MEMO DATE: 9/18/96

TO: Recreation and Leisure Studies Department Faculty and Graduate Students

FROM: Recreation and Leisure Studies Graduate Committee

RE: Final Graduate Student Computer Competency Policy

Below is the revised graduate student computer competency policy, as amended by the RLS faculty. The goal of the graduate student computer competency policy is to assist students in their academic coursework and career development by ensuring graduate students have the ability to perform basic functions in word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, email and internet access. Effective Fall semester 1996, all graduate students must: 1) complete the undergraduate/REC 500 computer competency requirements (see attached memo); 2) acquire and maintain their own SFSU or personal email account; 3) demonstrate their ability to access the world wide web with a graphical browser (like Netscape); and 4) access the RLS Graduate world wide web page, and complete on-line forms and post email messages to the RLS Department. The REC 500 computer competency policy requires taking of a self-administered test, in which you demonstrate word processing, spreadsheet and graphics (within the spreadsheet program) skills. If you are an experience computer user your skills may be documented in the other specific ways outlined in the attached policy. Graduate student computer competency requirements must be completed before a student can advance to "classified" status. Students who have just been admitted as "classified", have until the end of their first semester to complete competency requirements. Current students are strongly encouraged to gain equivalent computer skills. For information on the REC 500 computer competency test or these graduate computer competency requirements see your advisor or Dr. Tierney in Gym 311.