Student Handbook

Table of Contents

Joining the CCT Program

• Welcome letter to new or prospective students
• Programs of Study
  • Master of Arts, with specialty areas in:
    Moral Education | Literature and Arts | Mathematics, Science, and Technology (including Sub-specialities in Science in Society | Environment, Science, and Society) | Workplace and Organizational Change | Individually designed Concentrations
  • Graduate Certificate, which accommodates general studies or the following targetted themes:
    Science, Education, and Society | Dialogue and Collaboration in Organizational Change
• Application Procedures, Info, Tuition & Fees
• Resources and Assistance:
  • Graduate Assistantships | Student services (ID, online grades, email, etc.) | Facilities
• Notes for Newly Admitted Students
  • CCT Community Directory | Information Form for CCT Community Directory | Registering for courses | Student advising | Transfer of credit for graduate courses taken elsewhere or at UMB before matriculating
• Profiles of CCT Faculty (with rooms & office hours)
  
• Program Advisor, Dr. Peter Taylor, 617.287.7636
  
• Program Ofice cct@umb.edu, 617.287.6520, Wheatley Hall, Second Floor, Room 157, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393 ( Directions)
  

Moving along through the programs of study

• Course planning, including worksheet for students to submit (Word version)
• Course Descriptions, Foundation Courses, Electives, and final Required Courses (with syllabi linked to website)
• Scheduled course offerings
  • Spring 2003 | Summer 2003 | Fall 2003 | Spring 2004
• Research and Study Competencies to develop before the final Required Courses
• Academic Policies and Procedures (on leave, incompletes, etc.)
  Program Fee form for students to keep their file active in semesters when they are taking a course
• Options and rationale for pre-capstone courses and capstone synthesis.
• Graduation
• Reflecting on Your Developing Practice (during the program and at the end)
  • The Rs of the CCT experience
  • Exit self-assessment
• Forms