Policies and Documents

New or Revised (2009-2013)

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Peer Class Visit Reports (modified 2013) Contributions to Field of Study (modified 2013) Accelerated Promotion Review Process (modified 2013) Policy on Procedures for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness for Lecturers (reaffirmed 2012) Policy on Procedures for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness (reaffirmed 2012) Policy on Reappointment (modified 2012) Basic Skills Policy (modified 2012) Undergraduate Academic Internship Policy (modified 2012) Effective Date of New or Revised Personnel Policies (modified 2011) Online and Hybrid Courses (2011) Upper Division Writing Proficiency Examination (modified 2010) Major and Minor Policy (modified 2010) Administrative Graduation (new 2010) 2010-11 Academic Year Calendar of Personnel Procedures (2010) Statement of Professional Responsibility (modified 2009) 2009-10 Academic Year Calendar of Personnel Procedures (2009) Undergraduate Policy on Withdrawals (modified 2009) Undergraduate Policy on Repeating Courses (modified 2009) Sabbatical Leave Procedures (modified 2009) Policy on Certificates (modified 2009) Training for Equity & Diversity Reps on Search Committee for FT Faculty (modified 2009) Five-Year Review of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (modified 2009)

Frequently Requested Policies

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• Policies in this Section are in alphabetical order.
Academic Internships (1992) Academic Minor (1989) Associate Dean Search Committees (2007) Class Visit Policy (2007) Course Numbering System (modified 1990) Criterion for Continued Enrollment of Readmitted Previously Disqualified Students (2008) Curriculum Review Procedures (1993) Earning a Major and a Minor from the Same Department (modified 2006) Eligibility for Emeritus Status (modified 2006) Endowed Chairs and Professorships (2007) Exception Clause Policy (2006) Faculty Authored Material (1991) Faculty Role in Developing the Academic Calendar (2006) FERP Faculty Service on Department Personnel Committees (2005) General Education Reform Model (2005) GPA Requirements for Graduate Programs (2006) Grant-Related/Specially Funded Instructional Faculty (2008) Inventions and Patents (2001) Lecturers Role in Election of Search Committees for Deans and Associate Deans (2005) Missed Classes Due to Participation in University-Approved Activities (2005) Periodic Review of Department and College Personnel Procedures (modified 2005) Periodic Review of Tenured Faculty - Post Tenure Review (2008) Petition/Appeal Process for Honors at Graduation (2008) Plus/Minus Grading (1987) Reinstatement after Third Disqualification (2008) Repeating Courses for Grade Improvement (modified 2003) Repeating Courses for the Third or Subsequent Time (2008) Removal of AVP of Human Resources from Sect. 600 Searches (2006) Retention of Student Work (2005) Timely Adoption of Textbook/Instructional Materials for Accessibility (2008) Undergraduate Disqualification (modified 2004) Voting by Student Members on Dean and Associate Dean Search Committees (modified 2006) Written Syllabi in Undergraduate Courses (modified 2003) Written Syllabi in Graduate Courses (2006)

• Senate Policy Index
• Policy Submission Template (use to submit policies to the Senate)
• Governance, Collegiality, and Responsibility in the CSU (Board Of Trustees, 1985)
• Collegiality in the CSU (CSU Academic Senate, 1985)
• Roster of CSUN Faculty Presidents
• Roster of CSUN Statewide Academic Senators
• 2011-12 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• 2010-11 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• 2009-10 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• 2008-09 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• 2007-08 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• 2006-07 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• 2005-06 Faculty Senate Annual Report
• CSUN Progress Report on Graduation Rates (to Board of Trustees)