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Student-Faculty Conference 2009
April 6, 2009
Questions? Contact tsay [at] caltech
The Student-Faculty Conference is an all-day forum discussion between students and faculty about issues relating to individual majors and undergraduate life as a whole. The feedback and suggestions that come out of the SFC shape the future of the academics and student life around campus. It's held every other year as a measure of self-scrutiny and review of the Caltech education and student life.
In the fall, ARC appoints members of SFC Committees, made of students and faculty. The committees in turn spend a year analyzing their individual aspects of academics or campus life, and present/lead a discussion on their findings on SFC. Professors also cancel classes on that day so they and their students can attend. Each SFC Committee then works to implement their recommendations and feedback from SFC, and writes a short report summarizing their year's work.
The 2007 Student-Faculty Conference led to formation of the new ASCIT BoD position of the "Honor Chair", the creation of the Aeronautics minor, among other changes. This year's SFC will be examining the Student Experience, as well as reevaluating the educational goals and effectiveness of each major.
A list of classes known to the ARC to be cancelled is available here. Not all classes which are cancelled are listed here. If you know of a course which is cancelled but is not listed, please email us.
The program for SFC 2009 can be found here.
Schedule:
- 8:00 - 8:25 - Opening
- 8:30 - 9:25 - Core Curriculum Task Force
- 9:30 - 10:25 - Undergraduate Research
- 10:30 - 11:55 - Student Experience
- 12:00 - 12:55 - Lunch
- 1:00 - 1:55 - Honor Code
- 2:00 - 2:55 - Humanities and Social Sciences
- 3:15 - 4:25 - Options
This year's committees are:
Other Information:
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