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The Graduate School Manual

FOREWORD
  
OVERVIEW
The Graduate School Graduate Council
Directors of Graduate Studies 
  
ADMISSIONS
Application Fee Academic Test Scores
Application Deadlines Types Of Admission
Materials Needed for Consideration for Admission Administrative Procedures for Admission
Readmission International Student Admission
English as a Second Language Tests International Student Financial Statement
Award of a Second Degree in the Same Field 
  
ENROLLMENT AND REGISTRATION
Registration Residence Requirement
Dissertation Registration Continuous Registration and Leaves of Absence
Add/Drop Privileges Withdrawals
Incomplete Grades Auditing of Courses
Transfer of Graduate Credits Full-Time Status
Overload Policy Grades
Determination Of Academic Standing Course Repeat Policy
Probation Transcript Notations of Major and Minor Fields
Leaves of Absence Graduate Students in Undergraduate Courses
Undergraduate Students in Graduate Courses 
  
ACADEMIC POLICIES: MASTER'S DEGREE
Advising and Guidance Requirements for a Master's Degree
Examination Master's Thesis
Declaration of Candidacy Awarding of the Degree
Deadlines Degree Conferral and Commencement
When "Completion Letter" is Needed Checklist For Completion of Degree Requirements
Double-Degree Accounting Award of a Second Degree in the Same Field
  
ACADEMIC POLICIES: DOCTORAL DEGREES
Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programs Admission to Doctoral Work
Beginning the Program Requirements For A Doctoral Degree
Research Skills Requirements Comprehensive Examination
Admission To Candidacy Five-Year Limit for Admission to Candidacy
Dissertation Planning Prospectus
Declaration Of Candidacy For Award of Degree Preparation Of The Dissertation
Dissertation Committee Dissertation Defense
Outside Examiner Final Oral Exam (Dissertation Defense)
Remote Participation Filing The Accepted Dissertation
Deadlines Degree Conferral and Commencement
When "Completion Letter" Is Needed Checklist For Completion of Degree Requirements
Survey of Earned Doctorates Schedule Of Fees For Processing Of a Dissertation
  
GUIDELINES FOR PREPARING OR SUBMITTING A THESIS OR DISSERTATION
Manual of Style Sequence of Pages
Title Page Copyright Notice
Committee Page Table of Contents
Spacing and Margins Abstract
Page Numbering Corrections and Hand lettering
Illustrative Materials Tables and Figures
Bibliography or References Print Quality
Submission and Binding Schedule of Fees
Sample Title Page Sample Committee Page
  
FUNDING POLICIES AND GUIDELINES
Required Paperwork Terms and Conditions for Acceptance of Tuition Scholarships
Teaching/Graduate Assistantships Unit-Funded Teaching/Graduate Assistantships
Research Project Assistantships (RPAs) Fellowships
Federally-Funded College Work Study Program G1/G2 vs. Levels
Overload Policy for Funded Students Payment of Fees for ABD Students
Federal Financial Aid Graduate Tuition Opportunity Program
Loans Taxation of Stipends
Graduate Student Employees Union Fees
  
RESOURCES FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Insurance Travel And Research Funding
BU Graduate School Foundation Travel Grant Emergency Loan
  
GUIDELINES ON GRADUATE STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
I. Discrimination II. Academic Evaluation
III. Financial Support IV. Requests for Waivers of Graduate School Procedures and Regulations
V. Grievances, Hearings and Appeals VI. Academic and Professional Conduct
VII. Policy on Graduate Student Severance or Removal of Support 
  
MONITORING/MODIFICATION OF GUIDELINES ON GRADUATE STUDENT RIGHTS AND REPONSIBILITIES
Monitoring of Guidelines Modification of Guidelines
  
SUNY GUIDELINES FOR AWARDING GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS
Awarding of an Assistantship Evaluation of Assistantship Performance
Renewal of Assistantship Appointment 
  
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES
I. Definition of Grievance II. Range of Committee Jurisdiction
III. Conditions of Grievance to the Committee IV. Initial Steps to the Formal Grievance Procedure
V. The Formal Hearing VI. Grievances emanating from units administered through the Graduate School
VII. Grievances in which the Vice Provost and Dean and/or Associate Dean of the Graduate School are primary parties VIII. Right to Final Appeal