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Requirements, Rules, and Procedures
for Graduate Degrees

  • Course Requirements
  • Distribution Requirements
  • Language Requirements
  • Proseminar
  • First Year Oral Exam
  • Field Examinations
  • Dissertation Proposals
  • Dissertation Progress
  • Dissertation Defense
  • Good Standing Rules (Incompletes, etc.)
  • Deferring Admission
  • Leaves of Absence
  • Exchange Programs (from a single course to a full year)
  • Graduate Groups and Committees
  • William Patrick Day Essay Contest
  • Diane Hunter Dissertation Prize
  • Graduation -- procedures, deadlines
  • Graduate English Calendar, Deadlines, Procedures and Protocols

Can't find what you're looking for? Try the Graduate Catalog, Rules and Regulations in the Vice Provost for Graduate Education's website.

Questions about the Graduate Program?
Contact Ann Marie Pitts, apitts@english.upenn.edu