If a student attends another university, the course credits often are transferred without the letter grade or GPA. Students complete the EoC assessment exam. Teacher sends grades to RIT and notifies qualifying students of college credit eligibility. Students must submit registration form and payment to RIT by November 2nd of the following school year.
At the end of the semester, students will receive a confirmation letter of the college credit awarded. The appointed member must hold an earned Ph. The examination is open to the public and consists of a presentation in defense of dissertation research followed by questions from the audience. The public presentation is followed by a closed door final examination of the dissertation, which is conducted by the dissertation committee and chaired by the appointed outside committee member.
At the conclusion of the examination, the committee will make a decision on the outcome. The committee may award a pass, award a pass contingent on specific corrections or modifications, or fail the student.
Students who are failed on the dissertation defense cannot attempt the defense a second time. Requirements for the degree must be completed within seven 7 years of the date students pass the qualifying exam. The student must register for a minimum of 9 academic credits in each of 2 consecutive terms, excluding summer, to establish residency. A program cumulative grade point average of 3.
Full payment or satisfactory adjustment of all financial obligations must be made prior to graduation. For a Ph. The dissertation and all degree requirements must be completed by the end of the summer term following the spring commencement ceremonies. The Ph. Students may only participate in the Academic Convocation hooding and commencement ceremonies and be listed in the Commencement Book one time.
Note : The dean and program faculty can be petitioned, in extraordinary circumstances, to review and judge the case of individual students who believe the spirit of the above requirements has been met, yet fall short of the particular requirement. Note : The Ph. Purpose The purpose of the seven-year requirement in graduate programs is to ensure content currency of a degree at the time of graduation.
The seven-year requirement provides a mechanism for dealing with extenuating circumstances that may have prevented timely completion of a degree. Applicability The seven-year requirement applies to advanced certificates, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees. Advance Certificate: all requirements for the certificate must be completed within seven years of the date of the student's matriculation into the certificate program.
Master's Degree: all requirements for the degree must be completed within seven years of the date of the student's matriculation into the master's program. For example, if the student matriculates into the program in the fall term of academic year , that degree must be completed by the end of the summer term of academic year Dual Baccalaureate-Master's Degree: dual baccalaureate-master's degrees are accelerated degrees and as such, students are expected to finish degree requirements in less time than taking the two degrees separately.
All requirements for the master's degree portion must be completed within seven years of the date the student completes the credits required for the baccalaureate degree and is classified as a graduate student. Doctoral Degrees: all requirements for the degree must completed within seven years of the date the student passes their qualifying exam. The observance of the seven-year requirement is a joint responsibility of the graduate student, the graduate program director, the Office of Graduate Education, and Graduate Council.
Graduate Student - the graduate student is responsible for the management of any responsibilities in addition to the student's course or study that may have impact on the time for graduation. The student initiates a seven-year requirement extension request for a petition to the graduate program director.
If credit is approved, the title and course number of the specific course, the number of credit hours and the grade of "X" will be recorded on the student's academic record after matriculation. Students granted advanced credit are encouraged to take elective courses to enrich their programs. International Undergraduate Students The U. Government expects international students to prove competency in the English language prior to their acceptance to an American college or university.
Students must achieve the following minimum scores prior to consideration for admission: paper-based or 79 internet-based on the Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL , or 6. Applicants whose test results fall below the minimum scores for admission but who otherwise meet academic requirements will be referred to the English Language Center.
They will not be admitted to academic programs until they meet proficiency criteria established by the English Language Center. Admission decisions for graduate applicants are made by the department or college offering the program upon receipt of a completed application folder from the Office of Graduate Enrollment Services.
Requirements The basic entry requirements for graduate degree candidates include the completion of a baccalaureate degree and whatever other evidence of the applicant's potential to complete graduate studies may be required by the particular program.
Rare exceptions to the baccalaureate requirement can be made in the case of candidates who have demonstrated unusual competence in their field of specialization. For these exceptions the recommendation of the department chairperson or director and the approval of the appropriate dean and the dean of Graduate Studies on behalf of Graduate Council are required. The dean of Graduate Studies shall report such waivers to Graduate Council on an annual basis. The department chairperson or director shall keep the dean of Graduate Studies informed on the academic standing of a student admitted with a waived baccalaureate requirement.
External non-RIT Transfer Credit Transfer credit at the graduate level may be granted for those graduate courses completed with a grade of "B" or better under the same stipulations stated above for undergraduate transfer credit. Waived courses will be recorded for graduate students on an individual course basis. Waived courses are those eliminated from the list of requirements that a graduate student must take to graduate. For a complete definition see the policy on "Grades" D5.
Academic units may informally advise non-degree students, but no formal program of study can be approved prior to admission. The formal program is laid out by the dean's designee department head, coordinator or program director, etc. In certain cases graduate students may be admitted prior to but conditional upon completion of the baccalaureate degree. Applicants should not be considered for admission prior to the start of their final year of undergraduate study.
The student must present a final transcript signifying successful completion of their baccalaureate degree by the end of the first term they are enrolled in the graduate program. Graduate applicants who do not fully satisfy all admission criteria as to grades, test scores or other credentials, but do show sufficient promise to qualify for a trial period of graduate study may be admitted on probation to the university.
