Information about faculty bylaws and endowed chairs can be found here. Additional faculty policy documents will be included here as they become available. If you have any questions please contact sph_acad@berkeley.edu.
Faculty Governance
Academic Personnel Committee documents
Education Policy and Curriculum Committee (EPCC)
Below is information and documentation about the School’s Education Policy and Curriculum Committee. Additional documents, including policy, will be included here as they become available.
Instructions and forms for submitting new course or course change proposals are linked below under “Course Proposal Forms and Instructions”.
As a general rule, the first step in any program or policy proposal originating in a Division should begin with the EPCC division or program representative notifying the committee. EPCC will provide information and support in the approval process.
Please contact sphepcc@berkeley.edu for programmatic and policy questions, sphcourses@berkeley.edu for submission documentation and COCI proposals, or dustin.wilson@berkeley.edu for questions about the Airtable submission and proposal tracking system.
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Course Proposal Forms and Instructions
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CEPH Accreditation
The committee tracks proposals that are linked to the School’s Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) accreditation and submits Substantive Changes to the Council for approval. Degree and program requirements, course and competency mapping, and learning objectives can be viewed in the tracking workbook linked below. Instructions on viewing and using the document are included.
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Program Proposals
The EPCC monitors and evaluates the professional degrees in the School of Public Health including curriculum, policy, criteria, and procedures for MPH, DrPH, and joint/concurrent degrees. The committee also recommends academic prerequisites for entry into degree programs school-wide.
The EPCC makes recommendations to the Faculty Council regarding changes in the structure of school-wide degrees, and the content of core courses for ratification by the School Faculty.
This section is under development and will be updated.
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Educational Policies
The EPCC makes recommendations to the Faculty Council regarding changes in educational policy, admissions policy (e.g., GRE requirements for admission) and makes recommendations about the allocation of educational resources for ratification by the School Faculty.
This section is under development and will be updated.