Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

Appendix 13.2 Student Protection PoliciesII. Sources of Information: Programs and FeesA. Program informationAs a graduate student, most of your academic experience will focus uponyour department. You should know some basic things about being a graduatestudent:1. Graduate CoordinatorsEach graduate program at Dalhousie has a graduate coordinator who is yourmain first point of contact for information and advice on your program, yourdepartment, your faculty, and your university. Graduate coordinators arethere to help and advise you. They do not know everything, but they canpoint you in the right direction. Make sure you find out who your graduatecoordinator is and introduce yourself to him or her so you are known as well.2. SupervisorsIf you are in a thesis program, you will have a thesis supervisor(s). In manydepartments you will know who your supervisor is before you arrive. In otherdepartments, supervisors are arranged sometime in your first year. Thesissupervisors are there primarily to provide direction in your research, but theyare also very helpful for advice and information. Some non-thesis programsmay also assign research supervisors.3. Faculty of Graduate StudiesFor certain aspects of your life as a graduate student you will need to contactFGS, which is located on the 3rd floor (Room 314) of the Henry HicksAcademic Administration Building (Studley Campus), tel: 902-494-2485,email: graduate.studies@dal.ca. Staff is available to address your inquiresand concerns from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.B. Fee informationInquires regarding payment of tuition and residence fees, balance owing,etc., and the international student health plan, are handled through Student317