Introduction to Graduate Education (old)
Introduction to Graduate Education
Many people know that the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is the largest undergraduate college at UofL. However, many are surprised to find out that the College offers graduate degrees in all its departments, ranging from the masters of arts (MA), masters of science (MS), an MFA in Theatre Arts, and a Ph.D. in a number of different disciplines. Graduate certificate programs are also available. A complete listing of all graduate programs offered in the College of Arts and Sciences is found below.
The College’s goals for students are that all students undertake research so that they experience the excitement of new knowledge and change; that all students be exposed to major ethical dilemmas they will face in the world; and that all students look at the world through the eyes of someone different from themselves.
A&S Graduate Degree Programs
The College of Arts and Sciences offers 27 Masters programs, 14 Doctoral degrees, and 10 graduate certificates.
A complete listing of degree programs can be found here:
2014-2015 A&S Graduate Student Handbook
The purpose of this handbook is to give you a sense of the College of Arts and Sciences, your college, and the many facilities and activities available to you as a student at UofL. This handbook will serve as a quick access guide to information that may be of use to you while studying at the University and also includes some information about Louisville for those new to the city.
Online Petitions and Forms
Arts & Sciences Petitions and Forms are utilized to request approval for academic processes which require special consideration. There are many reasons that you may need to submit a petition or a form, and listed below are a few examples.
- Withdrawing from a course after the deadline has passed to drop or withdraw from courses on Ulink (see the registrar's office for dates). If the deadline has not passed, then you may drop the course via Ulink in a similar fashion to how you added the class.
- Adding a course after the deadline to add classes on Ulink has passed (usually after the first week of classes is over).
Petition and other forms are available digitally via this website. You can turn them in to Dr. Pfeffer, A&S Dean’s Office, second floor, Gardiner Hall (building #8 on the Belknap Campus map) or by email at asgrad@louisville.edu.
- Late Withdrawal Petition or Change to Audit, Pass/Fail or Letter Grade (You will also need an Instructor's Remarks form)
- Late Add Petition (You will also need an Instructor's Remarks form)
- Instructor's Remarks
- Add/Drop Form (Only used during the first week of classes)
- Independent Study
- Transfer of Graduate Credits
- Variance Request Form
- Thesis/Dissertation Advisory Committee Appointment Form
- Repeat a Course Form
- Permission to enroll in a 600-level course as an undergraduate
A&S Graduate Student Union
The GSU serves as representative body for graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences. Meetings are held monthly during the fall and spring semesters and more information can be found at the GSU's website.
Plagiarism
Graduate students are expected to know what constitutes plagiarism and are expected to comply with all university rules and regulations. UofL's Student Handbook, Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Section 5E, describes plagiarism in these terms:
Representing the words or ideas of someone else as one’s own in any academic exercise, such as:
- Submitting as one’s own a paper written by another person or by a commercial “ghost writing” service,
- Exactly reproducing someone else’s words without identifying the words with quotation marks or by appropriate indentation, or without properly citing the quotation in a footnote or reference.
- Paraphrasing or summarizing someone else’s work without acknowledging the source with a footnote or reference.
- Using facts, data, graphs, charts, or other information without acknowledging the source with a footnote or reference. Borrowed facts or information obtained in one’s research or reading must be acknowledged unless they are “common knowledge”. … The specific audience for which a paper is written may determine what can be viewed as “common knowledge”: for example, the facts commonly known by a group of chemists will differ radically from those known by a more general audience.
Minimum Guidelines for Graduate Study
Know that each department may establish its own minimum guidelines for its programs. These guidelines may be more rigorous than those of the College of Arts and Sciences. Check the program website for specific information.
Graduate Advising
Graduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences are usually advised by faculty in their fields, discipline and/or department. The first point of contact would be the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) in your department. Students may also email the Associate Dean for Graduate Education for advice. Other contacts for information are available in SIGS, the School for Interdisciplinary and Graduate Education, located in the Houchens Building.
Faculty/DGS Information
- Outline for Directors of Graduate Study
- Current List of Graduate Faculty (Excel)Last Updated 1/30/2015
- Please note: The spreadsheet has been split into three tabs: A&S faculty appointments, Ad Hoc appointments, and Emeriti.
Funding Opportunities
- National Academy of Sciences
- Fellowship: Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
- American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships in Humanities, Art History
- Graduate Student Research Funding
Contact Information
Wendy Pfeffer
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
- Phone: (502) 852-6686
- Email: pfeffer@louisville.edu