The Letters and Science Faculty Senate is the main legislative body of the College, meeting once per semester and functioning in much the same way as the University Faculty Senate. Senate members are elected to represent disciplinary districts. The Senate is chaired by Dean Sandefur. Often a department's University senators also serve as College senators. One of the main duties of the Senate is to consider and vote upon proposed curricular changes that involve the basic degree requirements.

Who serves on the L&S Senate? The same senators who serve in the university Faculty Senate usually also serve as senators in the L&S Faculty Senate. According to L&S Faculty Senate Bylaws, the members of the L&S Senate are "elected from the College of Letters and Science to the Faculty Senate under section 2.04 of Chapter 2 of Faculty Policies and Procedures; their designated alternatives to the Faculty Senate shall serve as their alternatives to the L&S Senate. Any senate district which wishes to do so may, in an election conducted in accord with the provisions of section 2.04 of Faculty Policies and Procedures, elect L&S Senators equal in number to but not necessarily the same as their faculty senators to serve in their place; each L&S Senator so elected shall designate an alternate as specified in section 2.04 of Faculty Policies and Procedures. Any department of the College without a faculty senator shall elect one senator to the L&S Senate." (1.02 Letters and Science Faculty Senate Bylaws)

Fall Meeting:  Monday, November 12, 2007, 3:30 p.m.

165 Bascom Hall

Spring Meeting: Monday, April 14, 2008, 3:30 p.m.

2241 Chamberlin Hall

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Revised March 31, 2008 by emk.