Responsibility: The Graduate Studies Committee shall be responsible for:
The duties and responsibilities of the GSC are taken up through meetings of the whole and of sub- committees. Such sub-committees include, but not limited to, review of external examiners; curriculum review; requests for extensions of degree time limits and leaves of absence; and policy review.
Composition
Terms of Office
Responsibility: The Graduate Student Scholarship and Awards Committee shall evaluate applications and make recommendations for the distribution for all graduate awards managed by the Faculty Graduate Studies, including but not limited to:
Composition: (8 members):
All GSSAC faculty members:
Terms of office: Members are elected for two-year terms, with half of the committee membership turning over each year.
Nomination process: The Dean of Graduate Studies shall make a request to all Deans (Arts, Science, Education, Business and Economics) to identify their representatives.
Responsibility: The Graduate Program Committee is responsible for:
Where possible, the GPC shall use the existing procedures and committees of the department in its work, with the final approval of all matters concerning the development and delivery of graduate studies in a unit resting with the GPC. The GPC, through its Chair, reports to the Dean of Graduate Studies on all matters related directly to graduate studies. The GPC, through its Chair, reports to the Chair of the Department on matters that concern the Department.
Nomination process: The membership of each Graduate Program Committee shall be determined in accordance with the regulations of each department and the Graduate Program Committee. There shall be no less than 3 persons appointed to each Graduate Program Committee.
*The composition of the “Graduate Program Committee” may also include a Chair, a Dean, a Director, or any other individuals officially recognized by the Dean of Graduate Studies to be responsible for graduate programs. The term does not refer to Chairs, Associate Chairs, or Committees of the Joint Master’s Programs.
The Joint Discipline Committee of each Joint Master’s Program shall take on duties and responsibilities as outlined in the Governing Documents of the Joint Master’s Programs. The Joint Discipline Committee shall have reporting responsibility as outlined in the Governing Documents of the Joint Master’s Programs which includes being under the joint jurisdiction of both universities and the responsibility to work in cooperation with hosting departments at both universities, the Joint Senate Committee, the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba, and the Dean of Graduate Studies at The University of Winnipeg.
Nomination process: The appointment or election of members of the Joint Discipline Committee shall be determined in accordance with Joint Master’s Program Governing Documents.
The Joint Senate Committee for Joint Master’s Programs shall take on duties and responsibilities as outlined in the Joint Master’s Program Governing Documents. The Joint Senate Committee shall continue to work in cooperation with the Dean of Graduate Studies and Senates at both The University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, while maintaining its jurisdiction over the tasks outlined in the Joint Master’s Program Governing Documents.
The Graduate Studies Faculty Council is chaired by the Dean of Graduate Studies and the Dean shall convene, two meetings of the council in each academic year.
The Faculty Council is composed of:
Role of the Faculty Council (as per the Senate Standing Rules):
Each Faculty Council shall advise and recommend to the Council Chair, matters:
At its inaugural meeting in February 2014, the Graduate Studies Faculty Council agreed that the focus of these meetings should be to share information between the Faculty of Graduate Studies and faculty members, and among the programs, and to grow the culture of Graduate Studies at The University of Winnipeg.
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