Presidential Advisory Committee of
PROPOSAL 06-05
(Voting
Units: Academic Units)
External
Member on Plan C Masters Examination Committee
Background
Some departments at MTU currently offer Masters degrees that require only
course-work and an oral examination.
There is no thesis, report or practicum.
This proposal is to remove the requirement that one member of the
course-work Masters Degree examination committee be external to the department.
The proposal was developed by
the Graduate Faculty Council and endorsed by the Dean of the
Proposal:
In those departments that
have programs requiring that the student complete an oral examination to earn
the course-work Masters degree, the department will develop policy concerning
whether there is an external member on examining committees. Three members of an examining committee must
be internal to the department. If there is an external member, he/she is a
fourth member. Departmental policy concerning membership on oral examination
committees must be applied consistently to every student in each program within
a department.
Proposal Defeated 27 October 2004