1. Chair
2. Executive Committee
3. Assistant Chair
4. Standing Committees
1. Undergraduate Committee
2. Graduate Committee
3. Teacher Education Committee
4. Computer Support Committee
5. Review Committee
5. Committee of the Whole
6. Ad Hoc Committees
7. Coordinators
1. Colloquium
2. Library
3. Putnam
4. Student Organizations
5. Work Experience
6. Newsletter Editor

1. Chair
2. Executive Committee
3. Assistant Chair
4. Standing Committees
5. Committee of the Whole
6. Ad Hoc Committees
7. Coordinators

1. Chair.  In addition to the functions listed under II.B as Chair of the Executive Committee, and under II.D.4 as Chair of the Review Committee, the Chair shall:
1. Act as preeminent leader and representative of the Department;
2. Communicate with the College and University administration;
3. Oversee the day-to-day running of the Department;
4. Administer the work of the office and computing staff and maintain the physical and computing facilities;
5. Communicate to faculty members the outcomes of annual reviews and prepare cases for Promotion and Tenure, in accordance with item II.D.4 below;
6. Prepare the annual budget;
7. Recommend to the Dean annual salary raises for members of the Department, other than him/herself;
8. Prepare the annual Departmental Report and prepare the Department for regular reviews, such as accreditation;
9. Call meetings of the Committee of the Whole.
2. Executive Committee.   The Executive Committee may vote to delegate to the Department Chair, subject to annual review, any of the duties and responsibilities listed below. This committee shall:
1. Oversee teaching, research and administration in the Department;
2. Recruit, interview and recommend the employment of full-time and part-time faculty;
3. Determine teaching loads for full-time faculty;
4. Approve teaching assignments and class schedules;
5. Appoint members and Chairs of standing and ad hoc committees, in accordance with III.D and III.G, prior to the Spring election of the Executive Committee;
6. Amend and approve the Departmental budget;
7. Oversee the allocation of Departmental resources;
8. Prepare guidelines for the Chair to use in preparation of Departmental salaries and/or annual salary raises. Such guidelines will accompany the Chair's recommendations to the Dean under item II.A.(vii) above;
9. Call meetings of the Committee of the Whole, as determined by III.E.(v).
3. Assistant Chair.   In addition to the functions listed under II.B as a member of the Executive Committee, the Assistant Chair shall:
1. Prepare the schedule of classes;
2. Review, assign and supervise part-time faculty;
3. Assign teaching assistants, in cooperation with the Graduate Committee;
4. Oversee the recruitment and assignment of student assistants and tutors for undergraduate courses and laboratories;
5. Monitor and supervise registration.
4. Standing Committees.  
   1. Undergraduate Committee.  This committee shall:
   1. Set up and supervise an advising program for all undergraduate students in departmental majors, including the assignment of advisors, the supervision of records and the production and distribution of handbooks for the various majors;
   2. Make recommendations to the Executive Committee on all undergraduate curriculum matters including special course offerings, schedules and teaching assignments;
   3. Approve the selection of texts for all lower division courses;
   4. Evaluate transcripts of undergraduate transfer students; evaluate advanced placement examinations and recommend assignment of credit and/or placement;
   5. Recommend policies for the utilization of the Teaching Assistants;
   6. Review the undergraduate program annually and recommend changes if necessary;
   7. Keep abreast of changes in emphases and curriculum trends in undergraduate mathematics, statistics and computer science and promote, initiate and develop such new programs and courses as are appropriate to meet Departmental, University and student needs.
   2. Graduate Committee.   This committee shall:
      1. Recruit and evaluate applicants for admission to the various graduate programs and, in consultation with appropriate individuals, evaluate those graduate students seeking to transfer to different programs within the Department;
      2. Recruit and evaluate applicants for Teaching Assistantships and recommend candidates for such graduate appointments as Research Assistantships, Fellowships or Tuition Scholarships;
      3. Set up procedures in accordance with Graduate School policies for advising and counseling graduate students, including the production and distribution of the Graduate Student Handbook, and for evaluating their performance;
      4. Supervise the construction, administration and evaluation of master's comprehensive and doctoral preliminary examinations;
      5. Assist in assigning duties to Teaching and Research Assistants and be responsible for their supervision, counseling and orientation relative to those duties;
      6. Serve as a liaison with graduate programs in other Departments and colleges;
      7. Review each graduate program annually;
      8. Keep informed of changes in emphases and curriculum trends in graduate mathematics, statistics and computer science and promote, initiate and develop such new programs as are feasible to meet Departmental, University and community needs;
      9. Make recommendations to the Executive Committee on all graduate curriculum matters, including course offerings, schedules and teaching assignments.

