Graduate Coordinator’s Manual - Graduate Studies

Application for Graduation: Find out deadlines and how to register.
Change of Grades: What is the process and whom do you contact?
Degree Candidacy: What are the requirements a student must meet to be eligible for degree candidacy?
Departmental Recommendation: Process for recommending that a student be admitted to a graduate program.
Discrete Course Withdrawals: Students can withdraw from courses without special permission during a limited period each semester.
Exception Drop/Add: Can students drop or add a course after the first week grace period?
Extension Requests: Extensions for program credits, not papers!
Fellowships: To be considered for a fellowship, a student must be nominated by his or her academic program.
Funding for Conference Presentations: Funding applications and instructions for undergraduate and graduate students who want to travel to present papers at professional meetings
Graduate Assistantships: A limited number of assistantships are awarded yearly to full-time degree-seeking graduate students.
Graduation Clearance: How to clear your students for graduation so they may receive their official degrees.
Grants, Fellowships, and Awards: Provides a summary of the IUP funds that support student research, travel for presentations and creative projects, and professional development, as well as external funding resources for students

Guide to the Pending Admission Report: Graduate coordinators are able to access their pending report via Banner.
Inquiries: How do you handle inquiries?
Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects (IRB): The regulatory body of IUP that reviews research involving human participants
Policy Exceptions: All requests for exceptions should be directed to the Assistant Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
Probation: If a student falls below a certain grade point average, they can be dismissed from the program.
School of Graduate Studies and Research Directory: Who to call when you have a question in a specific area.
Special Credit Policy: Has a student asked you for extra credit opportunities?
Thesis-Dissertation Manual: Detailed guidelines and forms are provided for writing the thesis and dissertation.
Total Semester Withdrawal: It's not as easy as simply withdrawing from all your classes!
Transfer Credits: What can count towards their degree and what will not.
Viewing Admission Applications Checklist Summary: How to sort through all the information.