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n Provide representation for the students in the Mental Health Counseling Program of the University of South Florida. n Act as liaisons to the new students enrolled in the program. n Promote communication with alumni from our program. n Collaborate with Professional Advisory Board. n Advocate for the profession.
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Frequently Asked Questions by Topic: I. Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Specialization. II. Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling.
I. Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program Specialization. 1. What are the qualifications a site supervisor need to have?
II. Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage & Family Therapy & Mental Health Counseling Frequently asked Questions - from http://www.doh.state.fl.us/mqa/491/soc_faq.html#FAQ
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College of Education
“LIFELINE”
A graduate information document
Policies are effective as of Fall Semester, 2008
(a summary of responses to issues most often raised by graduate
students)
Note: The registration process for non-degree seeking students, and the
application process for degree seeking students are two separate
processes. One is in no way connected to the other.
Degree seeking applicants:
http://www.grad.usf.edu/newsite/admissions/grad_app.asp
Non-degree seeking applicants:
http://www.registrar.usf.edu/regurl/os/application
1)
Validating Admission – Students must take at least one course during the semester in
which they are formally admitted to the University, (i.e. to degree
seeking status), otherwise, they invalidate their admission.
2)
First Day Class Attendance – Graduate students who do not attend the first class
meeting and who have not made arrangements with the instructor to miss
the meeting will be automatically dropped from the class. (Effective
Fall semester, 2008)
3)
Changing Term of Entry – Students who are unable to enroll in classes during the
semester in which admission has been granted should change their term of
entry by notifying the Graduate Admissions Office in writing. Students
may change their term of entry for up to one year without paying another
application fee, or reapplying for admission.
4)
Transfer of Coursework from Another Institution
– Students may transfer up to twelve (12) semester hours from another
institution to their USF degrees if: 1) the coursework
has not been used to fulfill requirements in another degree, 2) the
student has earned grades of at least a 3.00/B in the coursework, 3)
the coursework does not exceed the time limits listed herein, and 4)
the transfer of coursework is deemed appropriate by the students’
departments and the COEDU. Grades from transfer credit are not
calculated into the student’s USF grade point average.
5)
Transfer of Coursework from Non-Degree Status
– Students may transfer up to twelve semester hours (12) taken as a
non-degree seeking student into their degree programs if conditions #1-4
above have been met.
6)
Incomplete Grades - Graduate students will no longer receive “I” grades. The course
instructor and student must draft and sign a contract that describes the
work to be completed, the date the work is due, and the grade earned at
the conclusion of the semester. The grade must also include the zero
for the incomplete portion of the work. (For example, “I/C”) The
instructor must file a copy of the contract in the department before the
date grades are due. An incomplete grade not cleared within the next
two successive academic semesters, including summer semester, will
revert to the grade noted on the contact. “I” grades are not computed
in the grade point average (g.p.a.), but the grade noted on the contract
will be computed in the g.p.a. if the contract is not fulfilled by the
specified date. In the event that the resulting GPA does not meet the
required 3.00 to be “in good standing,” the student will be placed on
Academic Probation effective the semester the class was taken.
7)
Academic Standing – Students must maintain an overall grade point average of 3.00 to
remain in good standing in their programs. Students must maintain a
3.00 g.p.a. in specialization and a 3.00 overall g.p.a. in order
to graduate.
8)
Academic Probation – Students who do not maintain the required academic standing will be
placed on automatic academic probation. Please refer to the attached
site for details:
http://www.grad.usf.edu Click on Graduate Catalog, Go to Section 7
Probation or
http://www.grad.usf.edu/newsite/policies.asp
Click on Academic Probation.
9)
Grade
Forgiveness –
There is no grade forgiveness at the graduate level. Students
who register for classes and do not drop them during the drop/add
deadline will not have these courses deleted from their transcripts.
Students who repeat the same course will have the grades from both
courses computed as a part of their grade point averages.
10)
Course Deletion/Drop – Graduate students may have courses deleted from their transcript only
if they were enrolled in the class through documented University error.
The last week to drop a course using Oasis is the tenth week of the
semester. The Graduate School will not process requests to drop a
course following the tenth week of classes unless the request meets the
criteria for one of the five exceptions noted by the Registrar’s Office
. After the tenth week of classes, a Graduate School petition must be
used if the stated criteria are met. The five exceptions are:
a)
Illness of the student of such severity or duration to preclude
completion of the course(s) as confirmed in writing by a physician
(M.D.).
b)
Death of the student or death in the immediate family (parent,
spouse, child or sibling) as confirmed by documentation (death
certificate, obituary) indicating the student’s relationship to the
deceased.
c)
Involuntary call to active military duty as confirmed by military
orders.
d)
A situation in which the University is in error as confirmed by
an appropriate University official.
e)
Other documented exceptional circumstances beyond the control of
the student which precluded completion of the course(s) accompanied by
explanatory letter and supporting documentation.
11)
Retroactive
actions - (i.e. actions that occurred in a previous semester) are
not petitionable.
12)
Course Withdrawal - . Students may drop/withdraw without academic penalty for the first
ten weeks of any term, except for summer session. Graduate students
must use a graduate petition to withdraw from a class after the
drop/withdrawal deadline. Approval to withdraw from a class is
unrelated to fee reimbursement.
13)
Fee Reimbursement
– Fees are automatically reimbursed for approval of a course deletion.
Approval is granted only when a university error can be clearly
documented. A Fee Adjustment Form or a Refund Request Form is needed
for all other requests for reimbursement. A Late Fee Waiver Request
Form is used if a student wishes to appeal a late fee assessment.
14)
Planned Program of Study – The planned program of study is a document that lists the
coursework that students will take in order to complete the degree. Any
changes to this document must be formally reviewed and approved by the
College. The document is not official until the signatures of the
student, the advisor, the department and the College of Education
Graduate Coordinator have been obtained.
15)
Planned Programs – Masters and Specialist students should submit their planned programs
of study with the appropriate signatures the semester after their
admission to the university. Doctoral students may take a semester or
two longer to allow time to adequately formulate the doctoral committee.
16)
Assignment
of an Advisor
– All students must have an advisor whose responsibility it is to assist
the student in determining an academic course of action, and in
completing the planned program. Students who do not have an advisor
should contact their respective departments to have an advisor assigned
to them.
17)
Graduate Petitions – Students who have been formally admitted to the college should use a
graduate petition for items requiring a petition. (The ARC
petition is an undergraduate document.) Students whose standing
has reverted to non-degree should use a graduate petition if the class
is a graduate level class, and an undergraduate petition if the class is
an undergraduate class.
18)
Change of Program – Students may file a change of program form only after they have
validated their admission by completing a course during the semester in
which they were admitted.
19)
4 Year Time Limit – Doctoral Students A student has four (4) years from the date of
admission to complete all coursework, pass qualifying exams, and be
admitted to doctoral candidacy. A student has four (4) years from
admission to candidacy to complete degree requirements.
20)
5 Year Time Limit – Education Specialist and Masters Students
A student has five (5) years from the date of admission to complete all
degree requirements.
Other important sites for information you should know:
College of Education Website: http://www.coedu.usf.edu
Graduate Catalog: http://www.grad.usf.edu
COE Masters Handbook:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/gradhandbook/mahandbook/index.html
COE Advanced Graduate Handbook:
http://www.coedu.usf.edu/main/gradhandbook/advhandbook/AdvGradTOC.html
Information verified as
of July 3, 2008. Please check the USF Graduate Catalog, and the COEDU
Graduate Handbook for specific details about these policies and for
future changes
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