   3. Teacher Education Committee.   This committee shall:
   1. Serve as liaison between the School of Education and the Department in all matters related to the pre-service and in-service education of mathematics teachers, K-12;
   2. Serve as liaison between the Department and the elementary and secondary school mathematics departments and teachers;
   3. Administer Departmental policies regarding such matters as student teaching, prerequisites for courses in the teacher education program and certification of teaching majors and minors by regular or special students;
   4. Recommend policies regarding the pre-service and in-service teacher education programs to the Undergraduate and Graduate Committees;
   5. Serve as a resource group to the Undergraduate and Graduate Committees in all matters relating to teacher education (e.g., scheduling of classes, assigning teachers and recommending admission to SPSST programs);
   6. Provide for program advising of mathematics students enrolled in the Teacher Education Program.
   4. Computer Support Committee.   Maintain an up-to-date understanding of computing equipment and needs for the Department, meet with the computer support staff on a regular basis to learn about maintenance and changes, advise the Chair and the computer support staff on computing issues, act as contact person for faculty and students regarding questions or concerns about the Department computing facilities, oversee the Department website.

   5. Review Committee.   Review Committee and Subcommittee of Professors:   These committees shall perform annual reviews, and make departmental recommendations, regarding promotion or tenure.   The duties and responsibilities of the Review Committee, Subcommittee of Professors and individual faculty are detailed in Appendix 1.

5. Committee of the Whole.   This committee shall:
1. Give direction to the work of other organizational units in the Department;
2. Provide a forum for discussing new ideas affecting Departmental affairs and programs;
3. Discuss and make recommendations on matters affecting Department programs such as the institution of new degree programs or requirements for a major or minor;
4. Provide a forum for discussion of College or University matters referred to Departments for recommendation, and other matters of general concern to the faculty;
5. Hear and discuss reports of the other organizational units.
6. Ad Hoc Committees.   It is anticipated that many projects will be expedited by being delegated to ad hoc committees of interested faculty who will report back to the parent committee or the Department Chair within a relatively short time.
7. Coordinators.   The coordinators shall:
1. Colloquium:  Organize and direct all aspects of the Departmental Colloquium Program. This may include joint ventures with other Departments of this University or another institution.
2. Library:  Serve as liaison between the Department and the Dean of Libraries and Library staff.
3. Putnam:  Encourage participation in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, arrange for the examination to be given annually in the Department, and conduct a problem-solving seminar to prepare students for the exam.
4. Student Organizations:  Advise, encourage and support the activities of student organizations which promote interest in mathematics, statistics or computer science, including Pi Mu Epsilon and the Marquette Computer Society.
5. Work Experience:  Encourage the participation of undergraduates and employers in the Departmental Work Experience Program to integrate classroom studies with practical experience, advise and direct the student participants, and act as a clearing house for job opportunities. 
6. Newsletter Editor:  Solicit articles and reports on Departmental activities and publish them in a Departmental newsletter.

1. Chair.
1. According to the Marquette University Faculty Handbook, ``the Chairpersons of all Departments are appointed by the Provost and the appropriate academic Dean following deep and effective involvement of the appropriate faculty in the selection process'';
2. The electorate for nomination of Department Chair shall consist of all full-time regular and adjunct faculty with the rank of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor in the Department who will be under contract for the following academic year or who are or will be on sabbatical leave or leave of absence for the current or the following academic year; a quorum shall be two-thirds of the electorate;
3. The Chair shall serve a three-year term and shall serve no more than two successive terms;
4. Procedure for nomination of the Chair:

