Academic Personnel

The founding deans and faculty members have begun to build the schools of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts at UC Merced including hiring all founding faculty members and implementing courses in the opening academic majors.

UC Merced has also initiated College One, which holds responsibility for general education and other educational experiences for undergraduates extending throughout their four years at UC Merced. A current overview of academic planning at UC Merced provides a comprehensive summary.

Recruitment of additional outstanding junior and senior professors continues as a high priority for each school. With up to 1,000 new students anticipated to arrive on campus each year, the size of the faculty will grow rapidly. Each school has a defined plan regarding positions they will fill as the campus matures.

The University of California Academic Senate created the University-wide Academic Senate Task Force on UC Merced to serve as the Academic Council's primary advisory body on development of the UC Merced campus and curriculum while the campus was under construction. UC Merced now has its own division of the Academic Senate, established in 2005.

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