Graduate Student Policies
Graduate Student Policies
The following are up-to-date policies and procedures that affect students of the Penn State Graduate School. Additional policies are located in the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin.
Conduct and Integrity
- Conduct (Appendix I of the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin)
- General Standards of Professional Ethics (AD47)
- Academic Integrity Policy (49-20)
- Academic Integrity (G-9)
- Sexual Assault, Relationship and Domestic Violence, and Stalking (AD12)
- Statement on Intolerance (AD29)
- Sexual Harassment (AD41)
- Statement on Nondiscrimination and Harassment (AD42)
- Handling Inquiries/Investigations into Questions of Ethics in Research and in Other Scholarly Activities (RA10)
Grading
- Basis for Grades (47-20)
- Grade Mediation and Adjudication (G-10)
- Procedures for Termination of the Degree Program of a Graduate Student for Unsatisfactory Scholarship (Appendix III of the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin)
Graduate Assistants
- Graduate Assistants (PR06)
- Guidelines for Graduate Assistant Paid Leaves
- Procedures for Termination of Assistantships Due to Inadequate Performance (Appendix IV of the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin)
Intellectual Property
- Ownership and Management of Intellectual Property (IP01)
- Co-authorship of Scholarly Reports, Papers and Publications (IP02)
Privacy/Confidentiality
Residency
- Residency for Tuition Purposes at Penn State (Appendix V of the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin)
- Ph.D. Residency Requirement Statement
Other Topics
- Graduate Student Policy for Travel to Countries on the U.S. State Department Warnings List
- Course Drop Policy (34-89)
- Resolution of Problems (Appendix II of the Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin)
Additional policies may be found from the following sources: