Graduate Catalog - Virginia Tech Graduate School

Graduate Catalog

2012-2013

Policies, Procedures, Academic Programs

Graduate School Policies

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Graduate School Policies and Procedures
- Introduction
- Graduate Student Responsibilities
- Graduate Student Ombudsperson
- Graduate Honor System
- Graduate Program Responsibilities
- Changes
- Exceptions to Policy
Student Life and Related University Policies
- University Policies for Student Life
- Physical Examination
- Medical Insurance Coverage
- MEDEX Overseas Evacuation Program
- Automobiles and Bicycles
Graduate Application and Admission
- Credentials
- International Applicants
Admission Categories and Graduate Student Classifications
- Regular Admission
- Provisional Admission (Master's only)
- Conditional Admission
- Non-degree Status
- Commonwealth Campus Status
- Graduate Certificate Status
- Visiting Graduate Student Status
- Eligibility of Faculty/Staff for Graduate Degrees
- Undergraduates Taking Graduate Courses
Enrollment and Registration Procedures
- Course Enrollment and Changes in Enrollment
- Continuous Enrollment
- Registration at the Time of Examinations and for Degree Completion
- Leave of Absence
- Readmission
- Changes of Status
- Change of Graduate Program
- Change of Campus
- Simultaneous Graduate Degrees
General Academic Information
- Grading System
- Grade for Thesis/Dissertation/Major Paper
- Incomplete, X, NG and NR Grades
- Grading System Requirements
- Repeating Courses
- Auditing
- Graduate Credit
- On-line Courses/Independent Study in Absentia/Continuing Education
Academic Progress
- GPA Requirements
- Probation due to Unsatisfactory Grades
- Satisfactory Progress toward a Graduate Degree
Enrollment Limits and Requirements
- Full Time Enrollment
- Graduate Student Employment/Assistantships
- Virginia Tech Employees
- Fellowship and Scholarship Recipients
Graduate Assistantships
- Types of Assistantships
- Academic Eligibility to Hold a Graduate Assistantship
- Additional Employment for Students Holding a Graduate Assistantship
Graduate Degree and Certificate Requirements
- General Degree Requirements for Graduate Students
- Plan of Study
- Justification of ’Old’ Course Work
- Supporting Courses
- Plan of Study Changes
- Change of Thesis Option
- Grades on Plan of Study Courses
- Repeating Courses on the Plan of Study
- Graduate Advisory Committees
Credit Hour Requirements for Degrees and Certificates
- Master's Degree
- Second Master's Degree
- Simultaneous Degrees
- Education Specialist Degree (Ed. S.)
- Doctoral Degrees
- Residency Requirements for Doctoral Degrees
- Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)
- Graduate Certificates
Examinations
- Scheduling Examinations
- Examining Committees
- Successful Completion of Required Examinations
- Final Examination (Master's)
- Qualifying Examination (Doctoral)
- Preliminary Examination (Doctoral)
- Final Examination (Doctoral)
- Registration/enrollment at the Time of Examinations
Thesis and Dissertation
- Master's degrees
- Doctoral degrees
- Independent Effort
- Dissertation Format
- Proprietary or Classified Theses and Dissertations
- Advisory Committee Approval of the Thesis or Dissertation
- Electronic Thesis and Dissertation (ETD)
- Deadline for ETD Submission
- Degree Completion and Graduate School Approval of the ETD
- Copyrighting and Microform
- Intellectual Property
Graduation
- Procedures for Graduation
- Graduation Clearance Procedures
- Commencement Participation
- Academic Regalia
- Degree Conferring Dates
Appeals
- Graduate Student Appeals
- The Departmental Appeal
- The University Appeals Procedure

Final Examination (Master's)

An oral and/or written final examination is required of all master's programs (see departmental policy for specific format). For some non-thesis master's programs, final exams are structured in special ways and in some non-thesis master's degrees the evaluation of a project is used in lieu of a final examination. For more information about master's final examinations, consult the departmental policies and procedures document. https://gradexam.stl.vt.edu/