Graduate College Handbook

Chapters and Subsections

• Chapter 1 - Admissions
  • 1.1 - Admission Process
  • 1.2 - Application Requirements
  • 1.3 - Admission Standards and Requirements
  • 1.4 - Special Applicant Categories
• Chapter 2 - Enrollment, Registration, Tuition and Fees
  • 2.1 - Enrollment Policies
  • 2.2 - Registration Policies
  • 2.3 - Special Populations
  • 2.4 - Withdrawals and Cancelations
• Chapter 3 - Graduate Student Financial Support
  • 3.1 - Fellowships
  • 3.2 - Graduate Assistantships
  • 3.3 - Tuition Scholarship Awards
  • 3.4 - Other Financial Support
• Chapter 4 - Degree Programs and Requirements
  • 4.1 - Graduate Administrative Components
  • 4.2 - Changes in Graduate Program or Status
  • 4.3 - Special Graduate Majors and Degree Programs
  • 4.4 - Graduate Degree Requirements
• Chapter 5 - Courses, Credits, and Grading
  • 5.1 - Courses and Credits
  • 5.2 - Grading
• Chapter 6 - The Graduate Program of Study
  • 6.1 - POS Committee
  • 6.2 - POS Committee Makeup
  • 6.3 - Developing the Program of Study
  • 6.4 - POS Committee Responsibilities: A Summary
• Chapter 7 - Finishing Up
  • 7.1 - Academic Requirements
  • 7.2 - Financial Obligations for Graduation
  • 7.3 - Graduation Ceremony Arrangements
  • 7.4 - Diplomas
  • 7.5 - Certification of Degree
  • 7.6 - Registration Hold for Graduates
• Chapter 8 - Opportunities and Services Provided by the Graduate College
  • 8.1 - Advising and Mentoring Opportunities for Graduate Students
  • 8.2 - English Skills Improvement
  • 8.3 - Graduate and Professional Student Senate
  • 8.4 - Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies
  • 8.5 - Mediation of Student Grievances
  • 8.6 - Non-departmental Home for Postdoctoral Fellows
  • 8.7 - Oversight of Interdepartmental Graduate Programs
  • 8.8 - Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program
• Chapter 9 - Graduate Student Rights & Responsibilities
  • 9.1 - Introduction
  • 9.2 - Environment for Student Success
  • 9.3 - Resources and Best Practices to Promote Graduate Student Success
  • 9.4 - Specific Policies and Laws of Interest to Graduate Students
  • 9.5 - Student Grievance Procedures
  • 9.6 - Maintaining Academic Standing
  • 9.7 - Dismissal for Failure to Maintain Academic Standing
  • 9.8 - Expectations for Assistantship Appointments
  • 9.9 - Termination of Assistantship Appointments
  • 9.10 - Inability to Perform Duties
  • 9.11 - Discipline of Graduate Assistants Other than by Termination
  • 9.12 - Behavioral Expectations
• Chapter 10 - Postdoctoral Appointments
  • 10.1 - Definition
  • 10.2 - Appointment
  • 10.3 - Performance Management
  • 10.4 - Dismissal
  • 10.5 - Appeals Process for Postdoctoral Scholar Dismissal
  • 10.6 - Postdoctoral Scholars Dispute/Complaint Resolution