L&S Curriculum Committee

The L&S Curriculum Committee serves as the college-level committee on curricular issues such as courses, academic programs requirements, and college-wide curricular concerns, as well as advise the Dean on current curricular issues in the college. This includes:
  • Reviewing proposals to add, change, or discontinue L&S courses; and to add or change breadth, level, or other designations
  • Reviewing proposals to change program requirements, and providing advice to the L&S APC on requirements for new programs
  • Overall consideration of the integrity of the undergraduate degree requirements
  • Other issues related to undergraduate education, such as issues related to academic policies and undergraduate degree requirements

Meetings 

The College of Letters & Science Curriculum Committee typically meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month during Fall and Spring terms, 1-2:30. The committee does not meet over the summer.

2025-26 Meeting Dates

Sept 9, 2025
Sept 23, 2025
October 14, 2025
October 28, 2025
November 11, 2025
November 25, 2025
December 9, 2025
January 27, 2026
February 10, 2026
February 24, 2026
March 10, 2026
March 24, 2026
April 14, 2026
April 28, 2026

Deadlines: Proposals or other materials must be submitted at least 12 days before a meeting. In addition, there are annual deadlines for program and course changes L&S Deadlines for Course and Program Changes

Contacts for agenda items: Assistant Dean for Teaching & Learning, Kimbrin Cornelius (staff contact) 

Committee members

Faculty members are appointed from each of the major divisions in the College, as well as an instructional staff member and academic advisor staff member. Ex-officio members are appointed by the Dean from L&S TLA and L&S SAA. ASM also appoints two L&S students to the committee.

Fall 2025 L&S Curriculum Committee members

  • April Haynes, History, Chair of L&S Curriculum Committee

  • Matt Hitchman, Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies, Year 1 of 3

  • Rania Huntington, Asian Languages and Cultures, ad-hoc appointment 

  • Sunny Kim, iSchool, Year 3 of 3

  • Kate McCulloh, Botany, Year 2 of 3

  • Sara Rodock, Statistics, Year 3 of 3

  • Meena Syamkumar, Computer Sciences, Year 2 of 3

Ex-officio members:

  • Meg Albrinck, L&S Student Academic Affairs (Academic Dean's Services)

  • Kimbrin Cornelius, L&S Administration (Teaching, Learning, and Academic Planning)

  • Christine Evans, L&S Honors

  • Mike Pflieger, L&S Student Academic Affairs (Academic Information Management)

  • Sara Stephenson, L&S Administration (Teaching, Learning, and Academic Planning)

ASM student members:

  • Daniela Alberti

  • Anna Schellin 

Agendas and Notes

Agendas and notes from 2011-2022 can be requested by contacting teach.learn@ls.wisc.edu 

Reports and Operating Procedures

Reports and Operating Procedures: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jE88h3fbkPu6uP4O5lq2i828hRoRHQzt?usp=drive_link


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