Requirements, Rules, and Procedures for Graduate Degrees

Please see the links below for overviews of our programs' benchmarks, requirements, advising structures, and more. Full information is available in the Graduate Program Handbooks.

NOTE FOR PH.D. STUDENTS: For full and up-to-date information on funding and financial support, please visit this page.

Coursework

• Course Requirements
• Proseminar      
• (PhD) Distribution & 7000-Level Requirements
• (PhD) Ivy+ and Penn-Rutgers Exchange Programs
• Independent Studies

Exams and Foreign Language Requirements

• (PhD) 50-Book Exam
• (PhD) Field Exam
• Language Requirement

Dissertations (PhD only)

• Dissertation Committee
• Dissertation Proposal
• Dissertation Progress
• Dissertation Defense

Mentoring, Teaching, and Job Placement

• Mentoring Guidelines
• (PhD) Teaching & Pedagogical Training
• Job Placement

Eligibility and Leaves of Absence

• Incompletes
• Academic Good Standing
• Leaves of Absence 

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