C10. SLAT Student Association (SLATSA)
Students are strongly
urged to participate actively in SLATSA. SLATSA is organized and
directed by students for students and represents the group's interests
to the SLAT Executive Council. Among its various functions and
activities, SLATSA elects two student representatives to serve
for one year on the SLAT Executive Council. This election takes
place each spring for the coming academic year. SLATSA also elects
or appoints student representatives (for maximally two-year terms)
to the various SLAT curriculum sub-committees, as requested by
the Executive Council and it elects or appoints a student to serve
on the university's Graduate Interdisciplinary Program Committee;
it elects or appoints one or more students to serve as coordinator(s)
for the SLAT spring colloquium series during the academic year
in question; it elects or appoints one or more individuals to
serve as hosts or buddies for new students; and it elects or appoints
students to serve as managing editor(s) and editors for the specialty
areas for the SLAT Program's occasional publication series, entitled
Arizona Working Papers in Second Language Acquisition and Teaching
(SLAT).
C11.
Satisfactory Academic Progress
The SLAT Advisor
will review each student's record at least once each year to determine
if he or she is making satisfactory progress in the program. The
following constitutes satisfactory progress to degree.
- Successful completion of the SLAT qualifying exercise during
the first year of enrollment in the program;
- Maintenance of minimum GPA, as specified by the Graduate College;
- Turning in the Doctoral Plan of Study during the third semester
in residence;
- Satisfactory evidence of second language proficiency prior
to the comprehensive exam;
- Satisfactory completion of the comprehensive exam (written
and oral parts) no later than the 4th year of full-time enrollment;
- Public presentation of dissertation proposal during the semester
following successful completion of the comprehensive exam;
- Successful defense of dissertation within four years of completion
of the comprehensive examination.
Exceptions to these
policies can only be made based on a formal petition approved
by the SLAT Executive Council.
Non-compliance can
constitute unsatisfactory academic progress and result in conversion
to non-degree status.
C12.
Leave of Absence
All leaves of absence
must be approved by the SLAT Advisor, the Program Director, and
by the Graduate College. The Graduate College does not approve
leaves of absence except in cases of medical emergency. Its policy
is not to approve leaves of absence for students who wish to leave
the university to do fieldwork.
C13.
Minimum Enrollment
The Graduate College
requires that students be continuously enrolled at the university
until they receive their degree. Minimum enrollment consists of
three units each semester (six units for GATs). No summer registration
is required unless the student is taking the Final Oral Examination,
in which case the student must register for one unit during the
session in which the examination is taken. For students who have
finished the Comprehensive Examination, the usual way to meet
the minimum enrollment requirement is to register for dissertation
(920) units. There is no upper limit to the number of dissertation
units that can be taken. Please note that a 920 tuition fee waiver
is available (see "A Guide to Dissertation Units [920 Courses]"
in Appendix E).
