¾«¶«Ó°ÒµGraduate Studies Committee (GSC). Membership: Ex officio, the Graduate Studies Coordinator
¾«¶«Ó°ÒµGraduate Studies Committee is comprised of one program faculty member from each of the program faculties – M.A. TESL, Ph.D. Rhetoric and Composition, Ph.D. English, and NEOMFA – selected, normally, to two-year terms by respective program faculty; and one elected graduate student. (All members – except the ex officio Department Chair and Assistant to the Chair – have voting privileges, although graduate student members are excused from sessions in which graduate admissions, graduate appointments, and other personnel matters are discussed and acted upon.)
¾«¶«Ó°Òµresponsibilities of the Graduate Studies Committee shall be:
- Representing and acting for the graduate faculty in the department, college, university, and community
- Coordinating and reviewing curricular proposals from program committees
- Reporting to the FAC on curricular matters
- Recommending faculty for graduate faculty membership
- Coordinating the quinquennial review of graduate faculty
- Distributing departmental awards for graduate students