Graduate Policies

• General Admissions Requirements
  • Programs and Courses
  • Application Procedures
  • Applicants for Nondegree Study
  • Applicants for Study Leading to a Master's Degree
  • Applicants for Study Leading to a Certificate of Advanced Study or to a Doctoral Degree
  • International Students
  • Intensive English Language Program
  • Formal Admission
• Graduate Regulations and Degree Requirements
  • Registration Policies and Procedures
    • Registration
    • Enrollments and Student Services 
    • Unit of Academic Credit
    • Significance of Course Numbers
    • Course Numbers
    • Student Responsibility
    • Course Load
    • Regulations Governing the Transfer of Credit to a Graduate Program
    • Graduate Credit Requirements
    • Registration in Shared Resource Courses
    • Undergraduate-Graduate Study
    • Program Changes and Withdrawal
    • Official Leave of Absence from a Graduate Program
    • Auditing Courses
    • Independent Study
    • Faculty and Professional Staff-Conflict of Interest
    • Attendance
    • Section 224-a of the Education Law: Students unable because of religious beliefs to attend classes on certain days
    • Degree Application
  • Academic Standards
    • Graduate Grades
    • Grading of Graduate Courses
    • Grade Changes 
    • Standards of Academic Integrity
    • Resources for Students
    • Examples of Academic Dishonesty
    • Penalties and Procedures
    • Exceptions to Regulations
    • Procedures for Resolving Academic Grievances
    • Academic Termination and Transcripts
    • Reinstatement
• Policy for Freedom of Expression
• Regulations and Requirements Governing the Master's Degree
  • Master's Degrees Conferred
  • Credit Requirements
  • Residence Study
  • Transfer Credit
  • Full-time Study in Residence
  • Field of Specialization
  • Research Tool Requirement
  • Seminar and Thesis Requirement
  • Special Field Examination
  • Statute of Limitations
  • General Regulations Governing the Master's Thesis
• Combined Baccalaureate-Master's Degree Programs
  • Standards and Requirements
  • Admissions and Administrative Procedures
• Dual Master's Degree Programs
  • Standards and Requirements
  • Admissions and Administrative Procedures
• Policy of Advanced Standing and Resident Study for a Second Master's Degree
• Regulations and Requirements Governing Graduate Certificate Programs
  • Certificate Programs Offered
  • Credit Requirement
  • Residence Study Requirements
  • Program Regulations
  • Statutes of Limitations and Advanced Standing
• Regulations and Requirements Governing the Doctoral Degree
  • Doctoral Degrees Conferred
  • Credit Requirements
  • Residence Study and Advanced Standing
  • Doctoral Study in Residence
  • Research Tools
  • General Regulations Governing Research Tool Requirements
  • Comprehensive Examination
  • Admission to Candidacy
  • Continuous Registration of Doctoral Students
  • Statute of Limitations
  • Policies Pertaining to the Doctoral Dissertation
• Faculty Eligibility to Teach Graduate Courses
• Student Complaints
  • How to File a Complaint
  • Complaint Resolution
• Students’ Official University Email
• The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act