2013–2014 The Bulletin - USS at Tufts - Tufts University

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Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is the
academic unit responsible for all post-baccalaureate
degree programs offered through the School of Arts
and Sciences. The advanced degrees offered are the
master of arts, master of science, master of fine arts,
master of arts in teaching, master of public policy,
educational specialist, certificate of advanced
graduate study, doctor of occupational therapy, and
doctor of philosophy.
Through its doctoral programs, the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences aims to advance
knowledge and to develop intellectual leaders in
selected areas of the natural sciences, social sciences,
and humanities. In order to encourage the close
association of doctoral candidates and faculty, the
number of programs offered is relatively small and
the number of students admitted to each is limited.
Through its wider variety of master’s level programs,
the school provides students with a focused
education and specific skills to further their
professional careers. The programs leading to these
degrees are described in this bulletin.
Admission
Graduate program and application information is
available online at http://gradstudy.tufts.edu/
Admissions. The application must be accompanied
by a nonrefundable application fee. The fee is
waived if the applicant is a current Tufts undergraduate,
graduate, or certificate student. Departments
can also supply information about their
graduate programs. The deadlines and requirements
for admission vary by program.
Registration
All graduate students must be registered, or on an
approved leave of absence, each academic year term.
If all required courses—including any thesis
courses—have been completed, master’s candidates
must register for courses 401 (part time) or 402
(full time) in their departments and doctoral
candidates must register for courses 501 (part time)
or 502 (full time) in their departments.
A full time student may arrange with an
instructor to audit a course, but this course will not
appear on the student’s academic record. A course
for which a student has been formally registered
remains on the record unless a formal petition to
remove it has been approved by the dean within the
first four weeks of the term.
Prior to their initial registration, all graduate
students must complete a health examination
report, available from the Health Service. Registration
will not be allowed for those with missing or
incomplete health questionnaires and examination
forms.
Cross Registration—
Graduate School Consortium
Full time students in the Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences and graduate students in the School
of Engineering may enroll in any semester for one
graduate course in the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences at Boston College, Boston University, or
Brandeis University. The catalogs and schedules of
the host institutions are available at the registrar’s
office of each university. Students who wish to
cross-register should consult the instructor in the
particular course and should expect to satisfy the
prerequisites and requirements normally required
for admission to that course. Cross-registration is
not permitted in any summer school. Courses
satisfactorily completed (B- or better) at one of the
three consortium schools automatically appear on
the student’s Tufts transcript and may be counted
toward degree requirements.
A student at Tufts University who wishes to
enroll in a graduate course at one of the host
institutions should obtain a registration permit
from the student services center in Dowling Hall
and present it to the graduate registrar of the host
institution. The host institution reserves the right
to terminate the student’s participation at that
institution at any time. A full-time graduate student
at Tufts University may also enroll for two graduate
courses during any semester at the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy or the Friedman School of
Nutrition Science and Policy. Cross-registration
forms are available at Student Services in Dowling
Hall.
Tufts is also a member of the Graduate Consortium
in Women’s Studies (GCWS) at MIT. For
information about course offerings and application
materials go to http://mit.edu/gcws.
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