTE distribution, etc.). The committee will review and discuss the annual budget proposal before submission to the VCAA. The committee would act as the principal advisory board to the Dean in any situations of fiscal crisis, including potential financial exigency.

Committee Description

The Committee on Academic Progress is a review board that handles student petitions for exceptions to the academic policies and requirements of the College. The committee is made up of faculty of the College, and makes recommendations to the Dean.

CAP Meeting Schedule

Currently via Microsoft Teams; 8:15-9:30 am Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month.

• Course Inventory Form
• LAS Curriculum Change Forms
• Archived Minutes - For more information contact the C&R committee.
• C&R Guidelines for Course Approval

Committee Description

Curriculum and Requirements committee (C&R) reviews all new LAS courses at the undergraduate and graduate level and provides advice and guidelines with respect to new academic programs and LAS degree requirements. Recommendations of C&R are submitted to the faculty for final approval as specified in LAS Policies and Procedures.

Meeting Schedule, Fall 2026, 3rd Wednesdays from 9-10:30 am via Microsoft Teams:

Structure and Membership

Committee Description

The Dean’s Instructors Review Committee (DIRC) is a standing committee of the College of LAS which assists and advises the Dean of LAS in:

• the review of dossiers submitted for consideration in the promotion of Instructors to Senior Instructor, including the recommendation for or against promotion, and
• the numerical scoring of Instructors/Senior Instructors’ performance as part of the annual merit/salary review process.
• The DIRC may have other responsibilities as requested by the Dean of LAS and is expected to act as a resource to the Dean in Non Tenure Track Faculty (NTTF) issues.

Committee Description

The Dean’s Review Committee is composed of tenured associate and full professors from the college, department chair and primary unit evaluation committee chair, its job is to assist and advise the Dean in personnel matters. Every candidate must have a primary unit evaluation committee consisting of at least five members of the candidate’s department or related departments if the department is too small. Units may specify a smaller number of members of the Primary Unit Committee in their approved unit criteria, but in no case can this committee have fewer than three members. The chair of the primary department is responsible for providing candidates with a copy of the primary unit’s “statement of criteria, standards, and evidence” during the first semester of appointment.

LAS DEI Council Mission Statement

The LAS DEI Council is committed to making the UCCS College of Letters, Arts & Sciences an inclusive, equitable, and collaborative space to learn, teach, work, discover, and thrive. We seek to foster a college climate in which all members of the LAS community feel respected, valued, and empowered to engage in the life of the college. Through putting forward various policies and procedures, supporting hiring and retention initiatives, collaborating with other committees and offices regarding DEI issues, and measuring the College’s progress toward its DEI goals, the LAS DEI Council serves as a powerful ally to colleagues affected by all forms of bias, racism, and structural inequality.

Student Fee Template - Academic and Mandatory  

Committee Description

The Fee Advisory Committee reviews department proposals to request new mandatory student fees or to increase, decrease, discontinue or change the original intent of an existing fee. The committee will make recommendations to the UCCS Board of Regents for its final review and approval.

Committee Description

The Online Fee Committee is advisory to the Dean on matters concerning disbursement of both the College’s and the Departments’ portions of online fee funds. The Committee will create guidelines for the distribution of these fee monies, and establish an LAS Online Incentives Program with defined categories of requests for expenditures of these funds. Some requests require only approval of the LAS Faculty Program Planning Specialist and the Department Chair, others may require additional approval of the Dean, and some may require approval of the Committee. The Committee will act as the principal advisory board to the Dean on these matters.

Committee Description

The Committee on Policy and Procedures is advisory to the Dean. The committee is charged with reviewing existing policies and procedures, including: 1) eliminating policies and procedures that are otiose, redundant, or inconsistent with other College, campus, and system-wide policies and procedures; 2) adding policies and procedures where needed and clarifying existing policies and procedures; and 3) discussing the benefits of separating policies from procedures and of composing bylaws for the College. The Committee shall regularly revisit the Bylaws and Policies & Procedures and update as necessary. 

Committee Description

The Research Committee’s primary purpose is to maintain, and where possible, improve the quality of research and creative works within the college. It is charged with developing measures for improving faculty and student research and establishing a program of faculty development. Also responsible for awarding the annual LAS research award.

Committee Description

The Grievance Committee is composed of tenured faculty from the college, its job is to consider information provided by the grievant and the Dean’s Review Committee and to make recommendations to the Dean. (None of the members of the Grievance Committee can be members of the Dean’s Review Committee.)

Links

• LAS Grievance Flowchart 2023
• Changes to LAS Bylaws passed in Fall 2022

Committee Description

The LAS Staff Advisory Committee’s primary purpose is to maintain, and where possible, improve the quality of communication between staff and faculty within the college. The committee is also responsible for awarding the Annual LAS Staff Outstanding Service Award.

Service Position Description (PDF)

Committee Description

The Teaching Committee’s primary purpose is to maintain, and where possible, improve the quality of undergraduate instruction within the college. Also responsible for awarding the annual LAS teaching award