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Rule 3361:50-77-01 | The graduate school: vice provost for graduate studies and dean of the graduate school.
Effective:
July 14, 2021
Promulgated Under:
View Rule Text Last updated June 29, 2021 at 9:18 AM Supplemental Information
Authorized By:
3361
Amplifies: 3361 Prior Effective Dates: 5/24/1980 |
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Rule 3361:50-77-11 | The graduate school: governance.
Effective:
July 14, 2021
Promulgated Under:
View Rule Text Last updated June 29, 2021 at 9:21 AM Supplemental Information
Authorized By:
3361
Amplifies: 3361 Prior Effective Dates: 3/16/1978, 7/13/2007 |
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Rule 3361:50-77-23 | The graduate School: doctoral degree programs.
(A) Credit hours/program-specific and university requirements (1) A minimum of sixty (if the student has earned a master's degree) or ninety (if the student has not earned a master's degree) semester credit hours of graduate work in one graduate program shall be successfully completed for a doctoral degree including credits for dissertation research. In no case, however, shall a degree be granted solely on the basis of accumulated credit hours. The doctoral degree will be granted for no less than the equivalent of three years of full-time graduate study. (2) Graduate programs shall recommend students for the doctoral degree after they have met all program-specific and university requirements for the degree including satisfactory completion of an approved dissertation or other culminating project. (3) The final thirty semester credits must be completed under the direction of graduate faculty from the university of Cincinnati. (4) Prior to admission to doctoral candidacy, doctoral students shall complete a residency requirement of a minimum enrollment of ten graduate credit hours per semester for two out of three consecutive semesters of study including summer. (B) Candidacy (1) Doctoral students shall complete a departmental certification process for doctoral candidacy. The nature of this departmental certification process and the rules governing its administration shall be determined by the doctoral program in which the student is enrolled. (2) A doctoral student shall be admitted to candidacy when he or she has achieved a grade point average of at least 3.0 for all doctoral course work, satisfactorily completed all pre-candidacy requirements as specified by the doctoral program in which the student is enrolled, and successfully completed the departmental certification process. (3) Once a student is admitted to candidacy, he or she shall register for at least one graduate credit hour in the fall semester of each year to maintain his or her graduate student and candidacy status. (C) Time limitation (1) The period from time of matriculation to a doctoral program to candidacy shall not exceed five consecutive years unless otherwise approved by the dean of the graduate school. (2) The period of time from admission to doctoral candidacy to completion of the doctoral degree shall not exceed four consecutive years unless otherwise approved by the dean of the graduate school. (3) The period of time from matriculation to graduation shall not exceed nine years regardless of the pre- and post- candidacy periods. (D) Dissertation Each Ed.D. and Ph.D. candidate shall produce an approved dissertation that demonstrates high scholarly achievement based on the candidate's original research or creative activity. Other doctoral programs may require students to complete other types of capstone experiences. (E) Dissertation committee Following admission to doctoral candidacy and the selection of a research topic and research mentor, a dissertation committee shall be appointed by the vice provost and university dean of the graduate school according to the recommendation of the doctoral program in consultation with the research mentor and student. (1) The research mentor shall serve as chairperson of the dissertation committee. (2) A dissertation committee shall be composed of a minimum of three full-time faculty members with professorial rank at the university of Cincinnati. The committee chair must be a member of the graduate faculty. (3) Individuals with appropriate expertise may be added to a dissertation committee if nominated by the candidate and approved by the committee chairperson and doctoral program. Such persons shall serve without compensation from the university or candidate, and shall be full voting members of the committee. (F) Final defense of dissertation Once a dissertation is deemed to be satisfactory with respect to its form and content by the committee, a final defense shall be announced under dissertation defense announcements on the graduate school website. (1) The defense is open to the public and all members of the academic community. (2) Under the standard dissertation defense procedure, the candidate will answer pertinent questions put by members of the committee following an oral presentation of the dissertation. (3) After the committee has completed its questioning, other persons present will have an opportunity to submit questions or comments. (4) At the conclusion of the defense, the committee will withdraw and render a decision regarding the acceptability of the dissertation and its defense, and report its decision to the candidate. In the case of a favorable decision, this decision shall be communicated to the graduate program and the graduate school. Dissertation approval requires a favorable decision by the candidate's dissertation committee. (G) Petitions for reinstatement and extension of candidacy Students may petition graduate council for extension of their doctoral candidacy through their program, college, and the vice provost and university dean of the graduate school prior to its expiration. Students whose candidacy has expired may petition for both reinstatement and extension of candidacy using the same administrative procedure. If reinstatement is approved, the student will be readmitted to candidacy only after satisfying the formal candidacy examination requirements administered by the department. Each department shall establish and publish a policy concerning extension of degree candidacy and requirements for reinstatement into candidacy subject to the approval of the vice provost and university dean of the graduate school. (H) Publication of dissertations Dissertations completed as part of the degree requirement for the doctoral degree shall be published and made freely available in hard copy and/or electronic form. A request to delay publication of a dissertation may be made to the vice provost and university dean of the graduate school to allow intellectual property related to the content of the dissertation to be appropriately protected. Last updated June 6, 2021 at 12:59 AM Supplemental Information
Authorized By:
3361
Amplifies: 3361 Prior Effective Dates: 3/16/1978, 10/15/1985 |
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Rule 3361:50-77-25 | The graduate school: special rules and provisions.
