About Faculty at the UA
Role of Appointed Personnel
The appointed personnel of The University of Arizona -- faculty members, professional staff, and administrators -- assume the chief responsibility in the University's pursuit of its objectives. Individually, they are expected to demonstrate excellence in discharging their assigned duties and responsibilities in the fundamental areas of teaching, research and service and in administering the University so as to best achieve its objectives.
Faculty Members
Teaching involves the transmission of knowledge from academic and professional disciplines to successive generations of undergraduate and graduate students. Teachers are responsible for accurately presenting the current state of knowledge in their discipline and for ensuring that students develop an understanding of the subject matter as well as the methods employed by the discipline. (See Chapter 7 of the University Handbook for Appointed Personnel (UHAP) regarding classroom and student-related policies, procedures and resources.)
Faculty Governance
Faculty governance at the University of Arizona functions under the Constitution and Bylaws of the General Faculty. "The General Faculty has fundamental responsibilities in the areas of academic personnel policy; instruction and curriculum policy; research policy; student affairs policy; ethics and commitment; advice on budget and university support; and acts on such other matters affecting the welfare of the University..." (Constitution, Article I).
Representatives in faculty governance are elected by the General Faculty, or by a constituency within the General Faculty, to serve on the Faculty Senate or on one of several General Faculty Standing Committees.
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