Bylaws
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in
Global Change
Amended: April 5, 2004
The
Interdisciplinary Program in Global Change offers a Ph.D. minor for students
whose major is in some field or science, engineering or social science, but are
interested in acquiring a broader environmental and Earth system perspective.
The program's Executive Committee (a subset of the entire Committee
on Global Change), which is appointed by and is responsible to the Director
of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs, serves as the executive,
administrative and policy making board for the Global Change Program The
organization and structure of the Committee on Global Change shall
conform to the guidelines for Interdisciplinary Programs established by the
Director of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs.
It
is the responsibility of the Global Change Program to provide an
interdisciplinary Ph.D. minor. This includes responsibility for recruiting
students for the Ph.D. minor, setting appropriate course requirements,
maintaining a faculty membership whom can serve on Ph.D. committees and keeping
the necessary records. The Committee on Global Change will also work
with the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth ISPE to promote a vigorous
program of global change research and educational activities on campus. ISPE
will provide administrative support for the Committee on Global Change.
Creative
planning and leadership are essential to the success of the program. This is
the function of the executive committee, with the input of all members
of the program. In the following sections, the Bylaws that govern the policies
and operating procedures are stated.
Article L Executive Committee and Chairperson of the
Committee of Global Change
Articles
of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Global Change are administered by
the Executive Committee. The Chairperson of the Executive Committee will
be chair of the entire Committee on Global Change. The Executive Committee
reports to the Graduate College.
1.
Chairperson of the Committee on Global Change
(a) The Chairperson of the Committee
on Global Change will be appointed by the Director of the Graduate
Interdisciplinary Programs from nominees submitted by the Executive Committee.
The Chairperson will serve a renewable five-year term.
(b) The duties of the Chairperson of the Committee
on Global Change are: i) call and preside at meetings of the Executive
Committee as needed, but not less than once per semester, ii) call and preside
at meetings of the entire Committee on Global Change as needed; iii)
manage administrative matters of the Program, including changes to course
requirements and participation in Ph.D. committees; iv) be the primary contact
for student inquires and staff support,
2. Executive
Committee
(a) The Executive Committee will consist
of five members appointed by the Director of the Graduate
Interdisciplinary Programs to staggered Five-year terms (one appointment
per year), from a slate proposed by the Executive Committee. The Executive
Committee will solicit nominations from the entire Committee on Global
Change. Membership in the Executive Committee should reflect the breadth of
backgrounds and units represented by the membership of the Committee on
Global Change and ISPE. Upon completing a full five-year term, a member of
the Executive Committee should not be reappointed to another consecutive
five-year term. At least one member of the Executive Committee should also be a
member of the ISPE Executive Committee.
(b) The Executive Committee is
responsible for administering the Ph.D. minor, including:
i. establishing requirements for
the Ph.D. minor,
ii. evaluating and approving
case-by-case requests for waivers to the requirements;
iii. arranging for the offering
of any colloquium in global change that is a required part of the minor,
iv. preparing and making
available current information to students regarding program requirements and
faculty involved;
v.
facilitating communication within the Committee on Global Change, with ISPE and
supporting academic unit heads and deans;
vi.
helping to match students with appropriate faculty members to serve as the
minor advisor and as members of qualifying, preliminary and 6nal examination
committees;
vii.
recruiting faculty to serve as members of the Committee on Global Change;
vii.
establishing any ad hoc committee needed to ensure operation of the program;
and
ix.
carrying out of appropriate reviews of the program and membership.
The
Executive Committee will undertake an annual review of all regular Committee
on Global Change faculty members, as required by the Provost and the
Director of the Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs beginning with the 1999
reporting year. The purpose of this annual review is to document and acknowledge
efforts of the faculty of behalf of the Global Change Program. The form that
will be used to conduct the annual review is included as an attachment to these
by-laws.
Article IL Membership in the Committee on Global Change
The
Committee on Global Change consists of faculty at the University of Arizona who are eligible to serve as minor representatives on Ph.D. committees.
1.
Membership Criteria
(a) Faculty shall be nominated for
membership in the Committee on Global Change by submitting a request for
membership and a current curriculum vita to the Executive Committee. A
four-fifths majority of positive votes of the Executive Committee shall
be required for nomination to membership to the Director of the Graduate
Interdisciplinary Programs, who shall confer membership. Important criteria for
membership shall include participation in interdisciplinary global change
activities at the University of Arizona and/or demonstrated current scholarly
activity in the general area of global change or Earth system science.
