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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sorry if you receive a duplicate of this response. I believe I forgot to hit reply to all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">McNeese State University</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Eddie Lyons <elyons@mcneese.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 12:45 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Nancy Biggio <nbiggio@uno.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [EXTERNAL] [La-cgs] Time Limit Extensions<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To All: We are dealing with this more and more. Our catalog states:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Course Revalidation Process</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The process to revalidate a course which has exceeded the degree time limit and apply it towards a student’s degree is as follows: </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The student’s advisor must draft a memo justifying, with supporting evidence, why the course should be applied toward the degree, and the memo must be signed by the department head and
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Establish that the material from the course at the time it was taken is similar to what is currently being taught; and </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level3 lfo3">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Demonstrate that the student has retained this material. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The signed memo will be forwarded to the director of the Graduate School, who will submit it to the Graduate Council for review and approval. </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1C3035;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3">
<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Upon approval, the memo and corresponding Graduate Council meeting minutes will be forwarded to the Registrar’s Office for processing. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This process must be completed prior to the last semester in which the student plans to graduate. </span><o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For the retention of the material, we do leave this up to each advisor, but it typically ends up being a term paper, information used in a thesis, or exam. Sometimes the retention of the material can be demonstrated
by the students’ performance in a different course where the material is used.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Eddie</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Director, Dore' School of Graduate Studies</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Harold and Pearl Dripps School of Agricultural Sciences</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">McNeese State University</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Lake Charles, LA 70609<br>
337-475-5692</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> on behalf of Nancy Biggio <nbiggio@uno.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, October 4, 2023 at 11:46 AM<br>
<b>To: </b>Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [La-cgs] Time Limit Extensions</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Happy Wednesday! I’m seeking opinions on handling time limit extensions for “expired” coursework either at your institution or transferred in. Right now, we require faculty from the appropriate department/subject
area to confirm the student “demonstrated competency at a level of B or higher” AND the graduate coordinator to confirm this course is still relevant to the degree. We have both coordinators and faculty ask how they should confirm the retained competency—exam,
interview, project, work experience, etc. I really want to leave this up to them and their expertise since our programs are all so different but they keep asking.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">So, anyone have any processes which would provide guidance?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Nancy</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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