Graduate Council
June 3, 2016 ~ 2:30-4:00 PM
128 Kidder Hall
Agenda
For transfer of courses onto a program of study, the program committee members and student are advised that the Graduate School will provide a preliminary review of transfer credit but the student’s program committee must provide final approval. In approving transfer credits, the committee should consider whether the courses are relevant to the degree and area of specialty. Further, the committee should pay attention to the currency of the information in the transfer course, particularly in regards to courses that were completed several years prior to matriculation. It may be appropriate to ask a student to repeat a course if information in the field is expected to have advanced in the time since the course was completed. Although there is no time limit on the age of a course that may be transferred, the university seeks to assure that student training is as up-to-date as possible for the benefit of the student. The responsibility for this assurance lays with the program committee in regards to transfer courses.
The attached April 29 meeting minutes have a summary of the previous discussion as the last agenda item. As noted in the minutes, most of the Council was in favor of having notices sent to the student and program director at the deadline. Do we wish to have holds placed on registration at some point after the deadline passes?
The AMP, ak.a. the 4+1 undergraduate to masters degree program, allows for 9 credits of 500-level coursework taken as an undergraduate to double count toward a masters degree at OSU. This program was intended to allow three courses to double count. However, students are complaining that many graduate courses are worth four credits and so the 9-credit limit only allows for double counting of two classes. Do we wish to revise the policy to allow for double-counting of 12 credits?
Please refer to the documents distributed by Dorthe at the end of the May 20, 2016 meeting.
Please see three attached items on the MBA changes that include an explanation from Jim Coakley.
Graduate Council
June 3, 2016
Minutes
Voting members present: Sourabh Apte, Jim Coakley, Ryan Contreras, Theresa Filtz, David Finch; Lisa Ganio, Kok-Mun ?? Andreas Schmittner, Stacey Semevolos,
Voting members absent:
Ex-officio members present: Jennifer Dennis
Guest: Dorthe Wildenschild
Master of Adapted Physical Education
Review of Minutes
Review Program of Study Instructions Relating to Transfer Courses on PhD Programs
For transfer of courses onto a program of study, the program committee members and student are advised that the Graduate School will provide a preliminary review of transfer credit, but the student’s program committee must provide final approval. In approving transfer credits, the committee should consider whether the courses are relevant to the degree and area of specialty. Further, the committee should pay attention to the currency of the information in the transfer course, particularly in regards to courses that were completed several years prior to matriculation. It may be appropriate to ask a student to repeat a course if information in the field is expected to have advanced in the time since the course was completed. Although there is no time limit on the age of a course that may be transferred, the university seeks to assure that student training is as up-to-date as possible for the benefit of the student. The responsibility for this assurance lays with the program committee in regards to transfer courses.
Action: There were no edits to the above instructions.
Information Item: Passage of the Proposal to Require Epigeum Mentoring Modules (see Epigeum Approval.docx)
Action: The GC approved the Epigeum proposal via email. Dorthe will present this as an information item to the Provost’s Council in either June or July.
Discussion: Enforcement of Filing Deadlines for Programs of Study (cont’d.)
The attached April 29 meeting minutes have a summary of the previous discussion as the last agenda item. As noted in the minutes, most of the Council was in favor of having notices sent to the student and program director at the deadline. Do we wish to have holds placed on registration at some point after the deadline passes?
Action: Ryan moved to amend the PhD policy to strike the requirement of two terms if a student comes in with a Masters so it’s uniform for five terms for a doctoral student; motion seconded and passed.
Discussion: Proposal to Increase the Number of Credits that “Double Count” for the Accelerated Masters Program (AMP) Degrees
The AMP, ak.a. the 4+1 undergraduate to masters degree program, allows for 9 credits of 500-level coursework taken as an undergraduate to double count toward a masters degree at OSU. This program was intended to allow three courses to double count. However, students are complaining that many graduate courses are worth four credits and so the 9-credit limit only allows for double counting of two classes. Do we wish to revise the policy to allow for double-counting of 12 credits?
Action: Jim moved to change the double count from 9 to 12 credits; motion seconded and passed with one abstention.
IDPs
Please refer to the documents distributed by Dorthe at the end of the May 20, 2016 meeting.
Changes to the MBA Program
Please see three attached items on the MBA changes that include an explanation from Jim Coakley.
Action: Ryan moved to approve the proposal when it arrives in the GC queue; motion seconded and passed with one abstention.
Minutes recorded by Vickie Nunnemaker, Faculty Senate Staff