Graduate Coordinator’s Manual

Downloading Alternate PIN Information: As an advisor, you can view a list of your advisees that will provide you with their information, including the four-digit Alternate PIN they will need to register for classes in the fall or spring term.
Application for Graduation: Find out deadlines and how to register.
Change of Grades: What is the process and whom do you contact?
Course Repeat Policy: Information about the graduate course repeat policy.
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 or 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.
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.

Guide to the Pending Admission Report: Graduate coordinators are able to access their pending report via Banner.
Inquiries: How do you handle inquiries?
Internal (IUP) Funding for Graduate Student Research: Opportunities for graduate students to present papers, participate in professional development activities, undertake research and creative projects, and compete for outstanding research awards.
Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects: 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.

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