Council on University Programs

The Council on University Programs (CUP) is a standing committee of the Academic Coordinating Commission. It is charged with:

• Reviewing and approving curricular proposals from an interdisciplinary perspective
• Overseeing effective ways of ensuring the quality of interdisciplinary and University-wide programs
• Functioning as a college curriculum committee for programs not affiliated with a college
• Overseeing curricular review and approval of Western on the Peninsulas programs

Curricular authority over university programs not affiliated with a college is vested entirely in the Council on University Programs. However, implications regarding repeatability, prerequisites and equivalency or other implications for majors must be referred to the relevant department. Recommendations that result from such consultations must be captured in the Council's minutes to the ACC.

CUP membership consists of faculty members appointed by each of the following interdisciplinary programs: Honors College, Global Studies, Leadership Studies, Energy Studies, Canadian-American Studies, Sustainability Studies, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Critical Disability Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Marine and Coastal Science, and Salish Sea Studies. CUP also includes an at-large tenure-track faculty member with no formal affiliation to any university program and the ACC Vice Chair.

CUP AY 2025 - 2026 Membership