Undergraduate Council (UGC)

Duties

Undergraduate Council (UGC) establishes policy for undergraduate education on the Merced campus and advises the Chancellor or Chancellor’s designee on all matters pertaining to undergraduate education. UGC reviews, coordinates, and takes final action on all matters relating to courses of undergraduate instruction and approves or declines to approve, the establishment, discontinuation, or modification of undergraduate programs, majors, minors, courses, and certificates. UGC maintains liaison with the following systemwide committees:
 
 
For a complete description of UGC’s duties please see the committee’s bylaws. 
 

AY 26-27 Meeting Schedule, Agendas, and Minutes

2026-2027 Membership 

Current Members:

 

Ex-Officio (non-voting):

  • Courtenay Monroe, Senate Chair, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts­­­­­

  • Mike Beman, Senate Vice Chair, School of Natural Sciences

  • Tonantzín Oseguera, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Engagement (alternate: Heather French, Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Students, Student Affairs)

  • Amy Aldous Bergerson, Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education

  • TBD, Undergraduate Student Representative

 

Non-Senate Academic Council Representative (non-voting):

  • Pooja Chopra, Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences

 

Consultants (non-voting):

  • Shannon Adamson, SNS Curriculum Manager

  • Angela Dixon, SSHA Curriculum Manager

  • Linda Zubke & Justin Eck, SoE Curriculum Managers

  • Joshua Reinhold, University Registrar

  • Brian Utter, Chair, General Education Executive Committee

  • Bronwen Maxson, Head, Research & Learning Services, Library

Corresponding Systemwide Committees:

Annual Reports

Committee Handbook (pending revisions)

Melanie Snyder

Senate Senior Analyst

msnyder10@ucmerced.edu

 

Fatima Paul

Executive Director

Phone: 209-756-6965

fpaul@ucmerced.edu