Resources

New Student Information

SLA Academic Policies and Procedures

• Graduate Programs Catalog/Handbook
• Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Proposal Guidelines
• School of Liberal Arts PELP (Planned Educational Leave Program – Medical, Pregnancy/Parental, Personal) General Guidelines
• Medical Withdrawal, Medical Leave & Return detailed policy information
• Pregnancy and Parenting Resources – resources & detailed policy information
• Personal/Other Leave of Absence - policy information
• Procedures on grade and other academic complaints
• Unified Code of Graduate Student Academic Conduct

Graduate Assistant Support

• Graduate TA Resources (CELT)
• Guidelines and Policies for Graduate Assistants *
  * (Subject to minor changes by the Graduate Studies Committee.)

Funding and Fellowships

• Barry H. Shafer Scholarship Fund
• (CELT-Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching) Graduate Student Research Funding Opportunities
• Dissertation Completion Fellowships (DCF)
• Federal Programs and Fellowships that Provide Support for Graduate Students
• Fraud in Research
• Freie Universität Berlin Exchange
• Graduate Student Summer Research and Write-Up Awards
• Liberal Arts Graduate Student Travel Funds (J.E. Land Fund)
• Ruth Engmann Korotaeff Loan Fund For Graduate Students
• Tulane Travel Funds for Graduate and Professional Students (GSSA & OGPS funding)

Grant Writing

• Routine Practices that Improve Grant Writing

• Graduate Student SLA Grant Writing Workshop – To be announced

Forms for Graduate Students

• Admission to Candidacy
• Approval of the Dissertation Prospectus
• Continuous Registration for 9980 or 9990 - use Drop/Add form if on-line registration is closed for the semester.

• Forms Required for Graduation/Certification for Degree

  • Application For Degree for MA, MS, MFA, Ph.D. – located on your Student Tab in Gibson
    School of Liberal Arts policy requires students maintain continuous registration every semester until degree received except for summer semesters. If you are not registered for the semester in which you apply to graduate (or for the spring semester prior to a summer application), your Student Tab will disappear and you will first need to register on-line or via Drop/Add Form before you will be able to apply for degree.
  • Final Exam/ Dissertation or Thesis Defense/Recommend for Degree (REQUIRED for degree certification)
  • Graduate Commencement Participation Form (for participation in Hooding and Recognition Ceremony ONLY)
  • Survey of Earned Doctorates
• Guidelines for Preparing Theses and Dissertations
• Dissertation/Thesis Digital Repository Policy
• Medical Leave Request Form
• Student Childbirth, Pregnancy and Parental Leave Request Form
• Personal Leave Request Form
• Transfer of GRADUATE Credit from ANOTHER University Request
• Transfer of TULANE Undergraduate Credit to Tulane Graduate Credit Request