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EPP GRADUATE EDUCATION
Graduate Student Handbook
August 2008


1. Introduction
2. Academic Affairs
2.1 Getting Started
2.2 Meeting the Faculty, Academic Advisors, and Research Advisor
2.3 Graduate Education Committee
2.4 Course Work
2.4.1 Core Course Requirement
2.4.2 Type A Requirement
2.4.3 Type B Requirement
2.5 Avoiding Plagiarism: Proper Attribution
2.6 Keeping Track of Progress
2.7 A General Progress Schedule for all EPP Students (except students in CASOS & SET Change)
2.8 The Qualifying Examinations
2.8.1 Part A
2.8.2 Part B
2.9 Thesis Proposal and Ph.D. Committee
2.10 Ph.D. Research
2.11 Ph.D. Dissertation
2.12 Binding and Copying the Thesis
2.12.1 Microfilming and Copyrighting the Dissertation
2.13 Dissertation Defense
2.14 Degree Convocation and Commencement Events
2.15 Enrollment Verification
3. Registration, Enrollment and Student Status
3.1 Registration
3.1.1 Summer Registration, Tuition, and Curricular Practical Training
3.1.2 Cross Registration
3.2 Student Status
3.2.1 Full-time and All But Dissertation Status (ABD)
3.2.2 In Absentia Status (ABS)
3.2.3 Final Semester Tuition Grace Period
3.2.4 In Case of Inadequate Progress
3.3 International Students
3.3.1
4. Funding
4.1 Stipends
4.1.1 Time off
4.2 Research Funding
5. Facilities and General Office Procedures
5.1 General Office Procedures
5.2 Office Space & Lounge
5.2.1 Graduate Offices
5.2.2 Student Lounge
5.3 Telephone Calls
5.4 Copying
5.5 Postage
5.6 Miscellaneous Office Machines
5.7 Laser Writers
5.8 University Computing
5.9 EPP Computing
5.10 Graduate Student Health Insurance and Student Fees
5.11 Student Housing
5.12 Graduate Student Transition Loans
5.13 Hygiene
6. Graduate Student Advisory Committee (SAC)
7. Intellectual Property Policy and Miscellaneous Policy Web Sites
8. World-Wide Web
Appendix 1: EPP Faculty and Relevant Department Contacts
Appendix 2: Coursework for Students in the CASOS Program
Appendix 3: Curriculum Progress Sheets
Appendix 4: Proper Attribution
Appendix 5: Instructions for Scheduling EPP Hamburg Hall Rooms and Reserving EPP Equipment
Appendix 6: Graduate Student Office Regulations

 

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