The mission of the Curriculum Committee is to assure an excellent, coordinated course of instruction for the preparation of future physicians. The Curriculum Committee has responsibility to advise in regard to and/or act upon the following without seeking the approval of the general faculty:

a. monitor courses and clerkships and evaluate their effectiveness including conduct in-depth reviews

B. monitor compliance with current LCME (Liaison Committee on Medical Education) standards and/or LCME re-accreditation recommendations

C. approve schedules for courses and graded activities within the curriculum

D. design student evaluations of courses and clerkships in consultation with course
and clerkship directors

E. monitor the implementation of recommendations from course and clerkship evaluations

F. consider individual student petitions for program changes and curriculum policy waivers upon request of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs

G. determine credit for educational experiences

H. approve Elective courses and activities including non-academic activities that have an impact on scheduled curriculum time

I. sanction of any grant proposal that may affect curricular content, methods or scheduled curricular time

J. oversee curriculum planning efforts

K. other curricular issues as arise from time to time
 

Although the establishment of educational requirements and curricular content is the responsibility of the general faculty, the Curriculum Committee, alone or in collaboration with other committees such as the Student Progress Committee, may make recommendations to the general faculty regarding:

A. admissions policy
B. student progress policy in collaboration with the Student Progress Committee
C. graduation policy
D. general educational objectives of the program leading to the M.D. degree
E. required course and clerkship durations
F. the creation of new required courses or clerkships
G. the retirement of required courses or clerkships from the curriculum
H. other curricular issues and decisions deemed sufficiently important by committee
members to warrant attention by the faculty-at-large