The information in this handbook is designed to help you negotiate the rules and regulations of the department of Women Studies and the Graduate School of the University of Washington during your graduate training. Unfortunately, rules sometimes change faster than text. It is important that you verify the procedure outlined here with the GPC, the Director of Graduate Training, and/or the Graduate School.

• First-year Graduate Students

  Orientation Week
  First Year Course Requirements
  Registration Eligibility
  Faculty Advisor
  Annual Plan
  Annual Evaluations

• Ongoing Students

  Registering for Courses

• Grading and Evaluation Procedures

  Annual Plan
  Grades
  Evaluation Procedures
  Probation/Final Probation

• Departmental Policy on Changing Primary Academic Advisors
• University Policy Regarding Scholarly Integrity
• Grievance Procedure
• On-leave Status

  Going on leave
  Readmission after Lapse in Graduate Student Status

• Women Studies Department Procedures and Policies for Assignment of TAs and RAs

  Executive Order 28
  Executive Order 30
  ASE Union Contract
  Teaching Assistantship Assignments
  Teaching your own course as a graduate student
  Research Assistantships
  Salary Levels
  Fellowships and Traineeships
  Appointments in excess of 50%

• Payroll Procedures and Deductions

  Paydays and Paychecks
  Standard Appointment Periods
  Payment of Tuition and Fees
  Income Tax Information
  Summer Employment

• Requesting Departmental Permission to Undertake an Informal Concurrent Degree

  Informal Concurrent Degree
  Petition

• Master's Program

• Master's Tracks
  Minimum Requirements for the M.A.
  Supervisory Committee
  Application for Receipt of the M.A.

• Ph.D. Program

  Faculty Advisor
  Minimum Course Requirements for the Ph.D.
  Language Requirement
  Supervisory Committee

• General Examination

  Requirements of the Graduate School
  Goals of the General Exam
  Structure of the Exam
  Scheduling
  The Exam

• Dissertation and Final Examination