Programs Sub-Committee

General Information

• Committee Name: Programs Sub-Committee
• Reporting to: Committee for Academic Programs Policy
• Contact: app@uq.edu.au 
• Version (Effective Date): 18 November 2021
• Sub-Committees: nil
• Quorum: 4 members, including at least one from each of the following groups:
  • Deputy President and President, Academic Board
  • Associate deans (academic) (or academic nominee)
  • Faculty senior administration managers
• Notes: abbreviated as PSC; the Academic Programs Review Committee was disbanded and reformed as the Programs Sub-Committee in 2007.

Terms of Reference

The role of the Programs Sub-Committee (PSC) is to:

• Consider and advise on the creation of, and changes to, program requirements where they affect the structural components/composition of the program. Program requirements include the courses to be taken to complete the program and any other specific conditions of the program including enrolment and progression requirements. Program requirements also include all requirements set out in the former ‘program rules’
• Ensure program requirements:
  • clearly express the intent of the program concerned;
  • are well drafted; and
  • comply with relevant University policies and procedures.

Composition

• Ex-Officio:
  • Deputy President of the Academic Board (Chair)
  • President of the Academic Board
  • Senior Manager, Academic Policy and Programs and Student Complaints and Grievance Resolution (or nominee)
• Nominated:
  • three associate deans (academic) (or academic nominee) nominated by the President of the Academic Board
  • three faculty senior administration managers nominated by the Academic Registrar

The six nominated positions must include a representative from each faculty.

Administrative Arrangements

The Academic Services Division provides secretarial services.

* As at 17 December 2021