Graduate Student Handbook, 2007-2008

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Table of contents

Graduate studies in the School of Kinesiology 

Getting started

• Helpful contact information
• University and School services
• Important resources

Financial support and department funding

• Teaching or research graduate assistantship
• Graduate School fellowships
• Professional activity support

Administration and management of programs

• Structure and role of the School of Kinesiology
• Graduate studies program
• Advising
• Annual student progress review
• Graduate Studies Program Committee

General information, policies, and procedures for M.A. and Ph.D. students

• Requirements and expectations for successful graduate degree completion
• Provisional acceptance into the program
• Examining committees
• Coursework
• Time limits to complete the degree
• Other general policies

What you need to know as a graduate student

• Expectations for doctoral students
• Academic dishonesty/plagiarism
• Grievance policy
• Access to educational records

Master of arts degree (Plan A and Plan B)

• Coursework
• Filing the degree program
• Approval by the Institutional Review Board for research projects
• Ordering the Graduation Packet
• Thesis (Plan A) or Plan B project
• Final Oral Examination
• Graduation and commencement

Doctor of philosophy degree

• Requirements and procedures for completing the Ph.D.
• Filing the degree program
• Preliminary written examination
• Preliminary oral examination
• Approval by the Institutional Review Board for Research Projects
• Ph.D. thesis
• Alternative to the traditional dissertation
• Final oral examination
• Award of the degree
• Graduation and commencement