Manual of Rules and Regulations

Part 1. The Academic Program

1. Admission to the Graduate College
   1. Application Procedure
   2. Advanced Measurement Tests
   3. English for International Students
   4. Early Admission
   5. Candidacy
   6. Declaration of Major and Degree
   7. Admission Requirements and Status
   8. Admission of Faculty Members to Graduate Study
   9. Readmission
2. Registration
   1. Standard Schedule
   2. Courses Not Included in Full Registration
   3. Changes in Announced Credit
   4. Reduced Schedules for Teaching and Research Assistants and Other Appointees
   5. Retroactive Registration
   6. Registration for Part of a Session
   7. Extramural Registration
   8. System of Course Numbers
   9. Auditing of Courses
   10. Dropping of Courses
3. Traveling Scholar Program
   1. Purpose
   2. Procedure
   3. Conditions
4. Academic Standing, Probation, and Dismissal
   1. Nondoctoral Students
   2. Doctoral Students
   3. Restriction on Students on Probation
   4. Departmental Regulations and Dissemination of Information
   5. Academic Progress, Departmental Probation, and Dismissal Procedures
   6. Plagiarism by Graduate Students
   7. Graduate College Review of Departmental Dismissal
5. Credits
   1. Transfer of Graduate Credit
   2. Residence Transfer Credit
   3. Graduate Credit for Veterans
   4. Withdrawal of Registration and Proportional Credit for Students Entering Military Service
6. Marking System
   1. Marks Carrying Graduate Credit
   2. Marks Carrying no Graduate Credit
   3. Audit
   4. Incomplete
   5. Thesis Research, Readings, Independent Study, and Special Projects
   6. S and U Grades
   7. Computed Grade-Point Average
7. Graduate Appointments
   1. Scholarships
   2. Graduate College Fellowships
   3. Faculty Research Assistantships
   4. Graduate Teaching Assistantships
   5. Eligibility for Scholarships, Fellowships, and Research Assistantships
   6. Graduate Assistant Overload Appointments
   7. Loans
   8. Other Forms of Support
8. Advanced Programs Offered in the Graduate College
9. General Requirements for Advanced Degrees
   1. Application for Degree
   2. Enrollment in Final Session
10. Master's Degrees
    1. Kinds of Degrees
    2. Plan of Study
    3. Major and Related Fields
    4. Academic Residence Requirement
    5. Reduction of Old Credits
    6. Limit on Professional Courses
    7. Two Master's Degrees
    8. Master's Degree with Thesis
    9. Master's Degree without Thesis
    10. Final Examination
    11. Examining Committee
11. Graduate Certificate Programs
12. Doctor's Degrees
    1. Character of Degree
    2. Prerequisites
    3. Residence Requirement
    4. Interdisciplinary Studies Programs
    5. Reduction of Old Credits
    6. Limit on Professional Courses
    7. Joint Program for Master's and Doctoral Degrees
    8. Requirement for Foreign Languages
    9. Requirements for the Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.), Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.), and the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.).
    10. Plan of Study
    11. Comprehensive Examination
    12. Continuous Registration after Completion of the Comprehensive Examination
    13. Dissertation for the Doctoral Degree
    14. Dissertation Fees
    15. Final Examination
    16. Examining Committees
13. Combined Degrees
    1. JD and Grad Combined Degree Options
14. Procedures for Approving New Certificate, Subprogram, and Degree Programs
    1. Considerations and Requirements for New Certificate, Subprogram, and Degree Program Proposals
    2. Form of Proposal
    3. Review Procedure
    4. Time for Submitting Proposals
    5. Changes in Existing Programs
15. Exceptions

Part 2. The Graduate Faculty

15. Membership and Procedures
    1. Membership
    2. Procedures
    3. Special Committees
16. The Graduate Council
    1. Membership
    2. Duties of the Council
    3. Term of Office for Faculty Members
    4. Presiding Officer
    5. Advisory Committee
    6. Election Procedure for Faculty Members
17. Amendments