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A
student who wishes to enroll in a graduate program in the
College of Liberal Arts should first contact the graduate
director in the academic unit in which the student wishes
to enroll. In conference with the student, the graduate director
can determine if any undergraduate deficiencies must be made
up. |
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The
entering student should then get an Application for Admission
to Graduate School, fill it out, and return it with the
required fee to The Graduate School. |
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The
Graduate School will forward the application to the Graduate
Director of the College of Liberal Arts, who will forward
it to the graduate director of the academic unit for his/her
consideration of the candidate. |
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The
graduate director of the academic unit will make a recommendation
about the applicant and will send that recommendation to the
Graduate Director of the College of Liberal Arts. This recommendation
will list any conditions, such as making up course deficiencies,
that must be met by the student. Those conditions will be
listed on the Admissions letter sent to the applicant and
the Graduate School. |
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If
the candidate is admitted to the graduate program in the academic
unit, the student will then meet with the unit graduate director
and/or the assigned advisor to develop a Plan of Study.
This Plan of Study will list the graduate-level courses
to be taken plus any undergraduate deficiencies that must
be made up. |
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The
Plan of Study must be developed by the end of the first quarter
in graduate school. |
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A score on the Graduate Record Examination
(GRE) must be submitted by the end of the first quarter in
graduate school. This score will not be used to evaluate
a student's eligibility for graduate study; it is not required
of non-traditional students.
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| 8. |
Regulations
about Graduate study:
- A graduate student may be enrolled in only undergraduate
courses during a quarter if those courses are required
(listed on the Plan of Study) for the student's degree.
Otherwise, failure to enroll in at least one course listed
on the student's Plan of Study will result in the student
being dropped from graduate level to post-baccalaureate
status.
- Graduate students must maintain continuous enrollment
during the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters (enrolled
each of those quarters); this requirement applies to students
enrolled in the research/practicum phase of their program.
If a student is not enrolled for one of those quarters,
the student must apply for Readmission to the Graduate
School. If a student is not enrolled for 2 or more consecutive
quarters, the student must fill out a new Application
for Admission to Graduate School and pay the application
fee.
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| 9. |
Regulations
about Graduate Assistants:
- Graduate Assistants must be full-time graduate students
(enrolled in 6 hours of courses listed on the Plan of
Study).
- A Graduate Assistant may be enrolled in only one class
if graduating that quarter.
- Graduate Assistants are eligible for a waiver of out-of-state
tuition only after their appointment request has been
filed.
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| 10. |
Graduate
Committee:
In general, each student will have a graduate committee
of three or more members, one of whom will serve as the
Chair. This Committee will oversee examinations and the
thesis, if one is written.
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Comprehensive
Examinations and Thesis:
- The Graduate School sets the following guidelines for
the thesis:
The thesis must be submitted to the college director
of graduate studies 10 working days before the expected
date of graduation, to the Dean of the Graduate School
7 working days before the expected date of graduation,
and to Prescott Memorial Library 2 working days before
the expected date of graduation.
- The Graduate School sets the following general guidelines
for comprehensive examinations:
Oral and/or written comprehensive examinations will
be administered by the Advisory Committee sufficiently
in advance of graduation in order that the dean of the
academic college (or a representative) in which the
student is a candidate for a graduate degree may notify
the Graduate School Office.
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Each academic unit in the College of Liberal
Arts sets the guidelines (within the general guidelines of
the Graduate School) to be followed concerning examinations,
examination times, and theses. The student needs to check
with the unit graduate director for those guidelines.
It is very important that the student be
aware of, and adhere to, all the regulations set by the
academic unit in which the degree is being sought.
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