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
    • Resident Study Requirements
    • Credit Applicable to Programs at the Same Degree/Certificate Level
    • Transfer Credit Regulations
    • Advanced Standing at the Doctoral Level 
    • Graduate Credit Requirements
    • Shared-Resources Courses and Registration
    • 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
  • 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
• Regulations and Requirements Governing Graduate Certificate Programs
• Certificate Programs Offered
• Credit Requirement
• Program Regulations
• Statutes of Limitations
• 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
• Students’ Official University Email
• The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act