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Purpose and Powers of the Faculty Senate

The University Faculty has legislative powers in all matters pertaining to standards of admission, registration, requirements for and the granting of earned degrees, curriculum, instruction, research, extracurricular activities, discipline of students, educational policies and standards of the university, and all other matters pertaining to the conduct of faculty affairs, including the discipline of their own members. The Faculty Senate of the University of South Carolina, having been created by direction of the University Faculty to act by and for that body, is endowed with all the powers and authority of the University Faculty except for those powers specifically reserved by that body to itself, provided that the University Faculty may amend or repeal any general policy decisions adopted by the Faculty Senate. [ From The Faculty Manual ]


General Faculty Meetings
The next General Faculty Meeting will be
 Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, at 2:00 pm
in the Law School Auditorium


Faculty Senate Meetings
The next Faculty Senate Meeting will be
Wednesday, September 3, 2008, at approximately 3:10 pm
in the Law School Auditorium

This meeting will be broadcast live via satellite to all USC campuses by University Instructional Services on State Circuit 308. Please check with your local media coordinator for the specific channel on your campus.

Faculty Senate Meetings may also be viewed through Live Video Streaming at Meetings & Minutes.



Faculty committee meetings can be held at McCutchen House by contacting the Faculty Senate Office for reservations (777-6073)

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