FALL SEMESTER

1. Election. The FEC is elected by the faculty. This election is conducted by the Department Secretary as described in Section 1 of these procedures.

2. Convention. FEC convenes and elects a chairperson and a secretary. The Department Chairperson calls and conducts this first meeting.

3. Teaching Evaluation. The FEC begins the process of doing peer evaluation of teaching as described in Section A.5 of these procedures.

4. Science area representative. The FEC must elect a representative to the Science Area Promotion, Tenure, and Doctoral Directive Status Committee.

5. Recommendations. Doctoral directive status recommendations are made for the department.