• No later than November 1 in the last year of the incumbent's term, the Executive Committee shall appoint a search committee consisting of three members of the electorate for Chair.  This committee shall decide on procedures to be followed.  These may include a conference with the Dean, a straw vote and interviews with possible candidates.  If a search outside the Department is judged to be necessary, clearance for such an action must be obtained from the Dean.
• By February 15 the search committee shall report to the electorate in writing its slate of candidates for Chair.  The Executive Committee shall call a meeting of the electorate to be held within two weeks of the report of the search committee but no sooner than four days.  This meeting will be conducted by the Chair of the search committee.  At this meeting, the search committee shall present its slate of candidates and nominations from the floor may be made.  The voting will be by written ballot.  A simple majority of those voting will be required to determine the Department's nominee.  If, after two ballots, no candidate has received a majority, the slate for the third ballot shall be reduced to the two candidates with the highest number of votes on the second ballot.  At this point separate balloting may be necessary to break ties to produce the final slate of two candidates.  In the event of a tie between the last two candidates, a final vote shall be taken.   If this vote still results in a tie, both candidates will be presented to the Dean.  The incumbent Chair shall inform the Dean of the Department's nomination(s) and final vote tally within one week of this election.
• Any eligible voter who is unable to be present because of serious reasons can notify the Executive Committee in writing that he/she wishes to be represented by a proxy.  This proxy may be unconditional, if so indicated in the original notification.
5. In his or her absence, the Chair may appoint a member of the Executive Committee to perform the duties of the Chair;
6. If, in the judgement of the Executive Committee, the Chair of the Department becomes temporarily incapacitated, that committee shall, within five days of reaching that judgement, choose a member of the Department to serve as Acting Chair.  If the absence of the Chair continues beyond two months, the Executive Committee may vote to begin the process of nominating a new Chair.  A newly elected Chair shall hold office for the remainder of the current year plus two additional years.
2. Executive Committee.
1. The Executive Committee shall comprise the Department Chair, ex-officio, as Chair, the Assistant Chair, ex-officio and non-voting, if not an elected member, and four elected members.  The remaining bylaws for this committee shall apply only to the four elected members;
2. All full-time Regular Faculty with the rank of Professor, Associate Professor, or Assistant Professor in the Department who will be under contract for the following academic year, shall be eligible for election;
3. The electorate for the Executive Committee shall be the same as for Chair.  A quorum shall be a simple majority of the electorate;
4. A committee member shall serve for two years and shall serve no more than two successive terms.   The following exceptions apply to the term:
1. in the event of a resignation, a member shall be elected to serve the balance of the corresponding term;
2. in the first year of these bylaws, two members shall be elected for one-year terms;
3. III.B.(ix) below.
5. Procedure for election of members.
1. Elections shall be held in the Spring of the preceding academic year;
2. Nominations shall be solicited from all eligible candidates by the Executive Committee, or candidates may be nominated from the floor;
3. Elections for two-year terms shall precede those for one-year terms, if any;
4. Each election shall be by written ballot, with each voting member of the electorate allowed as many votes as positions to be filled, with no more than one vote to be awarded to each candidate;
5. Election to the Committee shall require a majority vote.
6. At the beginning of each academic year, the Executive Committee shall appoint a secretary to take minutes.   Minutes shall be distributed to all faculty of the Department and to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Provost;
7. The Executive Committee shall meet at least twice each month during the academic year and shall meet during summer sessions as necessary;
8. Meetings of the Executive Committee shall be held in closed session;
9. A sabbatical leave shall not require the resignation of a member of the Executive Committee.   However, in the event of a prolonged absence or temporary incapacity of any member, procedures analogous to III.A.(vi) shall be followed, except that a newly-elected committee member shall serve out the remainder of the term of the vacated position;
10. The Chair shall serve as tie-breaker in the event of a tied vote.
3. Assistant Chair.
1. The incumbent Chair, or nominee for the forthcoming academic year, shall present to the electorate his/her nominee for Assistant Chair at a meeting during the Spring semester.  By a majority vote, using written ballots, the nominee may be approved.  If the nominee is not approved, the nomination shall be withdrawn, in which case a new nominee must be presented to the electorate;
2. The electorate for Assistant Chair shall be the Committee of the Whole.  A quorum shall be a simple majority of the electorate.

4. Standing Committees.
1. General Operation.
1. Each faculty member shall be asked in spring to make recommendations to the Executive Committee for assignments to standing committees, including his/her personal preferences;
2. With the exception of the Review Committee, meetings of standing committees shall be open to all faculty members.   Advance notice of meetings, including time, place and agenda, shall be sent to all faculty members.  Minutes shall be distributed to all faculty members and to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences;
3. A majority of members shall constitute a quorum of a standing committee.
2. The Committees.
   1. Undergraduate Committee.  This committee shall consist of a Chair and three members appointed by the Executive Committee;
   2. Graduate Committee.  This committee shall consist of a Chair and three members appointed by the Executive Committee;
   3. Teacher Education Committee.  This committee shall consist of a Chair and two members appointed by the Executive Committee;
   4. Computer Support Committee.  This committee shall consist of a Chair and two faculty members, appointed by the Executive Committee, together with, ex-officio, the Unix System Administrator;
   5. Review Committee.  This committee shall consist of all tenured full-time faculty members holding the ranks of Associate Professor or Professor.  The Department Chair acts ex officio as Chair of the Review Committee if he/she is a member.   If not, the Executive Committee shall appoint a Chair from amongst the members of the Review Committee.

