GC Recommendations for Transitional Plans
Approved December 7, 2006 (8-0-0)
When a program undergoes substantial revision, is suspended or eliminated, departments should work with their dean’s office to develop transition plans and to move students into an active or new program whenever possible. It is to the student’s benefit to be enrolled in the more up-to-date program and to the department’s benefit for students to be counted in active programs. The goals of the transition plan are to minimize impact on students, clearly communicate the time frame to complete the old/suspended/eliminated program to students and others, and minimize the need to offer courses required only by the old/suspended/eliminated program. It is expected that all affected active students will be notified accordingly regarding the status of their program, i.e., by their advisor or program director.
The following is clearly stated in the CAPS manual:
“Students may continue to pursue a degree in an inactive program or a program that has undergone a substantial revision for a limited time. From the effective date of the elimination, suspension, or substantial change, the maximum amount of time to complete the old degree is:
Three years for associate, baccalaureate, master’s and specialist’s degrees
Five years for doctoral degrees
In some cases a shorter amount of time may appropriate.”
It is also important to note that a program may be eliminated, but the courses associated with that program may remain intact. If a program selected “Consolidation,” “Reorganization,” or “Integration”, then that program actually ceases to exist.
Recommend that the 16 of the 21 programs in Category IV (excluding MA – Art; MA/MS -- Geology; MA/MS -- Mathematics Teaching; MM -- Music – specializations in Music Education and Music Performance; and MS -- Adult Health Track Program in Nursing) be eliminated as separate programs thereby eliminating their respective Major Codes as appropriate. Departments should submit the F2 forms immediately for those programs selecting “Agree with Elimination”. Those eliminated through the “Integrate the program with another degree option”, “Reorganize the program with another program” or “Consolidate program with another more viable program” options should submit the necessary forms by the end of the Spring 2007 semester.
Responses from Graduate Programs in Category IV of Program Prioritization
Agree to Eliminate
MA; English (Theater)
MA/MS; English Teaching
MM; Music – specializations in Music Theory, Music Composition, Music History and Literature
MS; Community Health Track (NURS)
MS; Master Teacher (PE)
MA; Lang, Lit, Linguistics-Spanish (Agree to eliminate program, but not courses)
Integration or Reorganization
MS ; Fam Consum Sci
MS ; Fam Consum Sci (Teacher Ed)
MA; History (Labor&Reform Move U S)
M.Ed.; Early Childhood Education
M.Ed.; Masters of Literacy (DART)
MA; Technology Education
MS; Career and Technical Ed Tchg
MS; Career and Technical Ed (Vocational Tech)
MS; Technology Education
Consolidate with a more viable program
PHD; Life Sciences (Systematics)
PHD; Life Sciences(Sports Medicine)
The programs below are still under deliberation
MA; Art
MA/MS; Geology (with plan to reorganize)
MA/MS; Mathematics Teaching
MM; Music – specializations in Music Education and Music Performance
MS; Adult Health Track Program (NURS) (Dean says will contest elimination; Chair agrees to eliminate)
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