Standard operating procedures (SOPs) are instructions intended to document how to perform a routine activity. The College of Education Graduate Student Success Team uses standard operating procedures to help ensure consistency and quality. Standard operating procedures are also useful tools to communicate important University policies and College best practices.

Many University and College processes require strict adherence to a set of instructions, to ensure the intended outcome occurs. Having a set of written instructions to refer to when performing the steps of a process helps ensure consistency. Additionally, when new faculty and staff come on-board, standard operating procedures serve as important reference tools. Finally, having standard operating procedures available demonstrates the Graduate Student Success Team efforts to communicate policy and procedure to faculty and to staff.

The following list is not all-inclusive:

Faculty Graduate Procedures

• Walk at Graduation
• Concurrent Master with Graduation 
• Degree Completion Courses
• Adding a Health Minor
• Off Cycle Admission Request
• Appeal for Admission or Reinstatement
• Termination from the Graduate Program
• Admitted Student Defers Enrollment
• Dropping Courses Student or Faculty
• Early Submission of Thesis or Dissertation
• Leave of Absence
• Reduced Course Load
• Reduced Course Load for a GA’s Final Semester
• Submission Process for a Thesis or Dissertation
• Thesis and Dissertation Hours and Grades
• Transfer Credit with Sample Petition
• WAIVE or Course substitution
• PHLS Course Load Exception
• Graduate Certificate Policies
• Special Admissions
• Grade Changes
• Dissertation or Thesis Signature Form
• Composition of Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Research Committee
• Composition of Master Thesis Research Committee
• Grievance Policy Summary

Graduate Student Procedures

• Walk at Graduation
• Concurrent Master with Graduation 
• Degree Completion Courses
• Adding a Health Minor
• Academic Warning and Probation
• Termination of Enrollment in Graduate Program
• Dropping Courses Student or Faculty
• Leave of Absence
• Submission Process for a Thesis or Dissertation
• Transfer Credit with Sample Petition
• WAIVE or Course Substitution
• Updated Abstract Format
• Dissertation and Thesis Proposal Process
• Graduate Certificate Policies
• Composition of Dissertation and Doctoral Thesis Research Committee
• Composition of Master Thesis Research Committee