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Susan K. Jackson

Associate Professor of French and Senior Associate Dean

As Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Susan Jackson leads the faculty in oversight of the learning goals, degree requirements, curriculum, and academic policies associated with the College Program, our common framework for the liberal education of all students in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education also works closely with the dean and other associate deans to ensure consistent, high quality instruction and policy implementation, and, with the leadership of BU’s professional schools and colleges, establishes joint curricula and provides liberal arts foundations to undergraduates across the Charles River Campus.

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Susan Jackson, Senior Associate Dean

Office of Senior Associate Dean
725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 106

Susan Jackson
Senior Associate Dean
Phone: 617-353-2409
E-mail: sjackson@bu.edu

Lorraine Boyd
Assistant Dean for Curriculum and Enrollment Services
Phone: 617-353-2409
E-mail: lboyd@bu.edu

Peter Law
Academic Administrator
Phone: 617-353-7243
E-mail: pgl@bu.edu

M. David Eckel
Assistant Dean and Director of the
Core Curriculum
Associate Professor
of Religion
Phone: 617-353-5404
E-mail: mdeckel@bu.edu

Joseph Bizup
Assistant Dean and Director of the Writing Program
Associate Professor
of English
Phone: 617-358-1510
E-mail: jbizup@bu.edu

James Schmidt
Director of the CAS Honors Program
Professor of History and Political Science
Phone: jschmidt@bu.edu
E-mail: cashonor@bu.edu

Responsibilities of the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education include:

Academic Planning, Implementation, and Policy

  • Coordinate and evaluate the annual Academic Planning Self-study conducted by all teaching departments and interdisciplinary programs of the College
  • Generate a comprehensive schedule of CAS/GRS classes, faculty assignments, and classroom utilization for fall and spring semesters
  • Monitor and adjust the class schedule in light of curricular developments, faculty availability, and actual enrollments
  • Review requests for graders to support instruction on an enrollment-driven basis
  • Initiate periodic review of academic policies and basic requirements of the College Program

Curriculum Development, Review, and Publication

  • Advise faculty on proposal development in the early planning stages of additions and revisions to the undergraduate and graduate curricula: new and revised courses, majors and minors, MA and PhD programs; cross-listing of courses; and elimination of existing courses or programs
  • Administer review of curricular proposals by relevant bodies within CAS (Humanities Curriculum Committee, Natural Sciences Curriculum Committee, Social Sciences Curriculum Committee, Academic Policy Committee, full CAS/GRS faculty) and serve as liaison for further review of new degree proposals at the University level
  • Supervise elections for faculty membership on the Academic Policy Committee and selection of student members for curriculum committees and APC
  • Edit print and Web-based publications including the Undergraduate Bulletin and the Freshman Guide to Registration