Graduate Council

Charges

Mandate from Policy B2.0

Graduate work at the university shall be governed by the Graduate Council of the Faculty Senate. The primary function of the Graduate Council, along with the academic deans, shall be to promote the development and maintenance of high quality educational programs at the graduate level at RIT and to see that the policies and procedures of the university as they relate to graduate programs are carried out effectively. The Graduate Council shall study graduate curricular proposals from a university-wide perspective, maintain appropriate intercollege relationships with regard to curriculum, define the essential character of graduate study at the university, and continuously review existing graduate programs. The Graduate Council shall consist of the following representatives: one faculty member per college or degree-granting unit not residing within a college which offers a graduate program, each to be elected by their collegial faculty; three members at large elected by the Faculty Senate and who are members of a college offering a graduate program; the associate provost and dean of Graduate Education (ex-officio, voting); the provost or their delegate (ex-officio, voting); and a graduate senator from Student Government serving as a graduate student representative. Each college representative shall be a voting member of the curriculum committee or committees of that college. The graduate student representative shall serve for a term of no longer than one year.

Charges for AY 2025

Standing Charge

Promote the development and maintenance of high quality educational programs at the graduate level at RIT and to see that the policies and procedures of the university as they relate to graduate programs are carried out effectively. The Graduate Council shall study graduate curricular proposals from a university-wide perspective, maintain appropriate intercollege relationships with regard to curriculum, define the essential character of graduate study at the university, and continuously review existing graduate program.

New Charge

Collaborate with the Provost on collecting information about Master's program with low enrollment, and working through considerations for merging and sunsetting Master's programs.