Government of the Individual Faculties

27.       Each of the Faculties is governed by the members who hold appointments, regular or ad interim, at the ranks of Ordinary Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, or Instructor, under the presidency of the Dean or Chairman.

28.       In certain matters, especially in appointments and promotions and in consultation prior to the appointment of the Dean or Chairman of a Department, separate votes may be required of tenured members of a Faculty or of those higher in rank than a candidate for appointment or promotion. Otherwise, those who hold appointments in faculty rank (i.e., the rank of Instructor or higher rank) are members entitled to vote on matters before a Faculty.

29.       Professors emeriti, adjunct members, and others with associate appointments may participate in the meetings of the Faculty without the right to vote.

30.       The members of each faculty, in accord with regulations established by the Academic Senate, determine the number of student representatives who participate in the meetings of the Faculty and the extent of their participation.

31.       The members of each Faculty elect a Secretary for a term of one year.

32.       The minutes of the meetings of each Faculty should indicate when, in the consideration of matters related to the canonical degree programs, it acts as an Ecclesiastical Faculty, so that these programs, which have both canonical and civil effects, may be kept distinct from programs which have civil effects only.

33.       Deans are appointed by the President of the University after consultation with the respective School (Bylaws VIII, 2) in accord with procedures established by the Academic Senate. Deans serve for a term of four years and are eligible for reappointment (Bylaws VIII, 2).

34.       Chairmen are appointed by the President of the University after consultation according to procedures established by the Academic Senate (Bylaws VIII, 3), that is, upon recommendation by the respective Dean after consultation with the Faculty. Chairmen serve for a term of three years and are eligible for reappointment (Bylaws VIII, 3).

35.       Under the authority of the President of the University, the administration of the Faculties resides respectively in the Dean of the School of Philosophy and, subject to the Dean of the School of Religious Studies, in the Chairmen of the Departments of Canon Law and Theology.

36.       The respective Dean or Chairman has the following responsibilities:

a.         To supervise the research and instruction carried on in the Faculty.

b.         To preside at meetings of the Faculty except when the President of the University or his delegate presides or, in the case of the Departments of Canon Law and Theology, when the Dean of the School of Religious Studies presides.

c.         To report to the President and the Academic Senate matters proposed by the Faculty.

d.         To execute the decisions of the President and the Academic Senate and of the Faculty.

          e.         To submit an annual report to the President of the University.

37.       The Faculties of Canon Law and Theology are departments of the School of Religious Studies and pursue their goals in collaboration with the other departments of the School.

38.       The School of Religious Studies is governed by the members who hold faculty appointments, under the presidency of the Dean. The latter administers the School with the assistance of the Executive Council, composed of the Dean, the Chairmen of the departments, the Coordinator for Ministerial Studies, and the Coordinator for Undergraduate Studies.