1 GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING 18 January 2012 102 Kern ...
1 GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING 18 January 2012 102 Kern ...
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3. On-line activities appropriate for selected assignments and direct interaction with<br />
individual faculty or small group discussion via email, listserv, iChat, and Skype).<br />
4. All courses will be class sessions based with instructor either physically in the room for all<br />
classes or in some cases this will be combined with classroom face-to-face contact via the<br />
Video Learning Network.<br />
5. A sample syllabus of one blended course is provided for clarity on page 9.<br />
This blended delivery format has been demonstrated to provide the combination of learning<br />
activities needed for high quality advanced education and has been used extensively at Penn<br />
State and other major learning institutions around the world.<br />
4) A statement demonstrating the impact of the proposed new program or off campus<br />
program delivery on existing programs as well as on faculty load<br />
This program will support no more than two courses per academic year semester, which is the<br />
normal course load for a faculty member in the Department. The addition of a fixed-term faculty<br />
member who would teach a normal load of courses will meet the additional program course load.<br />
The fixed-term faculty member will teach some courses in the D.Ed. program, but will also teach<br />
courses in the University Park graduate program in order to have tenure track faculty teach in the<br />
D.Ed. program without having to increase their course load.<br />
Summer intensive courses will be covered by a combination of the new fixed-term faculty<br />
member and tenure track faculty.<br />
5) A statement indicating fiscal responsibility for the program.<br />
Funding and faculty capabilities<br />
Counselor Education faculty realize that they cannot simultaneously maintain two high quality<br />
traditional doctoral programs on campus (Ph.D. & D.Ed.). Accordingly, the D.Ed. program will<br />
need to utilize a format that will work academically as well as meet the practical application needs<br />
of working professional students. As a result, Outreach is partnering with Counselor Education and<br />
has agreed to provide funding to support a fixed-term faculty member, graduate assistant, and other<br />
administrative support that would allow for no increase of current faculty loads. Students in this<br />
program, and in many cases their local school districts, will be responsible for paying tuition and<br />
fees that will support the additional faculty and other forms of support.<br />
B. A statement in a format for bulletin copy, which includes the following:<br />
1) Complete degree requirements; 2) a list of courses; and 3) a statement of admissions<br />
requirements, e.g., test scores, GPA, etc. Admissions criteria for off campus degree<br />
programs should be the same as those for traditional degree programs. In addition, a<br />
description of the course sequence and typical scheduling pattern should be provided but<br />
need not be in bulletin format. For proposals involving off campus delivery of existing<br />
degree programs, if any revisions are being proposed due to off campus delivery, a side by<br />
side comparison of the existing program requirements and the revised requirements must<br />
be provided along with a statement justifying all proposed revisions.
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