A department is an academic unit in a school or college offering a curriculum leading to a degree or certification and having a chairman who reports to the head of a college or school. A program, for the purpose of these guidelines, is an academic unit, reporting to the head of a college or school through a director, that offers a coordination of courses and other instructional or research activities that has a curriculum leading to a degree or certification. An interdisciplinary program may coordinate activities of two or more departments. B. A program may be an academic unit that by reason of its small size or stage of development has not been given departmental status. Programs administered entirely within a department, such as the graduate programs or the undergraduate programs of a department, do not fall under these guidelines.
Some grad programs are also interdisciplinary.
In order to best fulfill the mission of the University and to take advantage of opportunities, it may be advantageous to create institutes. These institutes will be of three different types. I An institute that requires no significant University resources, such as personnel and OTPS, and relies on faculty and staff that already have primary appointments in existing units. An institute that involves staffing from university resources, such as secretaries and professional employees, but whose faculty have primary appointments in existing units. The academic administration may create Type I institutes and then inform the Executive Committee of their action.