Purpose: The purpose of the Education Committee is to provide faculty and the College with a formal process to lead and guide all education-related aspects of the College of Public Health in order to promote and ensure a quality learning experience for all students.

Structure: T The Education Committee shall be comprised of faculty, with one or more voting representatives from the degree programs offered at the Doctoral level, the Master of Science in Public Health level, the Master of Public Health level, and the Bachelor level as indicated:

• PhD & DrPH – 1
• MSPH – 1
• MPH & MHA – 3
• BS – 1

These numbers of members are a minimum. The Committee may vote to change the number of voting members in any degree level, based on the needs of the College.  At the time of appointment, each voting member will designate an alternate who will assume the duties of the voting member in the event of absence of the voting member.  This alternate member also will serve as the liaison to the Office of Educational Technology and Assessment.

Voting members will be elected by the concentration leads in their respective degree programs, and should have substantial experience in curriculum related matters.  Voting members will be elected to a term of two years, and may serve up to three consecutive terms.

• Review and approve new and revised degree programs, concentrations, courses, certificates, and other items related to instruction/learning, which originate within the College, or in which the College participates with other entities.  
• Review and monitor the current degree programs, concentrations, courses, certificates, educational methods, and other items related to instruction/learning of the College to ensure quality and appropriateness of content.
• Review and monitor all procedure, practices, and outcomes that affect any aspect of education at the College.
• Approve, monitor, coordinate, and promote interdisciplinary academic programs.
• Approve, monitor, coordinate, and promote experiential-based curriculum requirements.
• Approve, monitor, coordinate, and promote culminating experience requirements.
•  Review and approve education-related technology, and associated standards for delivering quality instruction, for both online and in-class courses.
• Develop, approve, and monitor reviews of student performance, and student academic integrity.
• Oversee and review College efforts to enhance the academic quality of programs, concentrations, and courses as a means of providing ongoing evaluation to assist in program improvement and in meeting the standards set by the Council for Education in Public Health (CEPH), Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
• Provides oversight, review and recommendations regarding curricula, educational technology, and educational outcomes. This includes evaluating the effectiveness of integrating technology into learning models and formats, the quality of standards for delivering content, student performance metrics, and other matters that pertain to academic rigor and effectiveness.

Members:

Education Committee Documents and Related Links:

• Education Committee Curriculum Change Process
• USF Graduate Course and Program Processing
• USF Undergraduate Course and Program Processing
• Education Committee Concentration Leads By Degree Program
• EC Bylaws

Committee Members Only:

Box (curriculum proposals documentation)