The Office of Faculty Affairs and Curriculum oversees numerous functions related to faculty employment, performance and engagement. These services include participation in committees and other School- and University-based service and leadership groups, curriculum development and approval, and faculty recruitment/appointment, tenure and promotion.
Services
Standing Committees
- Academic Programs Committee
- Administrative Council
- Scholastic Standards and Petitions
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Evaluation Committee
- Tenure and Promotion Committee
Special Councils and Representatives
- Council of Program Directors
- Dean's Student Advisory Committee
- Research Advisory Council
- USC Faculty Senate Representatives
Resources
Committee Descriptions [pdf]
Committee Membership, 2023-2024 [xlsx]
Academic Program Development Policy [pdf], which includes information on:
- New Course Proposals
- Course Change Proposals
- New Program Proposals
- Curriculum Change Requests
- Program Terminations
- Requests for Distance Education Delivery
- Special Topics Courses
- Scheduling Exception Requests
Faculty Annual Review
- Annual review overview (Office of the Provost)
- Annual Review Policies and Procedures [pdf]
- Annual review document for all faculty [doc]
- Guidelines for annual review panels [pdf]
- Guidelines for annual review presentations and letters [pdf]
- Annual review summary sheets [pdf]
Third-year and Post-tenure Review
Teaching Peer Review
Appointment, Tenure and Promotion Procedures
- Clinical, instructional and practice faculty [pdf]
- Research faculty [pdf]
- Tenure-track faculty (Office of the Provost, 2019) [pdf]
- Adjunct faculty appointments [pdf]
Faculty Policies and Procedures