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Rackham Graduate School Academic Policies

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  Preface
  Fundamental Tenets of Membership in the University Community
1 General Academic Requirements and Regulations
1.1 Admission and Matriculation
1.1.1   Admission Status
1.2 Registration and Course Enrollment
1.2.1   On-Campus and Off-Campus Enrollment
1.2.2   Transfer of Credit
1.2.3   Visiting (Auditing) a Course
1.2.4   Adding, Modifying, Dropping or Repeating a Course
1.3 Registration Status
1.3.1   Full-Time Study
1.3.2   Non-Enrolled Students
1.3.3   Detached Study
1.3.4   Dissertation Research/Writing
1.3.5   Non-Candidate for Degree Status
1.3.6   Extensions for Family Care
1.3.7   Graduate Student Parental Accommodation
1.3.8   Disenrollment and Withdrawal
1.3.9   Readmission
1.3.10   Change of Program
1.3.11   Academic Probation and Dismissal
1.4 Grades and Transcripts
1.5 Tuition and Fees
2 Degree Requirements
2.1 Doctoral Degrees
2.1.1   Candidacy Requirements
2.1.1.1     Cognate Requirement
2.1.1.2     Advancing to Candidacy
2.1.2   Doctoral Requirements
2.1.2.1     Required Fee Total and Candidacy Course Registration
2.1.2.2     Formation of the Dissertation Committee
2.1.2.3     Time Limit for Completing a Doctoral Degree
2.1.2.4     Human Subject and Other Research Approval
2.1.2.5     Use of Copyrighted Material
2.1.2.6     Dissertations in Languages Other than English
2.1.2.7     Dissertation Formatting Requirements
2.1.2.8     Oral Defense Preparation
2.1.2.9     Final Oral Examination Report
2.1.2.10     Post-Defense Meeting and Dissertation Revisions
2.1.2.11     Binding of Dissertation
2.1.2.12     Final Dissertation & Degree Requirement Deadlines
2.1.3   Student-Initiated PhD Programs
2.2 Master’s Degrees
2.3 Dual Degree Programs
2.3.1   Student-Initiated Dual Degree Programs
2.3.2   Double Counting Credit Hours for Dual Degree Programs
2.4 Certificate of Graduate Studies Programs
2.5 Sequential, Concurrent and Accelerated Undergraduate/Graduate Programs
Glossary
Appendices
  Academic and Professional Integrity and Procedures for Investigating Allegations of Academic & Professional Misconduct
  Rackham Academic Grievance Procedures
  Student Rights and Responsibilities
  Statement on Freedom of Speech and Artistic Expression
  University of Michigan Student Rights and Student Records
  Information for Students Regarding Religious-Academic Conflicts
  Policy Statement on the Integrity of Scholarship & Procedures for Investigating Allegations of Misconduct in the Pursuit of Scholarship & Research
  Sexual Assault Policy
  Sexual Harassment Policy
  Faculty-Student Relationship Policy
  Employee-Student Relationship Policy
  Use of Human Subjects in Research
  Policy Statement on Animal Research
  University Ombuds