Guide to Graduate Student Life
Written by students for students.
Forms
Reduced Course Load for F-1 and J-1 Students
AAE Department letterhead -- log in to My AAE, and under "Forms" click on "Department Letterheads."
Business cards can be ordered at Pigwick Papers, formerlly Bob's Copy Shop.
Graduate School academic and administrative policies and procedures.
Defines and explains the sanctions for cheating, plagiarism, etc. Plagiarism by graduate students can result in suspension from the university; know the rules!
Registration and credit requirements
Degree completion guidelines
Ph.D. defense and thesis deposit
Steenbock Library offers thesis binding through their vendor at a fraction of the cost of other vendors. For more information about their binding services, call the Memorial Library Binding Department, 262-3294.
CALS Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Development maintains a website with information on sources of funding and professional development opportunties.
Dissertation Progress Calculator Helps you understand the process and create a timeline for crucial milestones. Good explanations of how to succeed and stay on track.
The Writing Center's programs are staffed by six professional writing instructors, 47 doctoral teaching assistants in composition and rhetoric and from literary studies, and 55 undergraduate Writing Fellows. All tutors in Writing Center programs are highly trained, expert readers and are qualified to offer help with writing in all disciplines and at all levels.
Delta Program in Research, Teaching and Learning
The Delta Program is a research, teaching and learning community for faculty, academic staff, post-docs, and graduate students that will help current and future faculty succeed in the changing landscape of science, engineering, and math higher education. The program offers workshops useful to grad students.
Proposal Writing
The Art of Writing Proposals. Basic principles of how to write a compelling research proposal, published by the Social Science Research Council. Required reading for students at any phase of study.
The Elements of a Proposal. More advice on how to structure a proposal and avoid common writing errors, by Frank Pajares.
Academic Job Market Information
Log into My AAE and click on "Information," then "Grad Student Job Market." Additional materials are on file in the Taylor-Hibbard Library.