Saint Mary's University Academic Senate

Saint Mary's University Act - Subject to the powers of the Board, the Senate shall be responsible for the educational policy of the University and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

• May create, maintain and discontinue such faculties, departments, schools or institutes and establish such chairs as it may determine and may fix the duties of those employed therein
• May recommend to the Board the affiliation or discontinuance of the affiliation of or with other universities
• May determine courses of study, admission standards, qualifications for diplomas, certificates and degrees, examinations, scholarships and bursaries and may issue university calendars and other official publications
• Shall be responsible for the library
• Shall be responsible for student discipline
• May create such committees as it deems necessary or useful
• May make regulations governing the matters that are assigned to it by this Section