STUDENT HANDBOOK - Columbus College of Art & Design

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GRADUATE PROGRAM POLICIES 37 SUPPLY STORE The campus art supply store is located on the main floor of Kinney Hall. The store works in conjunction with faculty to ensure that it carries all the necessary supplies students might need. Purchases over $3.01 receive a 10% discount off retail and 5% discount for textbooks. Freshmen kits are available in the fall and contain materials a new student will need for each class. These kits are available at a 20% discount. Textbooks may be returned within two weeks of purchase. The sales receipt must accompany any materials returned. VISA, MasterCard, and Discover are accepted. Hours of operation: Monday through Thursday, 7:45 a.m.– 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 7:45 a.m.–4:30 p.m. During the summer, hours of operation are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. WEAPONS Unless specifically authorized by the college or otherwise authorized by law, pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code, no student, employee or other persons having business with the college shall knowingly possess, have under the person’s control, convey or attempt to convey a deadly handgun or dangerous ordnance, including firearms, explosives, knives, BB guns, paintball guns, martial arts weapons, antiques or other weapons of any kind, onto CCAD property, including but not limited to CCAD-owned or -leased buildings and parking lots. Neither shall individuals possess a replica of such items that could be reasonably mistaken for any item listed above. Faculty members are exempt from this policy when using replicas in classroom settings in the course of instruction. Violations of this policy will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including suspension or termination of employment or educational standing with the college and referral to authorities for prosecution. GRADUATE PROGRAM POLICIES All policies in the CCAD Student Handbook also apply to graduate students unless specifically stated otherwise. GRADUATE ACADEMIC CREDIT AND PROGRESS TOWARD A DEGREE DEGREE PLAN Degree requirements are outlined in the MFA Guidebook. Students are responsible for understanding them and monitoring their progress toward the degree. Individual academic plans are available online to use as a tool in tracking student progress. ASSESSMENT Students must pass in all graduate level courses. In addition all first-year graduate students are required to successfully complete the Graduate Progress Assessment, GRNP5080X. Student progress is assessed through grades, critiques, learning blogs, and participation. Students have an individual meeting with the director of the program at the end of each semester to assess their progress. GRADUATION It is each student’s responsibility to understand and track progress toward completion of degree requirements by reviewing transcripts and degree requirements and meeting with the director of graduate studies. Students who are candidates for graduation must complete an application for graduation by the appropriate deadline for the semester they intend to graduate (for the relevant deadline, consult the CCAD Master Schedule, academic calendar, and posted notices). Graduation applications must be submitted to staff at One-Stop Student Services in the Crane Center before the posted deadline. The director of graduate studies approves participation in commencement. Both May and December graduates participate in May commencement. WITHDRAWAL AND RE-ADMISSION The New Projects curriculum is designed to be completed in two years. However, if unforeseen circumstances arise, a student in good standing may apply to the director of graduate studies for a leave of absence of up to one year. Students who withdraw in good standing may be re-admitted into the program within one year of withdrawal without needing to re-apply. The program must be completed within three years of matriculation. GRADUATE REGISTRATION AND ADVISING REGISTRATION Registration for graduate courses is restricted to matriculated graduate students and honors students with instructor permission. Graduate students are registered by One-Stop Student Services each semester. Questions regarding course selection should be directed to the director of graduate studies. The Master Schedule is published twice per year prior to registration for the fall and spring semesters and is available online. Please consult the schedule for further registration instructions and details. SCHEDULE CHANGES It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of degree requirements and the potential consequences that dropping/ adding classes may have on academic progress toward a degree. Dropping any required course can potentially delay graduation. All students should be aware that a course load of 12–18 credits is considered full-time status. Any student who elects to drop below a 12-credit course load will jeopardize financial aid and scholarship monies, as well as student visa status for international students. Any student wishing to take more than 18 credits in a semester will incur an additional tuition charge.
38 GRADUATE PROGRAM POLICIES GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING Academic advising is an important part of a student’s experience and is integrated throughout the entire graduate program at CCAD. The director of graduate studies, along with the studio mentor or thesis advisor, advises students in the MFA program. AUDITS Graduate students may take undergraduate classes for audit on a space-available basis. No credit is awarded; the graduate student is not responsible for homework, exams, or reviews. It is required that students attend class meetings for courses they are auditing. TRANSFER CREDITS Full-time MFA students may transfer a maximum of 12 credits of graduate-level liberal arts coursework from another institution. GRADUATE GRADES AND STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES CLASS ATTENDANCE Unless otherwise indicated by the instructor, students are expected to attend all meetings of each class in which they are enrolled. GRADING POLICY All MFA courses are graded on a Pass (P)/Fail (F) system. Students must pass or transfer all required courses to earn their degree. GRADES AND TRANSCRIPTS Grades will be released only upon a student’s written request. Grades are posted electronically. Graduate students do not receive letter grades. Grades are awarded as follows: —— AUD (audit) —— F (fail) —— I (incomplete) —— P (pass) —— TR (transfer) —— W (withdrawal) To request a transcript, students must submit a request to the One-Stop Student Services office. Official transcripts cannot be released without written consent from the student. INCOMPLETES Incomplete (I) grades are given only in circumstances where a student has not completed assigned work by the end of a semester due to illness or other extenuating circumstances. Incomplete grades require an Incomplete Contract, which may be obtained from the director of graduate studies and must be signed by the student, the supervising faculty member, and the program director. Incompletes must be fulfilled according to the timeline agreed upon in the Incomplete Contract. If the contract is not fulfilled by the designated deadline, the grade is automatically changed to a failure (F). INCOMPLETES IN THE FINAL SEMESTER Graduate students may receive an incomplete in their terminal semester only if their thesis is incomplete. Students must complete all work toward their degree within three years of their matriculation. ACADEMIC PROBATION The director of graduate studies reviews graduate student transcripts at the end of every semester. If a student receives a grade of “F” in any course he or she will be placed on academic probation and will be required to repeat the failed course. ACADEMIC DISMISSAL Students who fail two or more courses will be dismissed from the program. GRADE APPEAL Students who receive a grade that they are convinced does not reflect their accomplishments in the class, may appeal the grade. Students should understand that the college will consider the teacher in the classroom to be the best judge of a student’s performance and that the burden of proof will lie completely with the student. If, understanding these facts, a student wishes to appeal a grade, the process is as follows: 1. Within four weeks of the grade’s posting, the student must request in writing an appointment with the instructor to discuss the grade and send a copy of this letter to the director of graduate studies to be placed in the student’s file. 2. If, after the meeting with the instructor, the student still wishes to pursue the appeal, the student must meet with the director of graduate studies about the grade in question. At this time, the student will need to present appropriate evidence from the course (portfolio, papers, etc.) and a detailed explanation of why the appeal is being made. The director will also meet with the instructor in order to determine any other circumstances that may be reflected in the student’s grades (attendance, class participation, etc.). The director may facilitate a meeting between the instructor and the student and has the authority to determine if a grade change is warranted. (If, by the beginning of the next semester, the instructor has not responded to the student’s request to discuss the grade, the student may make the appeal directly to the director of graduate studies.)
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