<div id="__MailbirdStyleContent" style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: Arial;color: #000000;text-align: left" dir="ltr">Sanjay and Sushma:<div><br></div><div>We talked about the "In Progress" option but most of us also want to have options to convey warning messages -- e.g., unsatisfactory progress, needs improvement, etc. <span style="font-size: 13.3333px">That leads to the question of how does one define "satisfactory" progress in open-ended research.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Sushma: Do you have a different thesis/dissertation course section for each advisor so that they can submit grades? Our Registrar is not going to be happy if we ask for that. Also, w<span style="font-size: 13.3333px">hat happens when a doctoral student is given an "F" for research? Do they get forced out of the graduate program?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Best regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13.3333px">Ramu<br></span><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;">
<p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 6/20/2024 10:08:57 AM, Menon, Sanjay <sanjay.menon@lsus.edu> wrote:</p><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ramu,
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<br>We have a similar system and use "IP" (In Progress) which all gets converted to "P" (Pass) or a letter grade at the end. The thesis/dissertation advisor is supposed to keep tabs on student progress.
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<br>Dear LA-CGS members:
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<br>At Louisiana Tech, graduate students in the thesis (master's degrees) or dissertation tracks get an "I" grade for those hours until the thesis/dissertation is submitted. At that point, the required number of thesis/dissertation hours are converted to "S" (current term and past terms). Is that how you all handle it? Usually the "instructor" for these courses is the associate dean in the colleges who often has no idea how well or poorly the student is progressing.
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<br>Best regards,
<br>Ramu
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