School of Socio-Economic Sciences

Each undergraduate program council is composed of the following participants:

I – coordinator, as chairperson;

II – deputy coordinator, as vice chairperson;

III – representatives of the academic departments, in the proportion of 1 (one) representative for every department teaching at least ten percent (10%) of the required course load necessary for degree completion, for a term of 2 (two) years;

IV – one faculty representative, appointed by the academic school, for departments that offer required courses in the program curriculum, but don’t reach a 10% (ten percent) participation in the total load;

V – representatives of the student body, in the proportion equal to the whole part of the result of the division of the number of non-students by five, for a term of 1 (one) year;

VI – one or more representatives of class associations in their specialty, for a term of 2 (two) years;

VII – a technical-administrative staff member from the Integrated Undergraduate Office, elected by their peers, for a term of 2 (two) years;

VIII – internship coordinator;

IX – undergraduate thesis coordinator;

X – complementary activities coordinator.

The responsibilities of the Undergraduate Program Council are:

I. establishing the professional profile and educational proposal of the program;

II. preparing its internal bylaws;

III. preparing, analyzing and evaluating the program curriculum and its alterations;

IV. analyzing, approving and evaluating the course syllabi, proposing alterations when necessary;

V. establishing rules for interdisciplinary coordination and promoting horizontal and vertical integration between programs, so as to guarantee their educational quality;

VI. determining the time of day the program will be offered;

VII. establishing rules regarding enrollment and degree completion, observing what has been established by the Undergraduate Council;

VIII. deliberating over requests for time extension for degree completion;

IX. giving opinions over the recognition of undergraduate degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions;

X. deliberating, in the form of appeals, over decisions from the Chairperson of the Program Council;

XI. performing other responsibilities conferred by law, these Regulations or the Program Bylaws.

Council for the Undergraduate Program in Administration

Council for the Undergraduate Program in Accounting

Council for the Undergraduate Program in Economics

Council for the Undergraduate Program in International Relations

Council for the Undergraduate Program in Social Work