2.6 Standing Committees

2.6.1 Appointment

(Approved February 16, 1993)

Each standing committee shall consist of three or more members of the Academic Council, appointed by the Chair of the Council. The Chair of each standing committee shall be elected by the committee members, and shall serve at the pleasure of the committee. No member of the Council shall serve simultaneously on more than one standing committee.

2.6.2 Replacing Members

(Approved February 16, 1993)

In the event that a member of a standing committee vacates his/her Council seat, the representative who replaces him/her as a member of the Council shall also replace him/her as a member of that standing committee, finishing the unexpired portion of the term.

However, if the vacating member is the Chair of a standing committee, an election for the Chair must take place before the next meeting of the Council.

A temporary absence of less than fifteen weeks does not create a vacancy.

2.6.3 Course Review Committee

(Approved February 16, 1993) (Amended January 25, 2012)

The purpose of the Course Review Committee is to inform and advise the Council on matters involving courses taught by the School.

The Committee considers requests for approval of new courses, requests for retirement of existing courses, and requests to modify existing courses. The Committee also establishes procedures and guidelines for adding, retiring, or modifying courses.

2.6.4 Curriculum, Certificate, and Degree Requirements Committee

(Approved February 16, 1993) (Amended October 27, 2004) (Amended January 12, 2007) (Amended January 25, 2012)

The purpose of the Curriculum, Certificate, and Degree Requirements Committee is to inform and advise the Council on matters involving the requirements a student must fulfill in order to earn a degree or academic certificate at the School.

The Committee shall consider the following types of requests:

1. requests submitted by academic units for the establishment of new curricula;
2. requests submitted by academic units for the establishment of new degree or academic certificate programs;
3. requests submitted by academic units for changing the requirements of existing curricula, degree, or academic certificate programs;
4. requests submitted by students, Program Officers, or Departments seeking the waiver of specific candidacy requirements, including requests for waiver of QPR requirements and requests for waiver of course requirements;
5. requests submitted by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs that the Council formulate or modify policies involving curricula and degree and academic certificate requirements.

Examples of this last item include policies on course load restrictions, credit for thesis work, and Engineer's degree requirements.

2.6.5 Doctoral Committee

(Approved February 16, 1993) (Amended January 25, 2012)

The purpose of the Doctoral Committee of the Academic Council is to establish, monitor, review, certify, and advise on policies and procedures which will ensure high and consistent academic standards of Ph.D. programs throughout the Naval Postgraduate School.

At the request of the Academic Council, it will fulfill these responsibilities by:

1. formulating policies and procedures which pertain to the Ph.D. degree;
2. developing policies to maintain and improve the quality of Ph.D. education at the School;
3. reviewing new doctoral programs and changes to existing Ph.D. programs.

2.6.6 Special Programs Committee

(Approved February 16, 1993) (Amended January 17, 2007) (Amended January 25, 2012)

The purpose of the Special Programs Committee is to review all special degree programs at the School, to propose policies governing special programs and to recommend Council action on agenda items related to special programs.

Special degree programs at the School are considered to be but not limited to:

1. master's degree programs which have not been previously and explicitly approved by the Council;
2. internal dual degree programs;
3. thesis extension requests.

2.6.7 Nominations Committee

(Approved January 25, 2012)

The purpose of the Nominations Committee is to review all academic units’ nominations for award of degrees and certificates, and to recommend to the Council actions concerning the quarterly Graduation list and quarterly With Distinction list. The Committee will ensure that nominations are in accordance with section 7.1 and 7.2 of the Manual.