      The Subcommittee of Professors consists of all full-time tenured Professors.   The Department Chair acts ex officio as Chair of this subcommittee if he/she is a member.   If not, the Executive Committee shall appoint a Chair from amongst the members of the Subcommittee of Professors.

5. Committee of the Whole.
1. This committee shall consist of all full-time Regular Faculty of the Department, together with those full-time Adjunct Faculty who have completed two years of service in the Department;
2. A quorum of the Committee of the Whole shall consist of a simple majority of its members;
3. The Committee shall meet at least once each semester;
4. The Chair of the Department shall be Chair of the Committee of the Whole;
5. In the normal course of events, the Executive Committee shall schedule and draw up the agenda for meetings of the Committee of the Whole.   However, any faculty member of the Department may place additional items on the agenda, provided that sufficient notice be given in order that appropriate discussion of matters of substance may take place before the meeting.  Further, a petition signed by at least one third of the Committee of the Whole shall require the Executive Committee to call an extraordinary meeting of the Committee within a reasonable period of time;
6. At the beginning of each academic year, the Committee shall appoint a secretary.   Minutes of meetings of the Committee shall be distributed to the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Vice-Provost for Research and Graduate Programs, and to the Provost.

6. Ad Hoc Committees.     Ad hoc committees shall function according to items III.D.(i).(b),(c).
7. Coordinators.     Each faculty member shall be asked in the Spring to make recommendations to the Executive Committee for assignments to coordinator positions, indicating his/her personal preferences.

The Review Committee, henceforth referred to as the Committee, shall meet no later than February 15 of each year to review the progress of each such faculty member¹. No later than fourteen days beforehand, the Chair of the Department shall distribute to the Committee of the Whole a memo, announcing the name of the Chair of the Committee and the time and location of the meeting.

1. The faculty member's responsibilities in preparation for this meeting are:

1. The individual should familiarize himself/herself with the Marquette University Statutes on Faculty Appointment, henceforth referred to as the "University Statutes," to be found in the Faculty Handbook.
2. The following must be submitted to the Departmental office by the end of the fall semester:
1. an updated Departmental Personal Data Form, on which additions from the previous form should be highlighted;
2. reprints of publications (or substantiation of other forms of scholarly production) highlighted in 1.ii.a;
3. a statement outlining the faculty member's achievements of that calendar year with regard to teaching, research, and service;
4. a statement of the faculty member's personal teaching philosophy (such as must be included in his/her materials for promotion or tenure).
3. No later than one week before the Committee meets, the faculty member should:
1. retain a member of the Committee to represent him/her to the Committee;
2. notify the Chair of the Committee in writing regarding selection of his/her representative.
4. The faculty member has the option of formally proposing to the Committee that he/she be recommended for promotion or tenure, in accordance with the University Statutes, in the upcoming academic year. This request is to be made in writing to the Chair of the Committee, no later than one week before the scheduled meeting.
2. During each semester of the first three years and of the sixth year as an Assistant Professor, each such faculty member shall be visited in the classroom by two members of the Committee. One of these shall be a person of the faculty member's choosing, the other shall be appointed by the Chair of the Department.

These visits are to serve two purposes:

