For Faculty:
Procedures & Guidelines for the Graduate Coordinator
(For students, please click here for the e-Pub
CHART YOUR COURSE - A Student Guide to Completing the Master's Degree)
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Message from the Dean of Graduate Studies
The Graduate Coordinator
Role — Resources — Support Personnel — Publications/Files — Electronic Publications (e-Pubs) — Electronic Support
Campus Resources
Division of Graduate Studies — Ancillary Support Offices
Terminology
Admissions — Progress to Degree
Recruitment and Retention
Recruitment — Retention
Financial Assistance
Main Types of Assistance — Assistantships and Associateships — Tuition Waivers (Domestic Students) — Tuition Waivers (International Students)
Admissions
The Admission Cycle — Cancellation of Admission
ADMISSIONS – Domestic
University Admission – Graduate/Postbacalaureate — Program Admission
ADMISSIONS—–International
ADMISSIONS —– General Information
Standardized Testing — Special Admission — Special Admission Follow-up — Break in Enrollment–Readmission of Returning Students — Change of Degree Objective — Certificate of Advanced Study Programs — Second Master's Degree — M.A. or M.S. in Interdisciplinary Studies
Enrollment/Registration
Catalog Year — Continuous Enrollment — Campus Definition of Full-Time Student Status — Full-time vs. Part-time Status — Requirement for Full-Time Enrollment International Students — Planned Educational Leave Requests — Time to Degree — Request for Record Adjustment — Tuition and Registration Fees
Advancement to Candidacy
Other Departmental Requirements — Program Adjustment Request
Appeals and Petitions
Academic Overload — Course Validation — Graduate Student Petitions (General)
Grading/Academic Credits
Administrative Academic Probation (AAP) — Academic Disqualification — Program Disqualification — Credit/No Credit Grading (CR/NC) — Continuing Education Enrollment (Extension) — Incompletes — Repetition of Courses/Grade Substitution — Required GPA — Retroactive Withdrawals — Summer Enrollment — Undergraduate Enrollment in 200-Level Courses
The Culminating Experience
The Comprehensive Examination — The Project — The Thesis
Graduation
Hooding Ceremony — Distinction — Proof of Degree Granted — Certification Letters — And Beyond
Curriculum Change
Writing Requirement