Such students must achieve a 3. Those students who do not meet this criterion will be suspended. Responsibility for specific requirements and maintenance of the student's appropriate status rests with the academic unit in consultation with the Office of Graduate Enrollment Services and the Office of the Registrar.
International Graduate Students The U. In keeping with this expectation, students whose native language is not English and their secondary or higher education was completed in a non-native English speaking country must take a test of English language proficiency. Students must achieve the following minimum scores prior to consideration for admission into graduate studies: paper-based, or 79 internet-based on the Test of English as a Foreign Language TOEFL or 6.
Individual academic units may require higher standards or additional requirements. Readmission of Graduate Student Students who leave a graduate program, or have a lapse in enrollment greater than or equal to three terms, including summer but not including intersession, and wish to return to that program must reapply through the Office of Graduate Enrollment Services.
All student applications are subject to admissions standards at the time of reapplication. The program of study shall be subject to review and may be rewritten. Each college has the responsibility, upon a student's readmission, of determining which previous courses if any, are applicable toward the degree. Be aware that standards and degree requirements may have changed and previous waiver, transfer or competency credit may be lost and program deficiencies may need to be made up.
All readmission decisions are made by the academic unit. Readmission is not guaranteed. Graduate students must complete the graduate program within seven years of the date of the oldest course counted toward their program.
This does not apply to prerequisites, bridge program courses or similar requirements. See policy D Active Students This status refers to a student who is currently in process of applying for acceptance or re-applying from discontinued or non-degree-seeking status for acceptance to the university is currently a degree-seeking student, or is a non-degree-seeking student taking courses in the current term.
Discontinued Students This status refers to students who will be classified as discontinued if there is no enrollment activity during the term specified in the acceptance procedure, if the student shows no enrollment activity in three terms, including summer but not including intersession, if the student has graduated in a normally terminal program, or if the student officially withdraws or is suspended from the university. Degree-Seeking Students This status applies to students who have been formally accepted as certificate, diploma, or degree candidates through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions or the Office of Graduate Enrollment Services.
Non-Degree-Seeking Students This status refers to students who are not candidates for a certificate, diploma or degree of the university and are taking courses for their own benefit on a space-available basis. Courses taken by a non-degree-seeking student may, or may not, be applied to a program once admission as a degree-seeking student has been attained. Full-Time Students A full-time undergraduate student is a degree-seeking or non-degree-seeking student carrying 12 or more credit hours per term.
A student may receive a grade of "U" or "I" in a given term of an "R" graded course. A "U" grade in this case carries no credit and the course must be repeated. Withdrawn - a grade that indicates an official course withdrawal has been processed. See section D Satisfactory - undergraduate - A satisfactory grade may only apply to acceptable completion of cooperative work experience, internships, courses bearing course numbers of or below, and study abroad courses offered by affiliated programs.
With the exception of study abroad, such courses do not count toward residency requirements, earn credit hours or affect grade point average calculations. In the case of study abroad courses, credits covered by the "S" grade will count toward residency requirements and will earn credit hours. The "S" grade will not affect grade point average. Satisfactory graduate - A satisfactory grade at the graduate level may only apply to seminar, cooperative work experience, study abroad affiliate programs, and internship courses where programs have determined that a traditional alpha system letter grade is inappropriate.
An "S" grade at the graduate level carries no quality points and therefore does not enter into a GPA calculation. A student may receive a grade of "U" or "I" in an "S" graded course.
In this case, a "U" grade carries no credit and the course must be repeated. The instructor determines and advises the student of the due date, not to exceed two terms including summer session but excluding intersession, by which the student must complete course requirements. An extension of time may be granted at the discretion of the instructor. Credit hours are not earned and the GPA is not affected until a permanent grade is assigned. If there are extenuating circumstances which render an instructor unable to assign a grade or evaluate a student's work and assign a grade to replace an "Incomplete" notation, the head of the academic unit in which the course was taught will select an instructor to act in the place of the original instructor.
After appropriate evaluation of the student's work, that instructor will assign a grade in place of the "Incomplete" notation. Unsatisfactory graduate - a permanent grade used in certain graduate coursework indicating that a student made unsatisfactory progress towards completing the course requirements. Waived courses - those courses eliminated from the list of requirements that a student must take to graduate.
For undergraduate students, only physical education courses and cooperative work experience may be waived because of previously completed experience. For graduate students, required courses may be waived because of previously completed academic work but in no case shall the resulting graduate program requirements be reduced below 30 semester credit hours. In addition, waiver credit for graduate courses can be applied only towards required courses and not towards elective courses.
The process of waiving courses and thereby reducing graduate program requirements is not to be confused with the process of substituting specific courses for published requirements with an equal number of credit hours, thus retaining the total number of credit hours in the specified program. X Grade - Assigned for successful completion of various assessments as defined in Policy D.
Credit hours are included as hours earned. Exceptions to the maximum credit by exam for graduate programs can be granted by the Graduate Council in unusual circumstances upon appeal from the dean of the college involved. For programs housed outside the college structure, the approval of the director of the academic unit is required. Audit - indicates a student has officially registered for the course for no credit.
Courses available for audit are at the discretion of the college or academic unit. With permission of the instructor, the student may elect to take examinations and do course assignments. Audited courses do not count toward the residency or other degree requirements. Credit hours are not earned and GPA calculations are not affected.
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