College of Business (COB) Standing Committees

Executive Committee

The COB Executive Committee consists of the Dean (who serves as Chair) the Associate Deans, Assistant Dean, Departments Heads/Chairs of the Departments and Director of the School of Accountancy, and the Director of the Media Production Group. The Dean, in conjunction with the members of this Committee, sets the direction for the College. Implementation of strategic and operational plans are considered.

Graduate Programs Committee

This committee consists of one graduate faculty of each department and school as appointed in consultation with the Department Head/Chair. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research serves as Chair.

1. Curriculum Responsibilities

a. To review interdepartmental curricula (e.g., the MBA program) periodically and to prepare recommendations for the faculty concerning them.

b. To review all requests for graduate course changes, additions, and deletions and to prepare recommendations for the Dean.

2. Program Responsibilities -- To provide guidelines for the interpretation of interdepartmental curricula and the administration of the graduate programs, and to serve as a body for graduate appeals. Through departmental representation on the committee, graduate program issues related to curricula development and/or impact, are also addressed on a pro-active basis.

Undergraduate Programs Committee

This committee is composed of one faculty of each department and school as appointed in consultation with the Department Head/Chair, a Student Advisor, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research serves as Chair. The Committee has the following responsibilities:

1. Curriculum Responsibilities

a. To review the undergraduate curricula periodically and to prepare recommendations for the faculty concerning them.

b. To review all requests for undergraduate course changes, additions, and deletions and to prepare recommendations for the Dean.
2. Program Responsibilities -- To provide guidelines for the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs in the interpretation of the curricula and the administration of the undergraduate programs, and to serve as a body for undergraduate appeals. Through departmental representation on the Committee, undergraduate program issues related to curricula development are also addressed on a pro-active basis.

Information Technology Committee

This Committee is composed of one faculty from each department or school as appointed in consultation with the Department Head/Chair, a member from the outreach units, the Director of the College Network Media and Services unit, and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research. The Associate Dean serves as the Committee Chair. The committee reviews hardware and software instructional and research needs of the College and makes appropriate recommendations.

Faculty Evaluation Oversight Committee

This Committee is composed of one member from each department or school. Members of the Committee must be full-time faculty members with tenure, must be in residence, and must not have an administrative assignment as Dean, Associate Dean, Department Head, or Director during the period that they serve as members of the Committee. Each member of the Committee shall be elected by the faculty in the department or school.

The Committee’s charge is to respond to appeals by the faculty of the Department Head’s/Chair’s ratings of faculty performance based upon the annual performance review.

Priorities and Goals Committee

This is a thirteen person advisory Committee with six of the members elected by the faculty of the respective School/Department and four appointed by the Dean. The Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research, a member of the Advisory Council, and the Dean are members of the Committee. Members serve two-year staggered terms. The Dean serves as Chair of the Committee. The Committee assists in the strategic planning process by articulating the mission for the College, the goals implied by the mission, the steps necessary to reach the goals, and the methods of assessment of progress towards the goals.

Instruction Committee

This is a new committee that was formed on the basis of the recent strategic planning process. The committee’s central objective is to identify and disseminate effective principles, methods, practices and tools of instruction that promote student learning and continuous improvement. The Committee would be responsible for identifying “best practices” in the teaching and student learning arena. Among the issues that are this committee’s responsibility are alternative methods for the evaluation of classroom instruction, using electronic tools in support of classroom instruction, development of multi-media instructional tools, and others. This committee will be the link with the Biggio Center and other teaching/instruction committees across the campus. It could also identify and assist in developing dossiers for instruction-related awards at the University level and serve as a selection committee for the College-endowed teaching awards. The Committee shall be composed of one faculty from each Department/School.

Research Committee

This is a new committee that was formed on the basis of the recent strategic planning process. Research is an integral part of faculty activity and leads to increasing the visibility of the faculty, Department/School, and College. It fosters the creation of a national and international reputation. Accordingly, at the College level, there is a need to promote the quality of research through seminars that would bring to campus leading researchers in the discipline. Conducting seminars on grantmanship is another desirable activity. Among the activities that the Committee would be responsible for are the identification and assistance in developing dossiers for research-related awards at the University level, serving as the selection committee for Summer Research awards and College-endowed research awards, providing benchmark data of our peer institutions as it pertains to research, and others. The Committee shall be composed of one faculty from each Department/School and the Auburn Technical Assistance Center (ATAC).