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Graduate ProgramPlan of StudyThe Plan of Study is a list of all the courses you plan to take or have taken to fulfill the requirements for the degree. The Department, the Graduate School, and the Registrar's Office refer to your Plan of Study when they check whether you are fulfilling the degree requirements. When it comes time for you to graduate, the Registrar's Office will compare your Plan of Study with your transcript, to be certain that you took the courses you were supposed to. The form is available online. You can print out the pdf version at http://www.rpi.edu/dept/grad/docs/pos02.PDF and fill it out by hand, or you can download the Word version at http://www.rpi.edu/dept/grad/docs/pos02.doc and fill it out in Word. Alternatively, you can get a hard copy version from Terry Hayden in Lally 208. If you are pursuing both an M.S. and a Ph.D., you should file separate Plans of Study for each degree. Your Plan of Study should indicate that you will be fulfilling the following requirements: For a Masters's Degree:
When listing the required courses, place a check in the "Required" column. When listing the courses taken toward the breadth requirement, please list which group they apply to in the "Required" column. For a PhD
Transfer creditsYou may count up to 24 transfer credits toward your PhD. Use the transfer credit approval form to get the transfer credits approved. See Bob Ingalls for the department approval signature. When the transfer credit is approved, you will get RPI course numbers for the courses for which you have transfer credit. Use these RPI course numbers to list the courses on your Plan of Study. Extra creditsThe Plan of Study lists all the credits that fulfill the requirements for the degree. You may end up taking more credits than are required. If so, you won't list everything you took on the Plan of Study. Ph.D. students often need to take extra research credits in order to maintain full-time status. When you complete your thesis, you and your advisor will need to indicate the number of thesis credits to be awarded on the Record of Thesis Examination form. The number recorded there needs to match the number of research credits on your Plan of Study. That is the number of credits for which the grade will change from "IP" to "S" when you finish your thesis and defense. For MS students, your credits might not add up exactly to 30. If your total credits add up to something like 35, then you probably need to remove a course from your Plan of Study. However, if your credits add up to 31, if you removed a course, you'd fall below 30, so it's okay for you stay at 31. Completing the formAfter discussing your plan of study with your advisor, you should fill out the form. It may be handwritten, but it should be neat and easy to read. It should not be filled in with pencil. On the Plan of Study, you should list all the credits you will count toward your degree (not necessarily all credits you have taken). You should list the course number with subject prefix (e.g. CSCI) and course title. The form must be signed by you, your advisor, and the Graduate Program Director. You should have Terry Hayden check your form before you get the signatures, so that she can tell you if anything needs to be corrected. The Graduate Program Director is Professor Krishnamoorthy. He frequently checks in with Terry for forms to sign, so you can leave the form with her. She will get the Graduate Program Director signature, and then will make copies. She will send the original to the Registrar's Office, send a copy to the Graduate School, put a copy in your mailbox, and keep a copy for your file. If the courses you end up taking are different from those listed on the Plan of Study, you must file a revised Plan of Study form. If the only change is the date of graduation, but the courses you take stay the same, you do not need to file a new Plan of Study.
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