Graduate Faculty Policies
The following are up-to-date policies and procedures and national policy statements that affect or may be of interest to faculty and staff.
Academic
- Changes to Advisers and Doctoral Committees
- Concurrent Candidacies
- Graduate Student Committee Policies and Procedures
- Posthumous Conferral of Degrees (O-5)
Courses
- Concurrent Offering of 400-500 Level Courses
- Process of Expedited Review of Limited Off-site Course Offerings
- Program and Course Proposal Checklist (PDF)
- Request for an undergraduate student to take 500-level courses
- Course proposal guidelines
Programs
- Program Proposal Procedures
- Dual-Title Degree Programs
- Guidelines for Joint Degree Programs (Approved by the Graduate Council, January 17, 2007)
- Guidelines for Submitting Proposals for Off-Campus Graduate Degree Programs
- Residency and Related Policies for Off-Campus Graduate Programs
- Statement of Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines for Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate Programs
- Information and Guidelines for Establishing Integrated Undergraduate-Graduate Degree Programs
Grading
- Grade Mediation and Adjudication (G-10)
- Pass/Fail Grading System
- Upper Limit Quality Grades for Research
- Senate Policies: 47-00, 48-00, and 49-00 Grades
Faculty
- Graduate Faculty Criteria and Responsibilities, Appointment Information, and Administrative Guidelines and Related Forms
- Guiding Principles for Good Practice in Graduate Education
Other Topics
- Articles of Authority, Bylaws, and Standing Rules of the Graduate Council
- Report on Policies and Practices Related to the English Proficiency of International Teaching Assistants
- Terms of Offer of a Graduate Assistantship
- Association of American Universities: Committee on Postdoctoral Education: Report and Recommendations
Additional policies may be found from the following sources: