(1) An External Advisory Committee (EAC) will be established for each award or suite of awards, both undergraduate and postgraduate, offered or to be offered by the University. The approval of the Courses Approvals and Articulations Committee (CAAC) is required where an EAC covers a suite of awards, particularly at the undergraduate level. Where an award covers a number of 'key programs', a request may be made to form a number of external advisory committees. (2) The objectives of the EAC will be to: (3) Nil. (4) The External Advisory Committee (EAC) will advise the Head of Program (HOP) regarding: (5) The membership of the External Advisory Committee (EAC) should comprise of the following. Persons may be added to the committee. However, the ratio of 60:40 (external:internal) members should be maintained. Nominations should be approved by the Associate Dean Academic in conjunction with the relevant Head of Program (HOP). (6) The Chair must be an external member of the Committee. (7) The term of office will be two years. Consecutive terms will be permitted. (8) The External Advisory Committee (EAC) will meet at least once a year face-to-face. Other meetings should take place as required and may be conducted in a manner most suitable to the external membership. (9) An agenda should be provided and minutes must be taken for each meeting. (10) A quorum comprises of 50% of the membership, with the further requirement that the external members are in the majority (11) There are two types of reporting required: (12) For each course approval submission reviewed by the Committee, the following aspects should be considered and reported (see External Advisory Committee Report template in the EAC checklist document) (13) An annual report should be provided to the College Education Assessment and Progression Committee and subsequently to the Courses Approvals and Articulations Committee (CAAC), no later than February of the following year. The report from these regular meeting should address the matters detailed in the Objectives and the Terms of Reference. (14) Administrative support for the External Advisory Committee will be provided by the School. (15) Nil.Course External Advisory Committee Policy
Section 1 - Purpose and Context
Top of PageSection 2 - Definitions
Section 3 - Policy Statement
Part A - Terms of Reference
Part B - Membership
Part C - Duration of appointment
Part D - Meeting frequency
Part E - Reporting
Part F - Administrative support
Section 4 - Procedures
Section 5 - Guidelines
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