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Justification for Graduate Credit (for Graduate Courses Only)

Provide justification for graduate credit for courses at the 6000‑level or above. Graduate courses should be progressively more advanced in academic content than undergraduate programs, and should foster independent learning, (SACS guidelines 3.6.1 and 3.6.2). Further, the guidelines presented in the Statement of Clarification of the Definition and Use of 6000‑level courses as approved by the Graduate Council, May 21, 1997 apply:

Factors the curriculum committee will consider in evaluating a course for graduate credit include but are not limited to the following:

1. Does the course make use of specific requisites?
   
   
2. Is the course content of sufficient depth to justify graduate credit (i.e.: materials beyond the introductory level)?
   
   
3. Does the course help to develop the critical and analytical skills of students including their application of the relevant literature?
   
   
4. Does the course set rigorous standards for student evaluation (e.g.:all students in a 6000-level course must be evaluated using the same standards)?
   
   
5. Does the course instructor hold graduate faculty status or have the approval of the Dean of the Graduate School?

The policy on piggyback courses requires that any 6000-level course have a 5000-level piggyback course.  Please refer to the Guidelines For Submission of 5000/6000 (Piggyback) Syllabus approved by the Graduate Council February 13, 2008.  

For answers to questions about the UCC, call (4-4974) or e-mail Kevin Snyder.