UC Santa Barbara Policy 1405
Policies
Issuing Unit: Academic Affairs Date: October 1, 1979
PART-TIME, OFF-CAMPUS PROFESSIONAL
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMS
I. REFERENCE
A. President's Policy on Part-Time, Off-Campus Professional
Graduate Degree Programs, July 30, 1979.
II. POLICY
Extending the opportunity to enroll part-time in professional
master's degree programs to those who need to continue their
employment while studying is consistent with the University's
mission in graduate professional education. As provided by Academic
Senate Regulation 694, courses to satisfy the requirements of such
programs, either in whole or in part, may be given at off-campus
sites. The following outlines University policy relative to such
programs.
A. General:
1. Part-time, off-campus professional graduate degree
programs may be undertaken only when a demonstrated need
for them exists.
2. Such programs shall not be undertaken if they strain the
resources of the department that sponsors them or have an
adverse effect on regular programs on campus.
3. Off-campus courses may be given only at sites where access
for purposes of instruction is acquired and controlled by
the University.
4. Under special circumstances, with the concurrence of the
local Graduate Council and the Chancellor and approval of
the President, on-campus facilities may be used for these
programs. Proposals for such use must contain explicit
justification of the special circumstances.
B. Relationship to Regular On-Campus Programs:
1. These programs shall have the same standards of quality as
regular graduate programs, as determined by the
appropriate Graduate Council.
2. Courses offered in these programs should be taught by
regular faculty members when corresponding courses in
on-campus programs are taught by regular faculty. When
on-campus programs employ some combination of regular
faculty and guest lecturers or consultants, off-campus
courses may be taught in the same way. Under no
circumstances shall anyone teach off-campus programs whose
appointment has not been subject to the appropriate
academic review.
3. The determination of whether to include students enrolled
in these programs within existing campus enrollment
targets shall be made on a case-by-case basis as part of
the program approval process. For purposes of computing
the University's enrollment FTE, students in these
programs shall be treated the same as on-campus part-time
students.
C. Initiation and Review Procedures:
1. Departments, groups of departments, or schools offering
professional master's degree programs under the
jurisdiction of a Graduate Division may recommend that
such programs be offered in whole or in part at off-campus
sites.
2. Such recommendations must be approved by local Graduate
Councils, as well as by appropriate campus administrators.
3. Graduate Councils shall review such programs annually.
D. Admission and Enrollment:
1. Students must be admitted to a Graduate Division through
the regular admissions process in order to enroll in any
program established under this policy.
2. Access to courses offered as part of these programs must
be equally available to all qualified students. No
preference in enrollment may be given to members of any
non-University sponsoring organization.
3. Admission criteria may specify some type or period of work
experience in the field.
E. Student Fees and Program Funding:
1. In accord with existing policy, instructional costs for
part-time graduate degree programs should be borne by the
State, and student fees should be used primarily to
support student services. However, in the case of in
adequate State support to meet the needs of such programs
offered off-campus, non-State funds may be used.
2. In exceptional cases, special student fees, over and above
regular fees for part-time students, may be levied and
applied to meet a portion of the costs of the program. In
such cases the proposed special fee and its justification
shall be submitted with the proposal for the program and
shall be approved by the President or by The Regents as
appropriate.
F. Programs that Do Not Correspond to Regular On-Campus Programs:
1. Proposals for part-time, off-campus professional degree
programs that do not correspond to regular on-campus
programs may be considered.
2. Such proposals shall be subject to the same procedures for
approval as apply to all proposals for new graduate
degrees.
3. These programs should originate with a unit or department
that is already authorized to conduct graduate work on
campus at the level that is at least equal to the level of
the proposed off-campus program.
4. If approved, such programs shall be conducted in accord
with the policies set forth in this statement.
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