RYERSON UNIVERSITY POLICY OF SENATE
ACADEMIC
JURISDICTION
Policy
Number: 21
Approval Date: October 3, 1978 (Academic Standards Committee Report
#27)
Status: CURRENT
Once the
discipline(s) of the department(s) involved and the nature of the course(s)
involved are determined, the following guidelines are to be applied:
l. If
the academic nature of a course is found to lie in only one discipline, it is
assigned to the department whose academic responsibility is to provide that
discipline.
2. If
a course is found to consist of a body of knowledge and more than one department
can
show that its discipline is similar to it, the course is assigned to the
department
which,
historically, has been the primary provider
of that discipline to Ryerson.
3. If
the academic nature of a course is found to consist significantly of more than
one discipline, and those disciplines are determined to be taught by different
departments at Ryerson, the course is to be the joint responsibility of the
departments concerned. The joint responsibility will give the departments
involved shared jurisdiction. The
details of the mechanism for providing the shared jurisdiction will depend upon
the circumstances of the case.
Note: See other policies dealing with course
management and procedure
including Ref.
No. 4 "Notification of Dates for Major Projects and Examinations",
Ref. No. 15 "Evaluation of Courses", Ref. No. 26 "Scheduling of
Major Tests", Ref. No. 29 "Course Management", Ref. No. 48
"Academic Term Committee", Ref. No. 93 "Minimum Acceptable
Standards for Course Outlines and Course Management Requirements", and
Ref. No. 102 "Early Feedback on Student Performance in a
Course". See also related
curriculum policies including Ref. No. 7 "Procedures for the Preparation,
Submission and Approval of Academic Proposals", Ref. No. 32
"Procedures for Program and Course Curricular Revisions", Ref. No. 33
"Program Balance", Ref. No. 35 "Degree Programs Policy",
Ref. No. 45 "Constitutional Provisions for Department/School
Councils", Ref. No. 112 "The Development, Review and Approval of New
Undergraduate Degree Programs", Ref. No. 126 "The Periodic Review and evaluation of Undergraduate Programs at
Ryerson", and Ref. No. 127 "Procedures for Graduate Program
Approval".