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Policies and Procedures
Exception to Policy Requests
The student must complete the appropriate Petition for Exception form as provided in The Graduate School's Forms Library:
- Petition for Exception to Twelve-credit Limit Prior to Admission to a Graduate Program
- Petition for Exception to Eight-year Time Limit to Degree Completion
- Petition for Exception to Graduate Academic Policies
- Graduate Late Withdrawal Request
- Leave of Absence
- Petition to Return
Guidebooks for Faculty & Staff
Graduate Advising Guidebooks
The Graduate School worked with departments and individuals across campus to create an Advising Guidebook for Graduate Students and the Faculty and Staff Advising Guidebook:
Graduate Faculty Handbooks
The Graduate School worked with faculty and staff across campus to create a Graduate Faculty Handbook and the Graduate Directors Handbook:
Graduate Faculty Policies & Applications
- Policy on Adjunct Faculty Engaged in Graduate Education
- Adjunct Faculty Application Form
- Policy on Regular Faculty Engaged in Graduate Education
Learn more about Graduate Faculty Policies & Applications
Thesis and Dissertation Information
- Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines
- Forms
- Writing Resources