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UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE OF NURSING
Undergraduate Affairs Committee	Policy: 1103 (4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.11)
Faculty Policies - Committees	Originating Date: September 2025
Responsible Reviewing Agency: Undergraduate Affairs Committee General Faculty Organization

Purpose

The purpose of this committee is to ensure the integrity, quality, and continuous improvement of the undergraduate nursing program. It is responsible for overseeing student admission and progression, guiding curriculum development and evaluation, and supporting examination processes to uphold academic standards and student success.

Functions

• Admission and Progression
  • Develop and review criteria for undergraduate student admission, progression, graduation, and scholarship/grant awards.
    • Review progression reports and formal program evaluations annually to detect patterns and problem areas and make recommendations to the Associate Dean for Academic Programs, the Director of Undergraduate Programs and/or the division assistant dean, or the committee.
  • Evaluate student applications and make recommendations for admission.
  • Monitor student academic performance and recommend actions for students not meeting progression standards.
  • On an annual basis, the committee will review criteria utilized for admission, progression, and graduation of students and recommend changes to the faculty for final action.
• Curriculum Oversight
  • Design, implement, evaluate, and revise the undergraduate nursing curriculum in alignment with the College’s mission, and accreditation standards.
  • Review all undergraduate courses every four years on a rotating schedule.
  • Review and approve course proposals, changes, and deletions.
  • Review and recommend policies and procedures related to curriculum oversight.
• Exam Support
  • Provide oversight and support for the development, implementation, and evaluation of undergraduate examinations.
  • Ensure consistency and fairness in testing practices across all divisions.
  • Review exam data to inform curriculum consistency and instructional improvements.
  • Ensure assessment processes align with CCNE and NCSBN requirements.
  • Review and recommend policies and procedures related to undergraduate exams.

Membership

• The Undergraduate Affairs Committee will consist of 15 faculty members, elected for three-year, staggered terms
  • 2 faculty members elected from each CON division
  • 5 at large members
    • At least 2 of the 5 at large members must include a representative of the BSN-Accelerated track and a representative of the RN-BSN track.
• Ex-officio members of the committee are the following:
  • Undergraduate student services coordinators from each division
  • Associate Dean for Academic Programs
  • Assistant Dean for Enrollment Management and Student Success
  • Assistant Dean of Evaluation and Continuous Quality Improvement
  • Director, Undergraduate Program
  • One undergraduate nursing student from each division
  • Online Testing Coordinator
  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Application Specialist

Guidelines

• Meets onetime per month during the academic year, special meetings may be called at the discretion of the chair
• Major curriculum decisions are operationally defined as decisions that were approved by committee and taken to the total General Faculty Organization for final approval or action. Major decisions include:
  1. Change in course descriptions and outcomes
     1. required nursing courses
     2. elective nursing courses
  2. Approval of new courses
     1. required nursing courses
     2. elective nursing courses
  3. Approval/changes in policy related to:
     1. RN-BSN or RN-MSN track
     2. validation of nursing credit
     3. non-nursing courses offered by the College of Nursing
     4. non-nursing required courses
     5. certificate programs
  4. Elimination of courses within the curriculum
     1. required nursing courses
     2. elective nursing courses
     3. non-nursing required courses
     4. certificate programs
  5. Changing a nursing elective to a required course.
  6. Changing credit allocation of required nursing and elective nursing courses.
  7. Changing prerequisites for required nursing courses.
  8. Changing the sequence (order) of the required nursing courses.
• Minor curriculum decisions are operationally defined as decisions that are approved by the committee and are taken to the total General Faculty Organization for information but not decision-making. Minor decisions include:
  1. Placement of content (classroom and clinical).
  2. Moving content (classroom and clinical) between courses/years.