How is the Academic Senate Organized?
An Academic Senate exists at each University of California campus and is referred to as a Division of the Statewide Senate. The UCSF Division of the Academic Senate has a total of 19 Committees – organized into 14 Standing Committees and four (4) Faculty Councils – each representing one of the Health Science Schools (Dentistry, Nursing, Medicine and Pharmacy) and the “Committee on Committees”. UCSF faculty elects the members of the “Committee on Committees” (COC). The COC in turn appoints all Officers of the UCSF Senate (Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Parliamentarian) and all members of the 14 Standing Committees. Members of the faculty elect Faculty Council members from their respective schools. Most of the UCSF Divisional Committees generally correspond with Statewide Committees and the UCSF Committee on Committees also appoints representatives from UCSF faculty to these Committees. These are referred to “Statewide Representatives”. There are also two Statewide Academic Senate bodi
