Students who choose the non-thesis option must complete a major research paper and take a comprehensive written and oral examination covering their primary and minor fields of concentration. Students writing a thesis earn six to nine credits of their thirty credits in the form of thesis research and must take an oral examination covering their course work and thesis. A limited amount of financial aid is available to graduate students and is awarded on the basis of financial need and merit. University tuition scholarships provide for the payment of tuition for one year and are not renewable. You must apply for financial aid for 2001-02 by February 1, 2001.
Student loans are also available.
Graduate students at the University of Rhode Island have access to a good state university library on campus, and we are forty minutes away from the John Hay Library at Brown University and the Rhode Island Historical Society. Travel by train or car will take students to major research libraries in Cambridge and New Haven. Advanced Topics and Seminar courses are held once a week in the late afternoon or evening so students who are working will find it easier to attend. About half of our students attend full-time, and the other half take a class or two per semester. We welcome students in the Education program.