Graduate Coordinator’s Manual - Graduate Studies

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.
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 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?
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.