Responsibilities and Conduct

Responsibilities

Graduate Student Responsibilities

Graduate students are persons who have been admitted to the Graduate School by the Dean of the Graduate School, upon the recommendation of the Architecture Graduate Faculty, for study in architecture. Graduate students must be enrolled and continue in good standing every semester as defined in the by-laws and Graduate School policy. Students shall:

• Complete the course requirements as defined in the individual Degree Program Plan for the Master of Architecture or the Master's of Science degrees; the Plan can be amended.
• Maintain a minimum GPA of 2.8 overall (the Graduate School standard)
• Participate in annual progress reports with the student's advisor.

https://policy.umn.edu/education/doctoralperformance-appd

Official communication is by email. The University of Minnesota student email account is the University's official method of communication. Students are responsible for daily check-ins; the School uses the studio cohort in list-serve format for announcements, information or survey requests, and policy announcements. Student list-serves use a student's official University email address.

Graduate Faculty Responsibilities

As defined by the University of Minnesota Graduate School, the Graduate Architecture Faculty have the responsibility to abide by the rules and responsibilities defined by the Graduate School Constitution as well as the Architecture program's by-laws. They have the privilege, responsibility and authority:

• to teach courses for graduate credit within the graduate program
• to admit graduate students
• to serve on student Master’s Final Examination Committees for graduate programs in architecture and as external examiners for students enrolled in other graduate programs
• to develop and revise the graduate curricula consistent Graduate School policy and NAAB (M.Arch program)
• to nominate students for fellowships, scholarships, and awards administered by the Graduate School and the College of Design
• to participate in the annual review of graduate student progress
• to participate in the governance of the Architecture graduate program and in the governance of the Graduate School

Senior Members and Members are Voting Members of the Graduate Faculty and serve as Chairs or Examining Committee Members for the Master's degree. Affiliate Members may serve as Chair but generally are Examining Members only, and do not participate in the governance of Architecture's graduate program. You can find a list of faculty who are eligible to serve as Thesis Chairs and Examining Committee Members in architecture here: https://faculty-roles.umn.edu/

Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

The Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) is elected by the School of Architecture's Graduate Faculty and appointed by the Head of the School. The DGS implements the regulations of the Graduate School and the School of Architecture's graduate programs. Additionally, the DGS will provide written criteria to each student, upon entry, of what constitutes acceptable progress through and termination of the student from the program. The DGS oversees the maintenance of graduate student records (managed by the Graduate Program Manager) and the annual student evaluation process. The DGS receives, arranges for the review of, and monitors the progress of, student applications for admissions, and all petitions for exemptions, extensions or course substitutions (this includes matters concerning design studio evaluations). The DGS orients and counsels new faculty and graduate students with respect to program and degree requirements and works with students to identify a Faculty Advisor and assists in that selection as necessary. And finally, the DGS will facilitate a program of professional development activities for graduate students within the program.

Graduate Program Manager (GPM)

The School of Architecture Program Manager manages the School's graduate admissions, recruiting and promotion, graduate student orientation, graduation processes and TA and fellowship assignments in coordination with the DGS. The GPM provides general advising on program and degree requirements and assists the DGS in annual student evaluations and petitions.

Conduct

Student Conduct

Every student is expected to act responsibly and honestly in all aspects of his/her graduate education. These responsibilities extend to all course work. Misconduct, such as failing to work independently in examinations, failing to give adequate credit and reference to others for their published work or ideas, or falsifying research data, is not acceptable in any academic community. Egregious misconduct is considered sufficient grounds for the assignment of a failing grade in a course or dismissal from the graduate program.

Examples of academic misconduct include:

• Submitting a design project or parts of a design proposal belonging to another or a paper written wholly or in part by someone else to meet course requirements for a term paper or design project.

• Failing to adequately reference sources of information used in the preparation of a term paper or design proposal.

• Copying answers from another student's examination paper during a closed book examination.

• Consulting lecture notes, textbook, or a summary of important notes to oneself (a crib sheet) while writing a closed-book examination.

• Copying answers from another student's examination paper for a take-home examination.

• Collaborating with other students in the course of developing answers to take-home examinations through discussion of the exam questions and their answers.

• Permitting someone else to read and/or copy your answers to a take-home examination in order that he or she might better understand the question.

Standards of Student Conduct Enforceable by University Agencies (the Graduate School follows this student conduct code) are available through Student Judicial Affairs. Students are responsible for abiding by the Student Conduct Code.

The Student Conflict Resolution Center (SCRC) can help with any University problem or complaint, such as registration, grades, holds, and financial aid. SDRC also provides representation for grievances and disciplinary hearings.

Research Conduct

The Research Education and Oversight Program, a unit in the Office of the Vice President for Research, provides independent oversight and monitoring of research compliance activities at the University of Minnesota. Specific functions of REO include:

• Educating employees in policies and procedures related to research compliance
• Facilitating the development and enforcement of research policies
• Coordinating university-wide research integrity and compliance functions
• Maintaining a program that aligns with the strategic vision of university leadership

More information: http://www.research.umn.edu/compliance