GRAD COUNCIL MINUTES
November12, 2014
Attendees: Carol De Filippo, Tom Trabold, Andreas Savakis, Jim Perkins, Stephanie Ludi,
Deanna Jacobs, Linda Underhill, John McCluskey, Joe Hornak, Don Wilson, Christine Shank,
Hector Flores, KshitijLuthria (graduate senator)
Two topics on the agenda:
1. S/U Grades and Internships
Proposed Policy Change to D05.0 II B(above) was discussed and 2 amendments were made to
the proposal during GC discussions – substituting alpha system for “A”, “B” and so on, and
changing the percent of a program degree credits from 10 to 15%:
During discussion GC examined a listing of Internship use across colleges and observations
gleaned by college representatives. Currently none offer S/U grading. KGCOE – has 1 required
internship, A, F, I with variable credit up to 4 credit hours but would use S/U. Accommodating
this possibility was motivation for changing from 10 to 15% credit limit.
Alpha system was suggested as a language change to simplify the reading of the policy so it is
consistent with +/- grading scheme.
GC Noted – this policy makes no requirement to have internship graded as S/U.
Friendly amendments are reflected in bold below (compare with policy presented above):
Satisfactory(graduate) – A satisfactory grade at the graduate level may only apply to seminar,
cooperative work experience, and internship courses where programs have determined that a
traditional alpha systemletter grade is inappropriate…..No more than 15% of a program’s
degree credits may be “S” graded courses. The college’s Curriculum Committee must approve
the use of an “S” grade in a course.
As amended the GC Approvedthe change 13-0.
2. Advanced Certificates – credits in advanced certificates for other degrees.
Question raised by Linda Tolan, CAST: Since Advanced Cert. can be used towards a Master’s or
Ph. D., Could one get a certificate with a subset of courses as part of an existing Masters?
GC suggested that this might be a problem of ordering? That since the certificate is subsumed
by the Master’s degree it has little meaning and is a distinction without a difference.
Background: Advanced Cert. – 4/5 courses in specific area. Master’s degree – can you extract
the 4 courses from it for Advanced Cert.?
The question was raised whether: “Is this analogous to MS on way to Phd?”
Current policy was consulted:
R.I.T. Policy D12:
IV. ADVANCED GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
A. Satisfactorily meet program requirements of the college. All grades must be
recorded and any outstanding Incomplete (“I”) grades must be resolved.
B. A program cumulative grade point average of 3.00 (a "B" average).
The committee will take this question under consideration, but the current policy appears to
leave the decision on how to handle Certificates achieved in the context of the M.A. up to the
program.
Process Note: Joe mentioned compiling GC changes for unitary submission to senate as a
package of “changes approved by the Graduate Council” rather than piecemeal submissions.
Meeting Adjourned.
The following Handout was attached to an email to GC members prior to the meeting:
Regarding the first topic, here is the list of graduate programs which have internships.
Acad
Course
Group
Subject
Catalog
ID
Course Title
Credits
CAST
HRDE
780
103751
Internship
3.00
CAST
SERQ
780
200092
Internship
3.00
CHST
HLTH
780
100231
Internship
3.00
CIAS
CCER
698
200389
Ceramics Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CIAS
CGLS
698
200704
Glass Graduate Internship
1.00 - 6.00
Metals and Jewelry Design Graduate
CIAS
CMTJ
698
200762
Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CIAS
CWFD
698
200763
Furniture Design Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CIAS
FNAS
698
110591
Fine Arts Studio Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CIAS
IDDE
698
100081
Industrial Design Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CIAS
PHGR
698
112702
Photography Internship
1.00 - 3.00
CIAS
SOFA
698
111249
Film And Video Graduate Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CIAS
VCDE
698
102016
Visual Communication Design Internship
1.00 - 6.00
CLA
SPSY
750
113405
Internship
3.00
GIS
ISUS
877
200942
Research Internship
0.00
KGCOE
MCEE
777
102215
Master of Engineering Internship
1.00 - 4.00
KGCOE
MCSE
877
200764
Internship
0.00
KGCOE
MECE
777
102191
Graduate Internship
3.00
Of these programs, there are only two which require internships. These are in bold in the above
table. There is one (MECE-777) which is preferred for PT students, but not required. The
course sequences are as follows.
Microelectronics manufacturing engineering, ME degree, typical course sequence
First Year
MCEE-601 Microelectronic Fabrication 3
MCEE-605 Lithography Materials and Processes 3
MCEE-603 Thin Films 3
Graduate Electives 6
MCEE-795 Microelectronics Research Methods 1
MCEE-732 Evaluation of Microelectronic Manufacturing 3
MCEE-602 VLS Process Modeling 3
MCEE-615 Nanolithography Systems 3
MCEE-795 Microelectronics Research Methods 1
MCEE-777 Microelectronic Engineering Internship 4
Total Semester Credit Hours 30
School psychology, MS degree, typical course sequence
First Year
SPSY-640 Statistics 3
SPSY-630 Academic Assessment 3
SPSY-620 Interpersonal Intervention Skills 3
SPSY-610 Advanced Developmental Psychology 3
SPSY-600 Field Experience I: Professional School Psychology Foundations 3
SPSY-632 Social-Emotional Assessment 3
SPSY-721 Academic Intervention 3
SPSY-631 Cognitive Assessment 3
SPSY-650 Applied Behavior Analysis 3
SPSY-601 Field Experience II: Professional School Psychology Foundations 3
Second Year
SPSY-730 Comprehensive Assessment Integration 3
SPSY-722 Advanced Counseling 3
SPSY-720 Advanced Consultation 3
SPSY-710 Developmental Psychopathology 3
SPSY-701 Advanced Practicum I: Issues in Diversity 3
SPSY-641 Research Methods 3
SPSY-723 Systems and Organizational Interventions 3
SPSY-611 Biopsychology 3
SPSY-603 Ethical and Legal Issues 3
SPSY-702 Advanced Practicum II: Issues in Diversity 3
Third Year
SPSY-750 Internship 6
Total Semester Credit Hours 66
Mechanical engineering, ME degree, typical course sequence
MECE-601 Math I For Engineers 3
MECE-602 Math II For Engineers 3
Focus Area Courses 9
Electives 12
Choose one of the following: 3
MECE-730 Design Project Leadership*
MECE-777 Internship†
MECE-792 Project‡
MECE-701 Research Methods§
MECE-795 Graduate Seminar
Total Semester Credit Hours 30
* Design Project Leadership (MECE-730) is intended for students enrolled in the accelerated
BS/MEng program.
† Internship (MECE-777) is intended for part-time students.
‡ Project (MECE-792) is intended for students enrolled full time in the ME program.
§ Research Methods (MECE-701) is intended for students planning to transition to the MS
degree.