(b) Appointments to the Committee on
Global Change shall be for five years. At least once each year the Executive
Committee shall review those members whose five-year term is about to
expire, and either notify the person that they are being asked to leave the Committee
on Global Change or notify the person that they will be recommended for
reappointment Members who participate in the Executive Committee, other
ad hoc committees, or who serve as minor representatives on Ph.D. committees
should normally be reappointed Those who do not participate in these activities
should be dropped from the Committee on Global Change.
(c)
Members dropped from membership may reapply for membership as outlined in
Article II.A.
2.
Responsibilities
(a) Members of the Committee on Global
Change may serve as minor representatives on PhD committees for students
taking the Ph.D. minor in Global Change. Representatives should become familiar
with the requirements of the Ph.D. minor, and offer an appropriate perspective
when serving on Ph.D. committees.
(b) Members of the Committee on Global
Change shall serve when asked on ad hoc committees of the program.
(c) Each member of the Committee on
Global Change shall have one vote on matters brought to the Committee by
the Executive Committee. A quorum shall constitute one-third of the
membership.
Article
III. Amendments
The
Bylaws shall be amended or revised by movement of the Executive Committee
and a two- thirds vote of the Committee on Global Change.
Committee
on Global Change Annual Activity Summary (year)
Name Title
Home Department(s')
___________________ ______________________ ________________________
Please
answer the following questions with respect to the (year) calendar year. Copy
form or use reverse side if additional space is needed for responses.
1. Did you
serve as Global Change PhD Minor faculty representative on a Preliminary Exam
Committee or a Ph.D. Dissertation Research
Committee? Yes
ٱ
No ٱ
If
"yes", complete the following:
Grad
Student name Actual or Anticipated Graduation Date
____________________ _________________________
____________________ _________________________
____________________ _________________________
2. Did you
serve on the GC Executive Committee or any other GC ad hoc
committees? Yes ٱ No ٱ
If
"yes", list service below.
3. Are you
willing to serve on the GC Executive Committee or other GC ad hoc
committees? Yes ٱ No ٱ
4. Did you
teach any of the three required GC Minor classes?
If
"yes", please list: Course Semester & Year
______ ______ GC 572 Global Biogeochemical Cycles
______ ______ GC 530 The Climate System
______ ______ GC 597 Global Change Workshop
5. Would you
be interested in contributing to teaching of the three required GC Minor
classes, especially the GC Workshop (GC
597)?
Yes ٱ No ٱ
6. Did you
teach any of the classes listed among GC Minor
electives? Yes ٱ
No ٱ
If yes",
please list:
Semester
& Year
______
______ ANTH/ARL/LAS 631 - Anthropology and Development (3 cr)
______
______ ATMO 541a - Dynamic Meteorology (3 cr)
______
______ ATMO 551a - Physical Meteorology (3 cr)
______
______ ATMO 595b - Global Climate Change (2 cr); Identical to GEOS 595b, HWR
595b
______
______ ATMO 595c - General Circulation Observations and Modeling
(1-3
cr); Identical with GEOS 595c, HWR 595c
______
______ ATMO 569a - Air Pollution I (3 cr); Identical to CHEE 569a
______
______ ATMO 569b - Air Pollution II(3 cr); Identical to CHEE 569b
______
______ GEOG 516 - GIS for Geography and Regional Development (3 cr)
______
______ GEOG 531 - Global and Regional Climatology (3 cr)
______
______ GEOG 561 - Resource Management (3 cr)
______
______ GEOS 530 - Chemical Evolution of the Earth (3 cr)
______
______ GEOS 562 - Introduction to Quaternary ecology (3 cr)
______
______ GEOS 582 - Paleoclimatology (3 cr)
______
______ GEOS 595E - Dendroclimatology Colloquium (3 cr)
______
______ GEOS 588 - Soil Geochemistry (3 cr)
______
______ HWR 524 - Hydroclimatology (3 cr)
______
______ POL/HWR/RNR 581 - Environmental Policy (3 cr)
______
______ REM 590 - Remote Sensing for the Study of Planet Earth (3 cr)
______
______ RNR 517 - GIS for Natural Resources (3 cr)
______
______ RNR 519 - Cartographic Modeling for Natural Resources (3 cr)
______
______ SWES 553 - Remote Sensing of the Environment (3 cr)
7. Were you
involved in Global Change research?
Yes
ٱ
No ٱ
If
"yes", please provide brief description (or KEY words) below.
8. Were you
involved in any other Global Change Committee service
activities? Yes ٱ No ٱ
If yes",
please describe below.
9. Percent of
workload spent on Global Change Ph.D Minor Activities (including teaching,
mentoring, committees, but excluding research)
ٱ
<5% ٱ 5-20% ٱ >20%
