The Academic Senate is the principal representative body in the faculty governance system of The University of Texas at Dallas. It consists of not less than ten percent of the general faculty, elected annually. It has primary responsibility in matters related to the curriculum and general academic policy, and it works closely with the administration in other areas of university life.
Speaker of the Senate
- 972-883-2732
Secretary of the Senate
- 972-883-2742
Senate Elections
Send Nomination forms by fax to 972-883-2276 no later than 2/27/08
Senate Members
Faculty Members are selected each year by the voting members of the General Faculty.
Council Members
Each spring the new Senate elects no more than one-third of its members to serve on the Academic Council, which sets the agenda for the Senate. The Academic Council meets the first Wednesday of every month.
Committees
There are fourteen Commmittees reporting to the Academic Senate and fifteen University Wide Committees.
Senate Committees
University Wide Committees
Syllabi Templates
Faculty syllabi templates approved by the Committee on Educational Policy.
Meeting Agenda
2008 Agendas
- 1/09/08 Council Agenda
- 1/16/08 SENATE AGENDA_
- 2/06/08 Council Agenda
- 2/20/2008 Senate Agenda
- Council Agenda 3.5.08
- 03.19.08 Senate Agenda
- 4.02.08Council Agenda Packet
- Senate agenda 04.16.08
- Council Agenda 05.07.08
- 05.07.08 Council Agenda Packet
- CEP (pending approval) Supply Chain-Cat
- Catalog MAPS 0508
- Senate agenda 05.21.08
- Council Agenda 6.4.08
- Senate agenda 06.18.08
- Council Agenda 7.2.08
- 9/19 Meeting Agenda
- 10/10 Council Agenda
- 10/17 Senate Agenda
Newsletters
2008 Newsletters
2007 Newsletters
- January 2007
- February 2007
- March 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007 - No meeting
- June 2007
- July 2007 - no meeting
- August 2007
- September 2007
- October 2007
- November 2007
- December 2007 - no meeting
Minutes
Minutes of Academic Senate meetings for the current year.
U. T. Dallas Handbook of Operating Procedures
Title III, Academic Affairs,
Chapter 21, Academic Governance (Word document)
Updated: August 19, 2008