Policy dealing with appeals process for graduate students

Graduate students who experience problems pertaining to graduate policies, including academic performance, program requirements or other academic issues, may petition to have the matter considered through the established review process of the College of Graduate Studies:

1. Submit a written appeal to the course instructor if the issue is course-related or to the academic adviser if the matter is program-related.
    
2. If unresolved, submit a written appeal to the department graduate program coordinator.
    
3. If unresolved, submit a written appeal to the appropriate college dean.
    
4. If unresolved, submit a written appeal to the dean of the College of Graduate Studies.
    
5. The dean of the College of Graduate Studies will submit graduate student petitions to the Graduate Education Council for review. (The Graduate Education Council consists of representatives from the university's graduate faculty, administrators and graduate student body.)