• Table of Contents
• The Graduate School Handbook

• Graduate Education
• The Graduate School and the Administrative Board
• Graduate School Staff Directory
• Graduate Education References
• Graduate School Calendar

• General Academic Requirements and Regulations
• Admission and Matriculation
• Eligibility
• Course Credit
• Registration
• Residence Credit
• Graduate Grading
• Assistantships and Fellowships
• Tuition and Other Charges
• Graduation
• Medical or Personal Issues
• Withdrawal from the University
• Policies and Procedures
• Students as Faculty
• Certificate Programs
• Dual Degree Programs
• Generative AI Guidelines

• Degree Requirements
• Master's Degree
• Doctoral Degree

Students as Faculty

A student pursuing a graduate degree at this institution may not be appointed as a member of the General Faculty, except under the following conditions:

• The appointment may be made only if the appointment begins in the same semester that the degree is awarded.
• The appointment may be made only if the conditions of employment are approved by The Graduate School, the academic program chair and dean, if appropriate, of the program in which the student is pursuing a degree, and the employing academic program chair and dean, if appropriate.

Graduate Students Teaching Graduate Students

Graduate students normally do not teach other graduate students from the same academic program. Academic programs may apply for exceptions to this policy on a case-by-case basis by submitting a Request for Permission for a Graduate Student to Teach a Graduate Course within Their Own Academic Program Form to The Graduate School for evaluation. In such cases, a full-time faculty member must be designated as the graduate student's teaching supervisor and the instructor of record.