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The Graduate College Handbook
of Policy and Requirements
for Students, Faculty and Staff
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This handbook contains policies set forth by the Graduate College at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is current as of September 2008. Previous versions of the handbook are available in the archives. Individual graduate programs or departments may have additional policies. Please consult the Web sites and contacts given throughout this handbook or at the University of Illinois homepage for current policies in other units.

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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX

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Chapter I: Graduate Education at Illinois

  1. Introduction
  2. Administration and Governance
  3. Academic Integrity and Intellectual Property
  4. Academic Resources
  5. Terms and Definitions

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Chapter II: Student Status and Registration

  1. Student Status
  2. Registration
    1. Deadlines
    2. Leaves from Graduate Programs
    3. Holds
    4. In absentia Registration
    5. Zero Registration
    6. Graduate College (GC) 599
    7. Audit
    8. Credit-No Credit
    9. Off-campus and Online Courses
    10. Enrollment Verification
  3. Course Loads

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Chapter III: Academic Record

  1. Grading System
    1. Course Grades
    2. Minimum Grades and Credit for Repeated Courses
  2. Academic Standing
    1. Grade Point Average (GPA) Computation
    2. Minimum GPA
    3. Good Standing
    4. Probation
    5. Limited Status Due to Low GPA
    6. Dismissal
  3. Transfer of Credit

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Chapter IV: Graduate Degree and Graduation Requirements

  1. Graduate Degree Requirements
    1. Departmental Expectations
    2. Registration
    3. Changing Departments or Programs
    4. Residence Credit
    5. Proficiency Examinations
    6. Research Credit and 599
    7. Second Degree in a Similar Area
    8. Graduate Minors
    9. Graduate Concentrations
    10. Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS)
    11. Joint Degree Programs
    12. Dual Degree Programs
  2. Graduation Requirements
    1. Degree Conferral (Graduation Date)
    2. Certification of Degree
    3. Theses

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Chapter V: Requirements and Policies for Master’s Degrees

  1. Credit Hour Requirements
  2. Examinations
  3. Completion of Theses
  4. Master’s Adviser
  5. Time Limits

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Chapter VI: Requirements and Policies for Doctoral Degrees

  1. Credit Hour Requirements
  2. Registration Requirements
  3. Doctoral Degree Stages
  4. Doctoral Committees and Examinations
  5. Time Limits
  6. Survey of Earned Doctorates

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Chapter VII: Tuition and Fees Assessment and Waivers

  1. Assessment
  2. E-bills
  3. Adjustments, Cancellation, Withdrawal and Refunds
  4. Waivers
    1. Assistantship Appointments
    2. Fellowship (or Traineeship) Appointments
    3. Summer Automatic Waivers
    4. Courtesy Fellowship Waivers
    5. Stand-alone Waivers
    6. Waiver Priority
    7. Taxes and Waivers

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Chapter VIII: Assistantships and Fellowships

  1. Assistantship Policies
    1. English Proficiency for Teaching Assistants
    2. Hours of Work
    3. Stipends
    4. Employment Leaves
    5. Teaching of Graduate Level Courses
    6. Renewal, Resignation, Graduation, and Termination of Appointments
  2. Campus Fellowship and Traineeship Policies
    1. Registration for Fellows
    2. Award Periods
    3. Concurrent Awards
    4. Concurrent Appointments
    5. Taxability of Stipend
    6. Thesis Deposit/Graduation for Fellows

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Chapter IX: Problem Solving

  1. Standards of Conduct
  2. Petitions
  3. Conflict Resolution
  4. Academic Conflict
  5. Discrimination
  6. Capricious Grading
  7. University Discipline System
  8. Employment Conflict
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