Temporary Advisor
Students in the Ed.D . in Curriculum Studies program are assigned a Temporary Advisor at the time they are admitted to the program. The temporary advisor is identified on the acceptance letter which comes from the Program Coordinator.
The temporary advisor's responsibility is to advise students through the completion of Core and Research and Inquiry coursework, as well as any prerequisites, electives, strands or concentration area courses needed prior to completion of the Core and Research and Inquiry areas. The work of the temporary advisor is concluded once the student selects the Permanent Advisor.
Advisor Responsibilities:
· Clarify the schedule of classes.
· Clarify when, how, and where classes will be offered.
· Provide advice on coursework and related issues in the program (re: electives, strands, concentration area classes, overloads, potential Candidacy Exam Committee and Dissertation Chairs and how to find them, etc.)
· Keep the student advised of changes in the course schedule, POS, and/or Program Requirements
· Respond to student inquiries in a timely manner
· Develop a policy to meet the needs of your advisees when you will be absent for the university for an extended time.
Inform your advisees of this policy
Inform your advisees when you will be absent from the university
Follow the procedures of this policy
Student Responsibilities :
· Make initial contact with the temporary advisor
· Provide a reasonable “wait time” for advisor reply
· Make at least 3 attempts (using different means: e-mail, phone, personal visit to office during office hours ), to reach your advisor before you contact the Department Chair
· Consult with advisor before dropping a course or revising POS
· Notify advisor and Administrative Coordinator of address changes (esp. e-mail)
· Identify a Permanent advisor by the end of the second semester and notify Administrative Coordinator about his/her name.
Permanent Advisor
The permanent advisor's responsibility is to advise students through the completion of the POS; including any remaining prerequisites, electives, strand or concentration area courses.
Advisor Responsibilities:
· Provide advice on coursework and related issues in the program (re: electives, strands, concentration area classes, overloads, Candidacy Exam Committee members and Dissertation Committee members and how to find them, etc.)
· Keep the students advised of changes in the POS, and/or Program Requirements.
· Respond to student inquiries in a timely manner.
· Develop a policy to meet the needs of your advisees when you will be absent for the university for an extended time.
Inform your advisees of this policy
Inform your advisees when you will be absent from the university
Follow the procedures of this policy
Student Responsibilities :
· Make initial contact with a potential permanent advisor . Ask this person if s/he is willing to serve in this capacity. [Be prepared to describe your potential dissertation topic and your goals for the conclusion of the program.]
· Once a permanent advisor agrees to work with you send the Administrative Coordinator an email identifying your permanent advisor.
· Provide a reasonable “wait time” for advisor reply following all correspondence.
· Make at least 3 attempts (using different means: e-mail, phone, personal visit to office during office hours ), to reach your advisor before you contact the Department Chair
· Consult with advisor before dropping a course or revising POS.
· Consult with your Candidacy Exam Committee Chair about additional members to your Candidacy Exam and Dissertation committees.
· Notify advisor and Program Director of address changes (esp. e-mail)
· Consult College of Graduate Studies Student Checklist for deadlines that are important to your progress in the program: i.e., dissertation defense and application for graduation
· http://cogs.georgiasouthern.edu/appsforms.htm
Candidacy Exam Committee Chair
Candidacy Exam Committee Chair is selected through joint efforts of a student and a permanent advisor from the College of Education faculty who has a Full Graduate Faculty Member status. The Chair leads the student through the Candidacy Exam process: asks the members to develop three questions, collects the answers, forwards them to the student, and selects the date for the Exam. It is often a case when the Chair of the Candidacy Exam Committee becomes the Chair of the Dissertation Defense Committee.
Faculty Dissertation Load
In order to maintain quality in the Ed.D . in the program, we have set the following limits to dissertation service.
The maximum number of dissertations that can be chaired at any given time by a faculty member is set at 10. No faculty may exceed 10 dissertations to chair in any given semester.