Departments and schools participate in university shared governance as defined by their charters. The charter defines the responsibilities of the department chair or school dean and the faculty. Please use the updated Sample Charter below as the baseline for developing your department's charter.
- Departmental Governance: Senate Policy 710.1
- Search Procedures for Dept Chairs and School Deans: Senate Procedures 805.1.1
- Sample Charter : Please download or make a copy of this file to use for your departmental Charter.
- Current Department Charters