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Graduate Program Manual
8. Supervision, Oral Examinations, and Program Completion
8.6 Thesis-Based Master's Program
Graduate Program Manual
1. Areas of Responsibilities Related to Graduate Programs
1.1 The Graduate Student
1.2 The Supervisor
1.3 The Academic Advisor
1.4 The Department
1.5 The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
1.6 Council of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research
2. Student Recruitment and Enrollment Management
3. Financial Aid and Awards
4. Fees
4.1 Policies and Procedures
4.2 Fee Assessments and Statement of Accounts
4.3 Payment of Fees
4.4 Fee Remission for Full-time Continuing Staff
4.5 Instructional Fee Waivers
4.6 Immigration Status Changes
5. Admissions
5.1 Graduate Program Inquiries
5.2 Creating a File
5.3 Application for graduate Admission
5.4 Application Fee
5.5 Admission Deadlines
5.6 Transcripts and Marksheets
5.7 International Documents
5.8 English Language Proficiency Requirement
5.9 Letters of Recommendation
5.10 Fraudulent and Falsified Documents
5.11 Application Evaluation
5.12 Categories of Graduate Students
5.13 Departmental Recommendation for Admission
5.14 FGSR Approval for Admission
5.15 Refusal of Applications
5.16 Appeal of Admission Decisions
5.17 Readmission
5.18 Revised Admission – Changes to Admission Start Date
5.19 Aboriginal Student Admission Policy
5.20 Admitting Students Whose Supervisor is Transferring to the University of Alberta
5.21 Individual Interdisiciplinary Studies
5.22 Staff as Graduate Students
5.23 Hosting Academic Visitors
6. Program Planning and Registration
6.1 Responsibility Advising and Permission to Register
6.2 Minimum Units of Course Weight and Registration Requirements
6.3 Transfer Credit
6.4 Registration Eligibility
6.5 Conditionally Admitted Continuing Students
6.6 Special and Visiting Students
6.7 University of Alberta Students on Formal Exchanges (Outgoing)
6.8 Western Canadian Graduate Deans Agreement (WDA) Students (Outgoing)
6.9 Registration Status
6.10 Full-time Registration Policy
6.11 Registering Using Bear Tracks
6.12 Graduate Project Courses and Thesis
6.13 Registration in Courses Closed to Web Registration
6.14 Confirmation of Registration
6.15 Changes to Registration
6.16 Maintaining Registration in the Program
6.17 Changing Category of Degree Program
6.18 Extensions
6.19 Registering in Thesis at the End of Program
6.20 Registration at the Completion of the Program
6.21 Withdrawal from the University
6.22 Registering in More Than One Degree Program
6.23 Courses Extra to the Degree
6.24 Audits
6.25 Off-Campus Registration
7. Administration of Graduate Programs
7.1 Categories of Students
7.2 Change of Category
7.3 Transferring to Another Department
7.4 Academic Standing
7.4.1 Grades
7.4.2 Academic Probation
7.5 Academic Integrity and Ethics Training Requirement
7.6 Professional Development Requirement
7.7 Language Requirement
7.8 Residence Requirement
7.9 Time Limit for Completion of a Degree or Diploma
7.10 Program Extensions
7.11 Approved Leave of Absence
7.12 Student Program Monitoring
7.13 Recognition and Relief for the GSA President and Vice-Presidents
7.14 Termination of a Student's Program
7.15 Retention of Student Files
8. Supervision, Oral Examinations, and Program Completion
8.1 Supervision and Supervisory Committees
8.2 The Structure of Examining Committees
8.3 Conduct of Examinations
8.4 Thesis Requirements
8.5 Course-Based Program Requirements
8.6 Thesis-Based Master's Program
8.7 Doctoral Degrees
8.8 Shared Credential Master's and Doctoral Degrees
8.9 Individual Interdisciplinary Studies
8.10 Diploma and Certificate Programs
9. Disputes and Resolutions
9.1 Dispute Resolution Related to Graduate Studies Issues
9.2 Academic Grievances and Appeals
9.3 University Policies for Dealing with Difficult Issues
9.4 Code of Applicant Behaviour
9.5 Code of Student Behaviour
9.6 Discrimination and Harassment Policy and Procedures
9.7 Protocol on Urgent Cases of Disruptive, Threatening or Violent Conduct
9.8 Reasonable Accommodation Policy
9.9 Practicum Placements, Professional Practice and the Public Interest
9.10 Research and Scholarship Integrity Policy
9.11 Student Concerns and Complaints Policy
10. Intellectual Property
10.1 Intellectual Property Guidelines
10.2 Guidelines for Authorship
10.3 Guidelines for Ownership of Research Materials
10.4 Graduate Students Supported by Research Contracts or Affiliated Institutions
8.6 Thesis-Based Master's Program
Information on
Thesis-based Master's Programs
can be found in the Calendar.
If you require further information, please speak with the departmental graduate advisor or go to the
Contact Us
page on the FGSR website under Graduate Program Services.