Recommendation from the Faculty Senate Graduate
Studies Committee for a change in Graduate Catalog
The Senate Graduate
Studies Committee is charged by the Senate with approving graduate program
policy statements for each graduate program at the University. It is the
understanding of the members of this committee that the written graduate
program policy document represents the official agreement between the unit and
the student for applying and administering the academic requirements of the
program. Alternatively, the undergraduate requirements are stated in the
undergraduate portion of the university Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog and
this serves as the official agreement for undergraduates.
We would like to recommend that the new Graduate
Catalog would
a. be separate from undergraduate catalog;
b. include a summary of each program and its existing program
policy statements;
c. be published online in HTML format for easy
navigation;
d. be published online in PDF format for archiving and
legal purposes;
We are making these recommendations based on the
following reasons:
1) All of the policies
would be in a single document, which would serve as the authoritative source for all graduate programs;
2) The general format of
degree descriptions and other requirements will be uniform throughout the
catalog, but there will be ample space available for a detailed description if
needed;
3) For the students
looking for admission, one source will be easier to compare multiple programs
and degrees offered;
4) For the students in
the UD programs, it will be easier to adhere to the requirements imposed by the
policies in the catalog that was active at the date of admission because online
archives will be available and paper copies of the past catalogs would not be
needed;
5) The online format will
make it easier for the faculty, administration, senate committees, and graduate
offices to examine the policies and degree requirements yearly and to make
necessary changes if needed, while currently the policy documents are only
examined if a change in the program is submitted;
6) These changes reflect
the visions of current graduate students as confirmed by the Graduate Student
Senate vote and comments;
7) These practices are
currently followed in many of our peer institutions.
Sample layouts of the online catalog is
provided for review.
Sample Web page layout. Page 1.
UD Home|Catalog Home|Undergraduate|Graduate|Distance|Catalog(PDF)|Archives
Graduate Catalog 2009
Graduate Degree Programs
UD Home|Catalog Home|Undergraduate|Graduate|Distance|Catalog(PDF)|Archives
Graduate Catalog 2009
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Description
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Admission Requirements
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Requirements for the degree
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Financial Aid
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Program Policy Statements (a hyperlink)
Based upon each program’s
statements, a hyperlinked table of contents would be created here for easy
navigation throughout the document.