(A) Eligibility of university faculty and administrators for graduate degrees: no graduate degree will be granted to any faculty member above the rank of instructor who teaches in the same department or division in which the degree is to be granted. This rule applies also to adjunct appointments at any professorial rank and to interdisciplinary degrees. No holder of an academic administrative title of assistant dean or equivalent or above shall be granted a graduate degree from the university of Cincinnati. This rule applies only to those who hold faculty rank above instructor. Those holding "equivalent rank" must petition the graduate council. (B) Restricted research for theses and dissertations: the right to open exchange of information and opinion in faculty relations with students carries the obligation to avoid comments or violations of confidentiality that would reduce free expression or inquiry by students. A faculty member has the right to publish his/her research findings and the right to protection against retaliation because of displeasure over his/her conclusions by the public, administration, government, or others. He/she has the concomitant responsibility to refrain from conducting secret, nonpublishable research as part of his/her university duties. Student involvement in industrial proprietary projects should be permitted only when these projects in no way restrict the student's ability to fulfill his or her degree requirements, which includes the obligation to publish dissertation results. Last updated June 6, 2021 at 12:59 AM Supplemental Information
Authorized By:
3361
Amplifies: 3361 Prior Effective Dates: 10/21/2002 |
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Rule 3361:50-77-26 | The graduate school: graduate awards.
(A) Applicability. This chapter apply to all graduate tuition scholarships, assistantships and fellowships distributed by the graduate school using university general funds. They do not apply to similar awards or compensation earned from other sources of funding. However, units supporting graduate students from other funding sources are urged to treat these rules as best practices in the administration of all graduate awards. In all cases, regardless of the source of funding, students shall be informed of the terms and conditions of all graduate awards. (B) Purpose of awards. Graduate awards to a student should be regarded as support for an apprenticeship period during which the student enhances his or her scholarly and professional skills. Any assignments that result from a graduate award must be consistent with the student's academic pursuits. (C) Types of awards. Awards are based on academic merit, and the graduate assistant is first and foremost a student. Awards are made to students who have attempted fewer than one hundred seventy-four semester graduate credit hours. Award types include: (1) University graduate scholarships that cover instructional and/or general fees; (2) Graduate assistantships that provide a stipend that obligates the student to specified research, teaching, service or administrative responsibilities; (3) Fellowships that provide a stipend without research, teaching, service or administrative obligations. (D) Eligibility criteria for awards must be published by graduate programs that make awards and appointments. (E) Students who receive a university graduate scholarship but no graduate assistantship or fellowship shall not be assigned duties that are not required of unsupported students. (F) Terms and conditions of appointments. Offers of graduate awards shall be conveyed to students as promptly as possible in writing and shall contain information about the amount and duration of the award, a general description of the obligations and responsibilities accepted by the student as part of the award, a reference to sources of information about academic requirements for degree completion, a description of the conditions under which either the student or unit may terminate the award prior to its end-date, and criteria for reappointment. (G) Students receiving graduate assistantships are required to register for at least twelve graduate credit hours each semester of the academic year. (H) Students receiving university graduate scholarships who register for over eighteen credit hours per semester are subject to tuition and general fee charges for the excess hours. (I) Minimum stipends are set by the vice provost and university dean of the graduate school. (J) Procedures and policies related to termination, temporary absence and reappointment are described in the university graduate handbook. (K) Graduate assistantship awards obligate awardees to no more than an average of twenty hours per week of services. These services must make a substantive contribution to the student's academic and professional development. (L) Students with graduate awards have the right to engage in collateral employment so long as it is consistent with the university of Cincinnati's collateral employment policies. (M) Graduate assistants are entitled to a discount at the university bookstore. Last updated June 6, 2021 at 12:59 AM Supplemental Information
Authorized By:
3361
Amplifies: 3361 Prior Effective Dates: 7/23/2004 |
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Rule 3361:50-77-28 | The graduate school: policies and procedures.
Effective:
July 14, 2021
Promulgated Under:
View Rule Text Last updated June 29, 2021 at 9:48 AM Supplemental Information
Authorized By:
3361
Amplifies: 3361 Prior Effective Dates: 3/16/1978 |