Important Policies for Graduate Students
The following are up-to-date policies and procedures that affect students of the Penn State Graduate School. Additional policies are located in Graduate Education Policies.
Conduct and Integrity
- GCAC-801 Conduct
- General Standards of Professional Ethics (AD47)
- Academic Integrity Policy (49-20)
- Academic Integrity (G-9)
- Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, and Related Inappropriate Conduct (AD85)
- Statement on Intolerance (AD29)
- Addressing Allegations of Research Misconduct (RP02)
Grading
- Basis for Grades (47-20)
- Grade Mediation and Adjudication (G-10)
- GCAC-803 Procedures for Termination of the Degree Program of a Graduate Student for Unsatisfactory Scholarship
Graduate Assistants
- Graduate Assistants (PR06)
- Guidelines for Graduate Assistant Paid Leaves
- GCAC-804 Procedures for Termination of Assistantships Due to Inadequate Performance
- GCAC-902 Student Instructional Assistants in Graduate (500- and 800-Level) Courses
- Graduate Student Instructional Assistant (GSIA) Conflict of Interest (COI) Disclosure Form (PDF)
- Graduate Assistantships for Students in Joint Degree Programs
- Summer Graduate Lecturer/Researcher
Intellectual Property
- Ownership and Management of Intellectual Property (IP01)
- Co-authorship of Scholarly Reports, Papers and Publications (IP02)
Privacy/Confidentiality
Residency
- Residency Classification for Tuition Purposes
- GCAC-601 Residency Requirement - Research Doctorate
- GCAC-700-A Residency Requirement - Professional Doctoral Degrees
Other Topics
- Course Drop Policy (34-89)
- GSAD-920 Graduate Student Policy for International Travel
- Recommended Practices in Graduate Education
- GCAC-802 Procedures for Resolution of Problems
- World Campus Course Registration for Graduate Assistants, Graduate Fellows, and Graduate Trainees and STAP Recipients