B. Academic Units

1.    For the conduct of its work of instruction and research the Faculty is organized into academic units, which include departments, schools, institutes, centers, and programs. 

2.    The chairs and directors of these units are appointed by the President, usually for a term of three or four years, after consultation with the members of the Faculty concerned. The duties of the chair or director of an academic unit are:

       a. To call and preside over all meetings of the unit.
       b. To bring to the attention of the participating faculty for discussion and action all matters which may pertain to the work and efficiency of the unit.
       c. To represent the unit in all administrative dealings with the President of the University.
       d. To prepare proposals for appointment, reappointment, or advancement in rank or salary of unit members. 
       e. To perform such other duties in connection with the work and administration of the unit as the President of the University may assign to the chair.

3.    Within the general framework of the rules and procedures established for the Faculty as a whole, each unit determines its own procedures and internal organization and establishes such committees as it finds desirable.

4.    The unit is corporately responsible for all of its courses and programs of study and research.

       a. It may recommend to the Faculty through the appropriate Faculty committee the institution of new courses and programs and the cancellation or revision of existing courses and programs.
       b. It authorizes its chair or director, or one of its departmental committees, to designate which member of the unit shall take charge of each course or program, and which members shall participate in each course or program.

5.    A proposal to constitute a new department, school, institute, center, or program is in the first instance considered by the Dean of the Faculty, the Academic Planning Group, and the Faculty Committees on the Course of Study and on the Graduate School. Their recommendations are reported to the Faculty. If the Faculty approves the proposal, its action is reported by the President to the Academic Affairs Committee of the Board, which in turn reports to the full Board of Trustees for final action.

       The following academic units are authorized to be the primary academic home for tenured and tenure-track faculty appointments: