{"id":264,"date":"2019-11-07T10:10:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/?post_type=ht_kb&p=264"},"modified":"2019-11-07T10:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T14:10:45","slug":"posthumous-degree-policy","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/policy\/posthumous-degree-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Posthumous Degree Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Policy Statement<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Augusta University (\u201cAU\u201d) recognizes that, on rare occasions, a student may die prior to the completion of a degree for which he\/she was enrolled. This policy allows AU to recognize the achievements of the deceased student and award the student a degree posthumously. This policy outlines the process for determining the criteria for awarding the posthumous degree.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>posthumous<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>degree<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>may<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>awarded<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>student<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>enrolled<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>eligible<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>continued<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>enrollment at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>time<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>death<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>prior<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>completion<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>requirements<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>degree.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>For<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>an<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>undergraduate level degree, the student should have completed 75% of the requirements for the degree and must<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cumulative<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>2.0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>grade<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>point<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>average.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>For<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>graduate<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>level<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>degree,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>student<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>should have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>completed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>75%<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>course<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>work<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>without<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>any<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cD\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cF\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>grades,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>must<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>been<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>good academic standing. For research-based graduate programs, the student should have been admitted to degree candidacy, should have completed a substantial amount of required research, and must be recommended by the appropriate thesis advisory committee. All academic degree programs are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>eligible.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Affected stakeholders<\/h1>\n

All entities and persons within the Enterprise that are affected by this policy:<\/em>
\nGraduate Students<\/a>, Health Professional Students<\/a>, Undergraduate Students<\/a><\/p>\n

Policy Owner<\/h1>\n

Office of Academic and Faculty Affairs<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Definitions<\/h1>\n

Posthumous degree:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>A degree awarded after death.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Process & procedures<\/h1>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>faculty<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>may<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>recommend<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>department<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>program<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>chair<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>such<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>degree<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>considered for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>award.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>chair<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>may<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>recommend<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>behalf<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>faculty<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Dean<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>student<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>awarded a posthumous degree. The Dean may recommend in writing to the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs & Provost that the student be awarded a posthumous degree. Determination of award will rest with the Provost and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>President.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All academic degree programs are eligible.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>degree<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>may<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>given<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>at<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>commencement<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>hooding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>awards<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ceremony<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>within<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>college and will read \u201cdegree awarded posthumously.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The program at graduation will read \u201cdegree awarded posthumously.\u201d<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

References & supporting documents<\/h1>\n

Intentionally left blank.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Related policies<\/h1>\n

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Approved by<\/h1>\n

President, Augusta University and CEO, AU Health System Date: February 27, 2017
\nLast Revision: January 23, 2017 Last Review: February 27, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"ht_kb_category":[2],"ht_kb_tag":[19,20,21],"class_list":["post-264","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-academic-affairs","ht_kb_tag-graduate-students","ht_kb_tag-health-professional-students","ht_kb_tag-undergraduate-students"],"acf":[],"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Policy Library for Augusta University","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb\/264\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_category?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocmsites.org\/policy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht_kb_tag?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}