Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

GSAS Policies and Procedures

Extended Master's Status
Full-Time and Part-Time Status (including part-time student policies)
Good Academic Standing
Leave of Absence (including health leave of absence, parental relief, personal leave of absence, and pregnancy accommodation)
Readmission
Residency Statuses
Time to Degree Extension
Withdrawal

Bulletin Subject Area Listings
GSAS Section of the Brandeis Bulletin (including academic regulations and policies on degree and program requirements, grading standards, incompletes, registration, transfer credit, cross-registration, language proficiency, academic standing, readmission, residency requirements, teaching requirements for PhD students, time to degree, leave of absence procedures, fees and expenses, tuition waivers, and external funding)
Program Handbooks
Rights and Responsibilities

Annual Status and Funding Review
Health Insurance Information and Process (including FAQs and voluntary dental plan)
Out-of-State Payment Guidelines
Summer Funding Caps
Tuition Waivers (including early dissertation/thesis/capstone completion, extended master's students resolving incompletes and other extended master's circumstances, external fellowships for PhD students, PhD students who transition to a master's program, summer enrollment, joint GSAS-Heller PhD students, and TAs/CAs/graders)

Completing Your Program (including degree application process and exit interviews)
Courtesy Research Appointments for PhD Alums
Degree Application Forms (including master's thesis certification form, PhD dissertation defense form, and PhD revisions report form)
Dissertations and Other Capstone Projects (including dissertation committee, defense, and submission)
Thesis and Dissertation Guide (including all steps for thesis and dissertation submission process)