The Guide to Graduate Study provides graduate students with a description of the policies, requirements, and organization of the Graduate School. Information on fields of study and the Graduate Faculty members in each field may be found at Fields of Study Sections of the Guide which are relevant to graduate students have been taken directly from the Code of Legislation of the Graduate Faculty .
Additional legislation pertaining to graduate study is contained in that publication.
The Code of Legislation of the Graduate Faculty should be consulted when questions arise. Sections of the Code that are included here are indicated by quotation marks along with the reference number from the Code . The bracketed explanations regarding administrative procedure have been added within the Code wherever they may aid in interpreting the legislation. A copy of the complete Code is available for reference at the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School. It is the responsibility of the candidate to become familiar with the various regulations that apply to his or her program and to satisfy them in the proper way.