{"id":51,"date":"2022-04-23T14:25:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T14:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/cadastru\/?page_id=51"},"modified":"2023-12-21T14:17:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T14:17:23","slug":"academic-departments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fsc.usamvcluj.ro\/en\/faculty-presentation\/academic-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Academic Departments"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>In compliance with RU1 (University Regulations 1) \u2013 Organisation and Operating Rules and Regulations<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Art.3.32. (1) The Department is the faculty\u2019s academic and functional unit. Departments are made of similar subjects from the standpoints of academic teaching activity contents, student management (years, series and groups of study), research and other specific services.<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The academic teaching staff, researchers and auxiliary staff belonging to encompassing subject outlines are all members of the department; one department must comprise a minimum of 15 and a maximum of 30 tenured academic staff and researchers. Department structure is approved in compliance with Faculty Executive Board resolutions as well as in compliance with University Executive Board and Senate resolutions.<\/li>\n<li>Departments may include research centres and laboratories, doctoral schools, postgraduate study programmes, extensions or services and micro-production units.<\/li>\n<li>Department resolutions are sanctioned by the majority of votes of the present members with the simple majority of the present academic staff if their number represents at least 2\/3 of the total.<\/li>\n<li>Departments can be established, divided or merged in compliance with the propositions of the University Executive Board and\/or of the Faculty Executive Board approved by the University Senate.<\/li>\n<li>Departments are represented in the University Executive Board. The number of representatives is set by the ratio between the number of department members and the total number of academic staff and researchers in the faculty. At least one department representative must be a member of the Senate.<\/li>\n<li>Departments may comprise academic, research and auxiliary staff with job positions at different faculties. In this context, when the department is established, approval from the faculty boards of the respective faculties will be required.<\/li>\n<li>The common department profile should be the main motivation for establishing the department as well as for ensuing department activities.<\/li>\n<li>Within the faculty\u2019s larger frame, departments are autonomous from the standpoint of specialisation-related academic activities, scientific activities and financial issues, the latter being limited by the department budget which is established by the department and allotted to by the Faculty Executive Board and the University Executive Board.<\/li>\n<li>In compliance with university autonomy, departments have the following roles and authority:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>submit and revise study and research programmes;<\/li>\n<li>organise scientific events;<\/li>\n<li>approve Head of department\u2019s proposals for issuing teaching or research positions, according to the budget and required staff;<\/li>\n<li>appoint members in contest commissions and organise contests for occupying vacant positions;<\/li>\n<li>organise contests for associate members of the teaching staff;<\/li>\n<li>submit proposals of continuing teaching activities for retired academic staff, in a paid by the hour system, according to the budget and required staff;<\/li>\n<li>approve research grants, grants for enrolling in specialisation programmes and department-funded grants;<\/li>\n<li>approve establishing laboratories and research centres;<\/li>\n<li>hold any other roles assigned by the Department Board or ensuing of the UASVM Cluj-Napoca rules and regulations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Only tenured members of the academic staff are allowed to vote, namely academic teaching staff and researchers benefitting from an indefinite-term employment contract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Art.3.33. Department Board<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The Department Board assures the carrying-out of the Head of department\u2019s management plan and is comprised of 5-7 members that volunteer for the position, are appointed by the Head of department or nominated by the department, in compliance with stipulated requirements. It is compulsory for the Department Board to appoint at least an Acting head of department, a Deputy head of department, one coordinator of academic teaching activities, one research coordinator and one member in charge of administration.<\/li>\n<li>It is recommended to appoint a department administrator in charge of the financial-accountancy affairs in order to keep budget records (income and expenses).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Art.3.34. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The <strong>Head of department <\/strong>is responsible for the department\u2019s administration and executive management and enforces the resolutions of the University Executive Board, Faculty Executive Board and Senate.<\/li>\n<li>The Head of department is appointed by the direct, secret and universal vote of all tenured members of the department and represents the department in tertiary networking.<\/li>\n<li>The head of department is in charge of teaching plans, general academic position outlines, teaching and research management and establishing the budget (income and expenses).<\/li>\n<li>One of the head of department\u2019s main duties is to select, employ, periodically assess and motivate the academic staff, as well as to offer continuing education programme opportunities. Minimum salary must at least be provided for the department\u2019s staff.<\/li>\n<li>The head of department will annually present a report regarding the carrying-out of the forwarded management\/operational plan which needs to be unanimously sanctioned by the members of the department.<\/li>\n<li>The head of department carries out any other responsibilities and duties in compliance with the legislation and internal rules and regulations in force.<\/li>\n<li>The head of the department can be dismissed <em>via<\/em> a written proposition signed by 1\/3 of the department members, the Dean\u2019s or Faculty Executive Board\u2019s proposition, with the vote of the simple majority of the department members and sanctioned by the Senate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Art.3.35.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The <strong>academic subject<\/strong> is the main component of the department and it is made of a group of academic teaching staff, PhD students, researchers and auxiliary staff that teach and\/or research and are employed on a fixed-term or indefinite term basis, benefitting from one or more shared locations.<\/li>\n<li>Assigning teaching and research space in favour of the academic subject is established by the Dean\u2019s resolution and approved by the Faculty Executive Board.<\/li>\n<li>There is a subject coordinator for every academic subject. There could be one or more subject course coordinators for one subject.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Art.3.36.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>The <strong>subject coordinator<\/strong> is held accountable by the Head of department, the Faculty Executive Board and the Dean for assuring the teaching quality of the respective subject in its entirety and is responsible for implementing the legislation in force as well as the regulations set by the Senate, the University Executive Board, the Faculty Executive Board, the Department Board and the Head of department.<\/li>\n<li>The subject coordinator is elected once every 4 years by the Faculty Executive Board, the mandate term being similar to those pertaining to any other management positions. The candidates voluntarily apply for this position, and the candidate assessment is operated according to their respective teaching, research and management achievements (for instance, the points scored for the items on list A for the previous 4 years, the Hirsch index, research projects, funding resources). Persons who committed disciplinary offences according to the legislation in force or the university Code of Ethics for the previous 4 years cannot apply for the position.<\/li>\n<li>The subject coordinator submits in the department the policies related to subject teaching staff, teaching hours, providing equipment, informing, research, continuing education programmes and provided services in compliance with resolutions taken by the department, the Faculty Executive Board, the University Executive Board and the university rules and regulations.<\/li>\n<li>The subject coordinator draws the subject academic position outline, approves subject curriculum and subject assessment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Art.3.37. The course coordinator <\/strong>is member of the teaching staff employed on indefinite term basis, usually holding the rank of minimum assistant professor, delivering a certain course pertaining to a certain study subject comprised in the teaching plan of a certain study programme. The course coordinator is also responsible for setting the subject outline and for assuring the quality of the human resources involved in the teaching process, namely teaching, scientific and applied training performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In compliance with RU1 (University Regulations 1) \u2013 Organisation and Operating Rules and Regulations Art.3.32. (1) The Department is the faculty\u2019s academic and functional unit. Departments are made of similar subjects from the standpoints of academic teaching activity contents, student management (years, series and groups of study), research and other specific services. 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