{"id":482,"date":"2009-07-30T14:24:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/?page_id=482"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:33:39","slug":"academic-governance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/academic-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Academic Governance\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/CASG-constitution-2008-04-14.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"155\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/flag_carleton-240x155.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of flag with Senate emblem. Decorative. \" class=\"wp-image-7965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/flag_carleton-240x155.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/flag_carleton-160x104.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/flag_carleton.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/flag_carleton-360x233.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Academic Governance of Carleton University is subject to the University Act, Bylaw No. 1. and various policies and procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University operates according to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/secretariat\/wp-content\/uploads\/University-Act1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carleton University Act<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/boardofgovernors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/157\/2025\/10\/2024.06.06-Revised-CU-Bylaws-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Operating Bylaw No. 1 and Appendices<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/secretariat\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/158\/Academic-Governance-of-the-University-Policy-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academic Governance of the University (AGU)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Senate Guidelines and Procedures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>S<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2026\/03\/Senate_Rules_of_Order-June2024.pdf\">enate Rules of Order<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2026\/03\/SAGC-Question-Period-Guidelines.pdf\">Question Period Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty Board Constitutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/FASS-constitution.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arts and Social Sciences<\/a> Faculty Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2026\/02\/EFB-Constitution-2026.pdf\">Engineering Faculty Board<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/FPGA-Faculty-Board-Constitution-Approved-by-Senate-28-02-2025.pdf\">Public and Global Affairs Faculty Board&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Science-FB-Constitution-2025-approved-by-Senate.pdf\">Science<\/a> Faculty Board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/School-of-Computer-Science-FB-Constitution-2025.pdf\">School of Computer Science Faculty Board <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/SprottFacultyBoardConstitutionapprovedbySenate20250425.pdf\">Sprott School of Business<\/a> Faculty Board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Constitutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/casg-constitution-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carleton Academic Student Government Constitution<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academic Governance of Carleton University is subject to the University Act, Bylaw No. 1. and various policies and procedures. 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