Graduate Faculty
Fitchburg State College faculty holding terminal degrees are eligible for graduate faculty status. Faculty with advanced degrees and special recognition in their field are qualified for associate graduate faculty status. Experts from other universities or the community-at-large may serve, by invitation, as visiting lecturers.
Administration
The Office of Graduate and Continuing Education is administered by the dean of graduate and continuing education.
The Graduate Council consists of five members of the graduate faculty (selected by the Fitchburg State College Faculty Association), three administrators (appointed by the college's president) and a degree seeking graduate student. The Graduate Council makes reports and recommendations on the following matters:
The changing of course requirements within an existing graduate curricula, the addition of new courses within such curricula and the criteria to be applied in designating, as such, members of the graduate faculty. The council shall also hear appeals from graduate students to the college's graduate program.
Reports and recommendations made by the Graduate Council are transmitted to the president of the college through the academic vice president; copies are transmitted to the college Faculty Association's chapter president and the chairperson of each department that sponsors a graduate program. The Graduate Council shall send copies of minutes and its agenda to the All College Committee.
Graduate Program Chair
Each graduate program has a graduate program chairperson who, among other things is responsible for:
- Quality control of the graduate curriculum.
- Evaluation of course content and degree program relevancy.
- Developing and maintaining a two year plan of course offerings.
- Developing course schedule for yearly offerings (summer, fall, winter, spring).
- Working with the Graduate Council and the dean of graduate and continuing education in administration and policy matters.
- Evaluating graduate students each semester and reviewing student folders.
- Recommending and approving courses to be taken by matriculated students each semester.
- Advising and assisting in appropriate policy actions needed by graduate students such as acceptance of transfer credits and graduation review.
- Reviewing applications for admission.
Professional Education Programs
The professional education programs at Fitchburg State College are under the broad coordination of the Education Unit that includes the following licensure and degree program areas: Undergraduate and Graduate Teacher Preparation Programs, Graduate Guidance Counseling Program and Graduate Educational Leadership and Management Programs. Effective October 2003, Massachusetts teacher licensure requirements changed. Professional licensure (formerly standard certification) will required three years of employment in the role of the license, and a one year induction program (working with a mentor in the school district.)
For more detailed information about educational licensure, contact the Educator Licensure Office at (978) 665-3239 or visit the web site at www.fsc.edu/edcert.
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