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N2 Table of Contents Topic Page 1. Overview and Rationale of Proposed Changes………………………………………………..2 2. Current Requirements and Proposed Changes………………………………………………...4 2.1 Table Comparing Current and Revised Requirements for the M.S. Degree………....5 2.2 Table Comparing Current and Revised Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree………....7 3. Revision to the Graduate Bulletin for MATSC (additions/revisions underlined)……….…….9 1
N3 1. Overview and Rationale of Proposed Changes for Requirements for M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in Materials Science and Engineering The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science and Engineering (MATSC) require a total of 12 and 18 credit hours of 500-level coursework, respectively. Originally, the requirements did not specify the particular courses that the students were required to take to satisfy the credit requirements. However, the majority of students in the program typically took several traditional materials courses including thermodynamics, kinetics and crystal chemistry. In the interest of developing a more consistent curriculum, the Graduate Curriculum Committee within the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in MATSC undertook a study to develop a proposed set of required core graduate courses. The committee surveyed the requirements and course contents of peer institutions and also sent a survey to alumni to gather information in order to develop a framework of courses that could be considered as foundational knowledge in the field. Based upon this work, the committee proposed the following three core graduate courses that should be required of all students obtaining an M.S. degree in MATSC: • Thermodynamics of Materials (MATSE 501, 3 credits) • Kinetics of Materials Processes (MATSE 503, 3 credits) • Principles of Crystal Chemistry (MATSE 512, 3 credits) In addition to the new graduate core courses, the committee also recommended that all graduate students be required to take a 1 credit course on Professional Development (MATSE 582) that would supplement the online training in Responsible Conduct of Research that is now required of all new graduate students under the Penn State Scholarship and Research Integrity (SARI) program. This course would fulfill the 5 hours of discussion-based ethics training that is a requirement of the SARI program. The proposed graduate core courses currently exist within the MATSC curriculum so new courses do not need to be developed or approved. The Professional Development course was taught the past two years as a 597 course and a formal course proposal was recently submitted. The proposed core graduate courses were presented to the faculty of the Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in MATSC via e-mail and during a faculty meeting held in July 2010. The changes to the course requirements were approved by the faculty via an electronic vote which 2
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GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING 9 May 2012
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5. Reports of Special Committees 6.
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Minutes of the Meeting April 18, 20
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2012-2013 Graduate Council APPENDIX
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2012-2013 Graduate Council A3 ROSSO
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APPENDIX B, PAGE B1 Proposed Revisi
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B3 Proposed Revision to Current Pol
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candidate is ready to schedule the
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B7 The membership of doctoral commi
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C2 Proposed Revisions to Current Po
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C4 examinations, pass or fail, must
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E5 A number of the elective courses
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G2 SCHOOL OF MUSIC M.MUS. PROGRAM C
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H2 A Proposal to the Graduate Counc
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H4 I. Objectives and Justification
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I4 PROGRAM PROPOSAL The graduate pr
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