[QSB-grads] Revised QSB policies and procedures

[Jessica Blois]

Hi all,

One comment.  The link I included in the previous email was to the P&P that
faculty have access to as well.  If you would like to add comments in a
grad only version, here is the appropriate link. Sorry for the confusion.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t1S3neupupT6wfsw9E8pBnG2Ku6DwhiH4FuHH7lPwZY/edit?usp=sharing


Best,
Jessica

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Assistant Professor
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced

Office: SE1 296
Phone: (209) 228-2256
Email: jblois at ucmerced.edu
Web: http://jessicablois.com


On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Jessica Blois <jblois at ucmerced.edu> wrote:

> Hello QSB grads,
>
> I am in the process of revising the QSB Policies and Procedures.  Since
> you guys are the ones that stand to benefit the most from clear guidelines
> (or get hopelessly confused from poor guidelines), I'd like your feedback
> on the following document.
>
> I've created a google doc for grad students to comment.  The link is here (
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RYbgRdWuqyEBJt6cbPd_
> B8QugzEBgK-qdL43mU8Ny0w/edit?usp=sharing), or you can mark up the
> attached pdf, or you can send comments to me by email
>
> *Please send all comments by Monday, November 28th. *Note that my aim is
> to make the final document easily navigable, using a hyperlinked TOC...so
> disregard the wonky formatting for now.
>
> See below for the email I sent to faculty requesting similar feedback,
> which lists the major changes for this version.  For comparison, here's the
> link to the current version (http://qsb.ucmerced.edu/
> sites/qsb.ucmerced.edu/files/documents/qsb_policiesprocedures_2011_2012.
> pdf)
>
> Best,
> Jessica
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Assistant Professor
> School of Natural Sciences
> University of California, Merced
>
> Office: SE1 296
> Phone: (209) 228-2256
> Email: jblois at ucmerced.edu
> Web: http://jessicablois.com
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jessica Blois <jblois at ucmerced.edu>
> Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 9:58 PM
> Subject: Revised QSB policies and procedures
> To: qsb-faculty at lists.ucmerced.edu
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am in the process of revising the QSB policies and procedures.  We had a
> short discussion at the November all-faculty meeting about this, and now I
> would like to open the revisions up for general comment.  Note that at the
> moment, I have excluded information about the MS program, focusing instead
> on Doctoral Degree Requirements.  Some but not all of the language for the
> PhD requirements will be repurposed for the MS requirements.
>
> I have put the revised P&P in a google doc, as well as attached it as a
> pdf.  *Please review the changes and let me know if you have any comments
> or objections. *Disregard formatting- it's a bit wonky with the
> conversion to a google doc. You have three options for commenting on the
> P&P: 1) send in comments via the google doc (limited to "suggest" mode), 2)
> send back a marked up pdf, or 3) send me comments in an email. *Please
> send all comments by Monday, November 28th.*
>
> Here is a summary of the major changes:
>
>    - *I* put the P&P into the format recommended by the Grad Council
>    - Section III B, Dissertation Overview: Added language about typical
>    timeline to degree, in response to recommendation from GC. (5 years, based
>    on previous P&P)
>    - Section III C 2 a) (3): Added language about exclusions to
>    additional core courses
>    - Section III C 3 c): Changed language to “could” so that QSB 292 and
>    293 are no longer required.
>    - Section III E 2, Selection of a Research Advisor: Added language
>    about the Declaration and Rotation tracks
>    - Section III E 3, Mentoring: Adopted the UCM Mentoring Guidelines
>    - Section III F 1, Qualifying Exam Committee:
>    - Clarified the composition of the Doctoral Committee:
>       - 1) stated that there needs to be at least three UC senate faculty members,
>       to comply with Grad Div req'ts
>       - 2) added language that a majority must be members of QSB
>    - Section III F 2, Doctoral Committee:
>    - Clarified the composition of the Doctoral Committee:
>          - 1) stated that there needs to be at least three UC senate faculty members,
>          to comply with Grad Div req'ts
>          - 2) added language that a majority must be members of QSB
>          - 3) clarified that the Committee Chair is different than the
>          Research Advisor
>       - Timeline
>          - 1) Added a requirement that the doctoral committee should be
>          formed by the end of Year 1 and that the committee needs to meet as a group
>          at least once per year.
>          - 2) Added language that "Following each meeting, the Committee
>          Chair sends a report back to the student, the student’s Research Advisor,
>          the QSB Program Chair and the appropriate graduate program staff."
>       - Section III I 2c, Outcome of the Exam. In the old P&P, a simple
>    majority is required for a pass for the final dissertation exam.  However,
>    the Grad Advisors handbook states that "the Doctoral Committee certifies
>    that the completed dissertation is satisfactory through the signatures of
>    all Committee members on the signature page of the completed dissertation."
>    So we changed this language to reflect that consensus is needed among the
>    Doctoral Committee members for the exam/dissertation outcome.
>    - Language: Generally, removed language about “advisor and committee”
>    and replaced with “Doctoral Committee” since this includes both the
>    Research Advisor, Committee Chair, and the rest of the committee members.
>
>
> Best,
> Jessica
>
> ------------------------------------------
> Assistant Professor
> School of Natural Sciences
> University of California, Merced
>
> Office: SE1 296
> Phone: (209) 228-2256
> Email: jblois at ucmerced.edu
> Web: http://jessicablois.com
>
>
>
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