Chapter VI. Schools and Colleges: Program Definitions
Bylaws Table of Contents | Detailed Table of Contents Sec. 6.01. General Purpose The schools and colleges are maintained for the purpose of serving the state and the nation through (1) providing instruction; (2) conducting scholarly investigations and research in those branches of knowledge that form the basis of modern culture, professional practice, and leadership in our business and industrial society; and (3) applying this knowledge to the solution of the problems of our society. The management of the affairs of the schools and colleges, subject to Regental approval, is placed in the governing faculties, the deans, and the executive committees. Sec. 6.02. Degree Program Definitions (revised July 2006) Undergraduate degree programs are offered by: The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor Campus)
The University of Michigan-Dearborn
The University of Michigan-Flint
Graduate degree programs are offered by the schools and colleges on all three campuses through the agency of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, leading to the master's, doctoral, and related degrees. In addition, the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Stephen M. Ross School of Business, the School of Health Professions and Studies, the School of Natural Resources and Environment, and the Schools of Management at the University of Michigan-Dearborn and at the University of Michigan-Flint, and the School of Education and Human Services at the University of Michigan-Flint are authorized to offer the master's degree in appropriate professional fields and the School of Music, the master's degree in applied music. Graduate professional degree programs are offered by the:
Sec. 6.03. Institutes and Centers (revised April 1995) Institutes may be established on recommendation by the president as subordinate units of the University, for the purpose of conducting teaching, research, or service activities administratively organized as separate units ordinarily responsible to a major unit of the University. The executive functions of an institute shall be performed by a director and executive committee, appointed by the president, and responsible to the appropriate University officer. Centers may be established on recommendation by the president for the support of interdisciplinary research, publication, and training in several departments within a school or college. The executive functions of the center shall be performed by a director and executive committee, appointed by the president, and responsible to the dean and executive committee of the college. A department is a subdivision of a school or college under an administrative head maintained for the purpose of conducting a curriculum or curricula in a specified field of learning. A department has a separate budget, responsible to the budgetary authorities of the school or college of which it is a part. Each department shall be organized in such a manner as to provide general participation by staff members in the management of departmental affairs. Sec. 6.05. Divisions of the University (revised January 1993) A division of the University may be established by the president and the Board on request from faculty members interested in a common substantive field which cuts across administrative lines, for the purpose of coordinating allied interests and activities. In the exercise of its functions, a division shall concern itself with the interrelations of programs of instruction, the encouragement of individual research, the promotion of cooperative investigations, and the performance of extramural services. The functioning agency of a division shall be a general committee representative of the constituent departments and constituted in such a manner as may be deemed appropriate in each division. The individuals constituting the general committee shall be nominated by appropriate agencies of the schools, colleges, and departments. A division is not an administrative unit. It shall cease to exist when the constituent members do not request appointment of members and officers for the ensuing year. It may be reactivated by a request to the president from former constituent members. The chair of each division shall be appointed by the president on recommendation of the division members. This section shall not apply to the Division of Kinesiology, which is an operative administrative and academic units. Bylaws Table of Contents | Detailed Table of Contents If you have questions or suggestions regarding the bylaws section of our website, please email them to nasin@umich.edu. Bylaws updated: April 2008 (Section 11.07) |
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