November 1 for registration the following Spring
semester
When research involves human or animal subjects, approval of the
Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects (CPHS) or University
Animal Care and Use Committee (UACUC) must be obtained prior to
the initiation of research. For information on Human or Animal Subjects
review, go to the website for the Office for Protection of Human
and Animal Subjects at http://www.sfsu.edu/~protocol.
Selection of Culminating Experience Committee
Regardless of the culminating experience being completed, a committee
must be established to evaluate whether you have satisfactorily
completed this final requirement for your degree.
- The committee must consist of a minimum of two and a maximum
of five members.
- The chair and the second member of your committee must hold
tenured/tenure-track faculty appointments in your major department.
- In circumstances where special expertise is available in another
department, the graduate dean may authorize a designated tenured/tenure-track
faculty member from a related department to serve as second reader.
- With special permission, some long-term lecturers with terminal
degrees in their field or with special expertise may serve as
the second reviewer provided their curriculum vitae is on file
in the Division of Graduate Studies. Due to the temporary nature
of lecturer appointments, both you and the lecturer must understand
the risk to the timely completion of your culminating experience.
- The third member of a committee may be from outside the major
department or university. A lecturer may volunteer his/her services
as a third member of a student's committee, but again, be aware
of the risk.
- If a faculty member leaves, you will need to reconstitute your
committee and new faculty members often have different expectations.
If you are working with a faculty member on the early retirement
program, be sure that work can be completed during that faculty
member's employment period.
To officially change the composition of your committee, you must
submit a Petition for GAP Substitution
or Committee Revision to the Division of Graduate Studies (ADM
250).
Culminating Experience Approval
You must receive approval from the Division of Graduate Studies
to begin your culminating experience class. You will be notified
by email when your culminating experience proposal has been accepted.
The registrar will block admission to a culminating experience class
until approval is received. Therefore, it is very important for
you to submit your proposal early in the semester before you plan
to use human or animal subjects.
Registration and Grading Procedures for Culminating Experience
Courses
To register for a culminating experience course, you must have a
3.0 GPA in all post-baccalaureate course work completed as well
as approved Graduate Approved Program (GAP) and Proposal for Culminating
Experience Requirement forms on file at the Division of Graduate
Studies.
If you do not complete the course by the end of the semester of
registration you will receive a grade of RP (Report in Progress).
Do not register for the course again. When the project is completed,
be sure that your committee chair files a grade change to CR (Credit)
with the Registrar's Office.
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Note: A student must be enrolled in courses to have automatic library
privileges. If you receive an RP (Report in Progress) for your Culminating
Experience course and are not enrolled in any other courses, you
must contact your graduate advisor to request a memo on letterhead
to receive library privileges. Please submit your department memo
to the book checkout desk. **This memo must be renewed each semester
until you are ready to apply for graduation.
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For internships, field studies, or creative work projects, you
must file the completed project in the department. All committee
members must sign the Report of Completion form and submit it to
the GradStop (ADM 250). For a thesis or written
creative work, you must obtain the signatures of all committee members
and bring the document to The Division of Graduate Studies for format
review. The Graduate Studies office will issue a receipt to be certified
at the Rapid Copy Center at the Library upon submission of the document
and payment of the binding fee.
Completing the Culminating Experience
Form:
Once you determine the type of culminating experience you will be
undertaking, please select the culminating experience course you
will be taking from this list:
If you have not yet submitted a Graduate Approved Program (GAP)
you may download the appropriate form at http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/gap.htm.
890: Seminar on Field Studies/Research
NOTE: