Major Modification Proposal: Combined Degree Programs



University of Toronto Major Modification Proposal: Combined Degree ProgramsThis template should be used to bring forward proposals for combined degree programs for governance approval under the University of Toronto’s Quality Assurance Process. Combined degree programs normally are founded on a Memorandum of Agreement between the parties. The Office of the Vice-Provost, Academic Programs has a template which includes all relevant issues to be bined Degree Programs (CDPs) ProposedCampusUndergraduate Program Option (Specialist in…., Major in ….)Undergrad DegreeSecond-Entry Undergrad Degree ProgramGraduate Degree and Program (#1)Graduate Degree and Program (#2) if applicable1.St. GeorgeNANAJD PhD in Criminology and Sociolegal StudiesNAFaculty(s):Law, FASDean’s office contact in both Faculties:Sara Faherty (Law), Sharon Kelly (Arts & Science) Department(s)/unit(s) if applicable:Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies; Faculty of LawDepartment/unit contacts:Audrey Macklin, DirectorVersion date of proposal:please change as you edit this proposal.March 26, 2018SummaryPlease provide a brief overview of the proposed CDP(s) listed in the cover chart, highlighting the critical points including:the academic rationale for the CDP(s)the impetus for its development (including student interest and demand) and how it fits with the unit’s and division’s academic plansany important or distinctive elements.This is a proposal to create a combined degree program between the Juris Doctor (JD) and PhD in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies that will be officially known as:Combined Degree Program: Law, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of Philosophy The CDP will provide an accelerated pathway so that students will be able to complete both degree programs in one year faster than the time required if the programs were taken consecutively. Disciplinary, institutional, and faculty linkages already exist between the Faculty of Law and the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (CrimSL). Creating a combined JD/PhD degree for students with an MA in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (or an analogous program) would extend and enhance existing relationships. Many MA students in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies proceed to law school, and some of them are excellent budding scholars who, given the opportunity, may wish to combine a legal education with a doctorate. Graduates of a combined JD/PhD in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies will be employable inside and outside law faculties, thereby expanding career opportunities in academe. Effective DateThe date the first cohort will be registered in the CDP: September 2018Academic RationaleWhat are the academic reasons for the CDP(s) and how does this fit with the unit’s and division’s academic plans?Context:Provide an academic rationale for combining the two degrees: what synergies exist between the two; how will this support student learning?Describe the consistency of the CDP(s) with the University’s mission and the unit’s and division’s academic plans and priorities.Expected benefits of the proposed CDP(s).Describe any distinctive elements. Please see Appendix A which includes a full nomenclature table for the CDP(s) proposed. There exists a natural complementarity between the internal study of law (jurisprudence, doctrinal analysis, legal theory) with an external study of criminal justice and law that uses social science methodologies and theoretical frameworks. Significant numbers of legal academics use social science methodologies or theory, and both criminologists and sociolegal scholars engage with judicial and quasi-judicial decisions, legal analysis and legal theory in their scholarship and pedagogy. A program that provides rigorous training in each will yield graduates with enhanced skills, perspective, and capacity to produce high quality, interdisciplinary scholarshipAt present, Law Faculty occasionally sit on CrimSL PhD committees; CrimSL faculty occasionally sit on SJD committees. Several Law colleagues are cross-appointed to CrimSL (including the current Director) and one CrimSL professor (out of a complement of 5 academic faculty) is cross-appointed to Law. Law Faculty have taught and presently teach CrimSL undergraduate and graduate courses, and some courses taught by faculty from one unit are cross-listed to the other unit. Criminology and sociolegal studies are interdisciplinary, as are genres of legal scholarship that affiliate with other disciplines (e.g. law and economics, legal philosophy, legal history, etc.). A combined degree would improve the sophistication with which those destined for careers in legal academe engage with social science (including History for present purposes), and the rigour with which interdisciplinary scholars in criminology and sociolegal studies address the internal dimensions of law and legality. The cross- disciplinary linkages, as well as the institutional relationships between Law, and Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, are already present and growing. Offering a combined JD/PhD is represents a timely and exciting step in that evolution. Students in CDPs achieve the same learning outcomes that they would if they took the programs separately. As is the case with the existing combined degree programs involving the JD, the total number of credits students complete in the upper years of the JD (years 2 and 3) are reduced from 56 to, in the case of this proposal, 45 based on academic requirements students will complete as part of the PhD program, which includes coursework. As noted earlier, the complementarity of criminology and sociolegal studies and law is apparent. There are no Canadian comparators to the proposed combined degree. UC Berkeley Law offers a JD/JSP PhD (Jurisprudence and Social Policy). The Center for Jurisprudence and Social Policy is housed at Berkeley Law School, whereas CrimSL is an autonomous, free-standing unit.Need and DemandProvide a brief description of the projected interest in and demand for the proposed CDP(s), focusing on how it benefits students beyond what would result from completing the two degree programs separately.Provide details regarding the anticipated yearly intake. Significant numbers of MA graduates of criminology and sociolegal (or law and society) programs apply to law school. Subject matter interest obviously drives the transition from CrimSL to law, since many students interested in criminology and/or sociolegal studies are likely to be interested in the study of law. Anecdotally, we understand that some MA students are attracted both to a PhD in CrimSL and JD, but opt for JD at least in part out of perception that JD will offer a more secure career path than a career in academe. We have one recent MA graduate in that position. CrimSL currently loses out on these excellent prospective PhD students. Offering a combined program enhances capacity to recruit talented and academically oriented doctoral students. Graduates of a combined JD/PhD program will be well positioned to seek academic positions in law faculties in Canada (where a doctorate in law is increasingly common) and the US (where PhDs in other disciplines are valued by US law schools, while graduate degrees in law generally are not). Graduates will also be qualified to secure academic appointments to criminology, socio-legal/law and society programs, as well as named departments (sociology, political science, etc.) A combined degree will shorten by a year the time required to obtain both degrees, will obviate the need to choose at the outset between the two options (JD vs. PhD) and provide a stable, structured program within which to profit from the strengths of both units. We anticipate one entrant into the program per year.Program RequirementsDescribe the academic requirements of the CDP(s) with particular attention to how the CDP(s) will satisfy the requirements of the two original programs. (Proponents may find it helpful to use the table below in 5.1 to compare the requirements of the two original programs and the requirements of the CDP). Please be very explicit in identifying and explaining any double counting. Clarify the time to completion and describe specifically which degree program students will be registered in, and when.Year 1: First year JD program, students complete all first year JD courses and will only be registered in the Faculty of Law.Year 2: Students complete CrimSL PhD coursework requirements (4 half courses = 2.0 FCEs) in accordance with the PhD requirements for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. Students will be registered in the Faculty of Arts and Science.Year 3: Students complete coursework toward the JD degree by taking upper year Law courses totalling 12-32 JD credits, and work towards their PhD comprehensive exam requirement. The PhD comprehensive exam takes the form of a series of short papers, ultimately compiled into one single paper, that students will complete over the course of Year 3 and Year 4. Students will be registered in the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts & Science.Year 4: Students complete course work toward the JD degree by taking upper year Law courses totalling 12-32 JD credits for a combined total of 45 credits in years 3 and 4. This reduction in the credit count for the JD is justified because of the course work students will be doing in CrimSL. By the end of the second term of Year 4, students will also have completed their PhD comprehensive exam requirement. In the summer after Year 4, they will complete their dissertation proposal and achieve candidacy for the PhD. In Year 4, students will be registered in the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts & Science.Year 5-6: Dissertation research/writing. Students will be registered in the Faculty of Arts & Science.Degree ConferralUpon completion of their JD program requirements, and having met certain benchmarks in the PhD program, students may choose to graduate from the JD while remaining registered in, and completing, the PhD program. The law degree will be conferred when the JD requirements are met, the PhD comprehensive exam is completed, and the dissertation proposal has been submitted. Comparison of Curricular PathPlease note that the VPAP office is happy to work with you to complete these tables, which are critical to the proper implementation of the CDP(s).The Programs Taken SeparatelyTermFCE Course LoadRegistration in ROSI: FT or PTDegree 1JDYear 1F17FTW17FTTotal34Year 2F13-16FTW13-16FTTotal28-32Year 3F13-16FTW13-16FTTotal28-32SDegree 2PhD in Criminologyand Sociolegal StudiesYear 1F1.0FTW1.0FTSFTYear 2FFinalize compsFTWFTSDissertation proposalFTYear 3FDissertationFTWFTSFTYear 4FDissertationFTWFTSFOEFTCombined Degree ProgramTermFCE Course LoadRegistration in ROSI UG: Registration in ROSI GradJDPhDYear 1F17FTW17FTSYear 2 CrimSLF1.0FTW1.0FTSFTYear 3F6-16CompsFTFTW6-16CompsFTFTSCompsFTFTYear 4F6-16CompsFTFTW6-16CompsFTFTSComplete Dissertation Proposal and achieve candidacy by end of Year 4FTFTYear 5FThesisFTWFTSFTYear 6FThesisFTWFTSFTAdmission ProcessWhen do students normally apply to the CDP(s) and what is the pattern of registration (i.e., conditional and full admissions to the graduate program in the case of undergrad/grad)?Students applying to the CDP must apply to each program separately in accordance with CrimSL and Law’s admissions process. Students must meet the admission requirements and be admitted to both the PhD and the JD programs at the same time. The CDP will be advertised on the websites of both the Faculty of Law and the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies and the application process will ensure that both units are aware of the student’s application to the CDP.In the first year of the program, students will be registered in the Faculty of Law and will receive a deferred acceptance into the doctoral program. They will pay Law School tuition and fees and will be eligible for assistance under the Law School's financial aid program.In the second year, students will be registered in CrimSL (FAS). They will pay the tuition and fees applicable to the PhD in CrimSL. They will be eligible for graduate assistance. They will not be eligible for financial assistance from the Faculty of Law.In the third and fourth years, students will be registered again in the Faculty of Law, pay Law School tuition and be eligible for the Law School's financial aid program. They will also be registered in CrimSL, and their graduate tuition and fees will be exempt.Following their fourth year, they will once again pay fees applicable to the PhD in CrimSL. Admission RequirementsWhat are the admission requirements of the CDP(s)? Note that the admission requirements may be more strenuous through the CDP than if the programs are applied to separately.Please consider any specific courses that students must complete in the first program(s) to be eligible for the CDP(s), and any requirements unique to the combination.Are there any conditions on admissions to the second program(s) that must be met? Please ensure you complete the specific questions in the box below.Students must meet the admission requirements and be admitted to both the PhD and the JD programs.Doctor of Philosophy - Minimum Admission RequirementsApplicants normally hold an MA degree in criminology or a cognate field, with a minimum A- standing or its equivalent from a recognized university. Students with MAs in disciplines unrelated to criminology may be required to take additional courses as part of their doctoral program.It is essential that all incoming that all incoming graduate students have a command of English. Facility in the English language must be demonstrated by all applicants educated outside of Canada whose primary language is not English and who graduated from a university where the language of instruction and examination was not English. This requirement must be satisfied using a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) with a verbal and a written component. To be considered for admission, applicants must achieve the following minimum scores: ○ paper-based TOEFL exam: 580 and 5 on the Test of Written English (TWE) ○ Internet-based TOEFL exam: 93/120 and 22/30 on the writing and speaking SectionsOfficial copies of these scores must be submitted to the University of Toronto before a formal offer of admission can be made.Juris DoctorThe admissions assessment is based two-thirds on the academic record and the standard LSAT score(s), and one-third on personal information.The law school does not pre-determine a minimum level of performance, rather the strongest candidates are selected from the application pool based on the complete person profile, and not just the numerical measures.?First Year JD Class Admissions Performance by Year of EntryDistribution in Percentile201720162015LSAT25th164(90th?percentile of test takers)165(91st percentile of test takers)164(89th?percentile of test takers)50th?(median)166(93rd?percentile of test takers)167(94th percentile of test takers)166(93rd?percentile of test takers)75th168(96th?percentile of test takers)170(97th percentile of test takers)169(97th?percentile of test takers)?Calculation of Admission GPAThe entire academic record of all post-secondary courses is considered, e.g. undergraduate and any graduate courses.?The admission GPA is calculated on undergraduate courses only, using the best three academic years (traditionally the fall and winter sessions) of full-time study from all years of undergraduate study.Consequence if student does not fulfil the conditions on admissions to graduate, if applicable: Whether the student continues in either the JD or the PhD program depends on the criteria of each unit. For example, if a student fails to complete a graduate course in the PhD program in a satisfactory manner, CrimSL has the discretion to recommend to the School of Graduate Studies the termination of registration. Termination in one division will not automatically trigger termination in the other division. At the point of termination, the student must inform the remaining division of the termination and at that time there will be a determination of whether the student can remain in the other program and what the adjusted graduation requirements will be.Calendar CopyPlease insert draft undergraduate Calendar copy as applicable.Please complete the highlighted yellow section in the SGS Calendar template below.STG, Law, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of Philosophy OverviewThe Combined Degree Program (CDP) in Law, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of Philosophy is designed for students interested in studying the intersections of law and criminology and sociolegal studies. It permits the completion of both degrees in six [6] years rather than the seven [7] years it would take to acquire them independently. For a general description of CDPs, see General Regulations section 1.5.3.ContactLaw, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of PhilosophyWeb: TBDJuris Doctor ProgramFaculty of LawEmail: sara.faherty@utoronto.caDoctor of Philosophy Program in Criminology and Sociolegal StudiesCentre for Criminology and Sociolegal StudiesEmail: audrey.macklin@utoronto.caApplication ProcessApplicants may apply to the JD program, the CrimSL PhD program, and the CDP.Applicants must gain independent admission to both the JD and CrimSL PhD programs before they may be considered for admission to the CDP.Applicants admitted to both the JD and CrimSL PhD must inform both programs of their status, and ask to be added to the CDP.RequirementsMinimum Admission RequirementsApplicants must meet the admission requirements of the JD program, the School of Graduate Studies, and the PhD program.Academic Path to CompletionEvery CDP involves a specific combination of approved degree programs. The CDP requirements build on those of the two separate degree programs. Each CDP has a unique pattern of academic activity year by year.YearProgression Specific Requirements1 Year 1 JD program plete all Year 1 courses of the JD program at the Faculty of Law.2PhD program requirements.2.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies.3 and 4JD program requirements.PhD program plete 45 JD plete PhD comprehensive exam and dissertation proposal.Achieve candidacy by the end of Year 4. 5 and 6 PhD program plete any remaining PhD program requirements and a PhD thesis.ConsultationOutline the discussions that have taken place between the partners which underpin this proposal. Attach as an Appendix an MOU outlining the basis on which the program will be offered including registration, BIUs, tuition, and any resource requirements with implications for the units and Faculties. The VPAP office will assist with Planning and Budget in financial modelling and interdivisional agreements.The Director of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies has engaged with the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Law on program requirements. Budgetary matters have been discussed at the decanal level by the Dean, Faculty of Law, the Vice-Dean, Graduate Education, FAS and the Director, Financial Services, FAS.UTQAP ProcessThe UTQAP pathway is summarized in the table below.StepsApprovalsDevelopment of proposal in close consultation between Dean’s officesFall 2017-Winter 2018Consultation with Provost’s officeWinter 2018Unit-level approval as appropriateFaculty/divisional councilsSubmission to Provost’s officeReport to AP&P (by Provost’s office)Report to Ontario Quality Council (by Provost’s office)Appendix AThis table will be completed by the VPAP office.New Formal Full NameSGS Calendar NameSGS Calendar Short FormUnique Identifier—ROSI Subject PostROSI Title CROSI Title FROSI Title TCombined Degree ProgramLaw, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of PhilosophySGT JD / CRIMSL PhDTBD upon approval by the School of Graduate StudiesCombined Degree Program: Law, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of PhilosophyCombd Prog JD/PhDCrimCombined Degree Program: Law, Juris Doctor / Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, Doctor of Philosophy ................
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