1. reviewers should provide feedback to the faculty member, either formally or informally, to assist in his/her development as a teacher;
2. reviewers should also be prepared to comment on their visits during the Committee's annual review of the faculty member.  No recommendation on promotion or tenure may be made exclusively on the basis of "Student Commentary on Teaching" (SCOT) scores.
3. At the meeting, the Committee shall review the faculty member's progress toward promotion or tenure. This review shall be based on:
1. the material the faculty member has prepared following 1.ii above;
2. information provided by the faculty member through his/her representative;
3. scores from SCOTs, provided by the Chair of the Committee, taking into account the remarks on "Evaluation" in the corresponding section of the Faculty Handbook; and reports of formal classroom visitation, if they were required;
4. If the faculty member has proposed that the Committee shall provisionally recommend him/her for promotion or tenure, or if members of the Committee itself make that proposal, a vote shall be taken on whether the Committee supports the recommendation. In accordance with the Departmental Bylaws, all votes taken by the Committee shall be written ballots and shall succeed on the majority of those present.
5. Within fourteen days after the meeting, the Chair of the Committee shall:
1. first, provide the faculty member with a written review, which shall outline the strengths and weaknesses in teaching, research, and service, inform the faculty member of any promotion or tenure recommendation and the basis for the recommendation, and suggest any necessary corrective action;
2. secondly, meet with the faculty member, together with his/her representative, to discuss the written review.
6. Upon receipt of the written review, the faculty member may within fourteen days submit a written response to the Chair of the Committee.  The response may address any points in the review with which he/she disagrees.  This response shall then be attached to, and become a permanent component of, this review.
7. The review shall be submitted to the Chair of the Department and shall remain on file only until two further reviews have been completed, at which time the oldest review shall be discarded. Thus, at any one time, there shall be only the current review and preceding one on file.
8. If the Committee has provisionally recommended the faculty member for promotion or tenure, the Chair of the Department shall begin the process as outlined in the University Statutes.

9. If the Committee has not provisionally recommended promotion or tenure and the faculty member either (a) proposed consideration for promotion or tenure or (b) shall be time-bound the next year, then the faculty member may within fourteen days of the receipt of the written review submit a written appeal to the Chair of the Committee. The Chair of the Committee shall then reconvene the Committee within fourteen days of the receipt of the appeal in order to take another vote on the matter.

10. Should the decision of the Committee on promotion or tenure be negative, the faculty member then has the option of seeking promotion or tenure by self-nomination. It is in the faculty member's interest to notify the Chair of the Department no later than March 31 of the same year that he/she wishes to pursue the option of seeking promotion or tenure by self-nomination. The Chair of the Department shall begin the process as outlined in the University Statutes.

11. The Chair of the Committee shall reconvene the Committee in the fall to vote on the final departmental recommendation on promotion or tenure.

12. In addition to the annual review, if the faculty member is in the third year of a tenure-track appointment, the Committee shall further make a recommendation on promotion or tenure to the Department Chair. This recommendation is to be used by the Chair of the Department for the required submission of a recommendation to the Dean and the Provost. The recommendation shall be based on the following options²:
    1. A non-tenured faculty member has performed extraordinarily well in teaching and scholarship, and service is at least satisfactory. The person's record compares favorably to the best candidates considered in their time-bound years. The person can be considered for tenure and promotion before his/her time-bound year.

    2. Teaching, scholarship and service are developing satisfactorily but more time will be needed before a definitive recommendation on promotion and tenure can be made by the department.

    3. Significant problems are evident in teaching and/or scholarship.  If major positive changes are not evident soon, the person will not receive tenure and may not be continued until his/her time-bound year.

    4. The problems in teaching and/or scholarship are so serious that the faculty member's fourth year will be his/her last year of employment.

The Subcommittee of Professors, henceforth referred to as the Committee, shall meet no later than February 15 of each year to review the progress of each such faculty member. In general, the procedures to be followed are the same as those for untenured Regular Faculty below the rank of Professor. In the normal course of events, a full review is conducted only every third year after granting of tenure or hire at advanced rank, or when the faculty member has formally proposed that he/she be considered for promotion following 1.iv above. In this context, a full review refers to the procedures outlined in items 1-9 above.  In other years, the review may consist of only items 1-4 excluding 1.iii.

Hiring with Tenure

Occasionally, it may be desirable to consider conferring tenure and advanced rank on an individual at the time of hiring. In that event, the appropriate Committee (the Review Committee or Subcommittee of Professors) may be asked by the Chair of the Committee to review the credentials of the candidate, based upon the dossier prepared by the Chair of the Department. In general, the review should be based upon the same criteria as for usual promotion and tenure cases.   The University memo "Hiring at Advanced Rank with Tenure" recommends, however, that since evidence such as SCOT scores may not be available or appropriate in such cases, "the supporting materials should be commensurate with the evidence usually provided for promotion at the particular rank sought." In order for the case to proceed, are commendation to hire at advanced rank with tenure must be issued from the appropriate Committee. In that event, the Chair of the Department continues the process as outlined in the aforementioned memo.

Promotion to Emeritus Rank

No later than one year after the retirement of a faculty member who is eligible for consideration³, the Subcommittee of Professors, henceforth referred to as the Committee, shall be convened by the Chair of the Committee to determine whether the Department shall forward a recommendation that Emeritus rank be conferred. In general, the procedures to be followed are the same as those for promotion at any rank.