2.6.4 Curriculum, Certificate, and Degree Requirements Committee

(Approved February 16, 1993) (Amended October 27, 2004) (Amended January 12, 2007) (Amended January 25, 2012)

The purpose of the Curriculum, Certificate, and Degree Requirements Committee is to inform and advise the Council on matters involving the requirements a student must fulfill in order to earn a degree or academic certificate at the School.

The Committee shall consider the following types of requests:

1. requests submitted by academic units for the establishment of new curricula;
2. requests submitted by academic units for the establishment of new degree or academic certificate programs;
3. requests submitted by academic units for changing the requirements of existing curricula, degree, or academic certificate programs;
4. requests submitted by students, Program Officers, or Departments seeking the waiver of specific candidacy requirements, including requests for waiver of QPR requirements and requests for waiver of course requirements;
5. requests submitted by the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs that the Council formulate or modify policies involving curricula and degree and academic certificate requirements.

Examples of this last item include policies on course load restrictions, credit for thesis work, and Engineer's degree requirements.