College of Veterinary Medicine

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Graduate Program in Neuroscience: Affiliation for Scholarly Work 


When Neuroscience or Veterinary Science students author or co-author scholarly work, (e.g., a student scientific paper or abstract) or receive awards that are announced to the news media, the address or location of the authors or recipient should include "Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Washington State University" or a suitable abbreviation.  Such recognition of the Program is an important source of the Program's promotion to the public and will help strengthen its reputation.  Students in the Neuroscience Program are not in the graduate program of their advisor's department.  In other words, a Neuroscience student whose advisor is in Department XYZ should list the Neuroscience Program rather than Department XYZ as his or her affiliation.  When the advisor is a co-author, both the advisor's department and the Neuroscience Program should appear in the affiliation. 

Scholarship Standards

A student must earn a 3.00 grade point average for all course work (including all courses listed on the program and other graduate upper- and lower-division courses). No work of C grade or less may be dropped from a program, nor can a course be repeated for a higher grade if the final grade is C or higher. Any course listed on the program in which a grade of C-, D, or F is earned must be repeated.

Any graduate student who fails to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or higher for all course work subsequent to admission to the Graduate School will be dropped from the University. A student who is dropped may be permitted to re-enroll if the chair of the major department makes a special recommendation with the concurrence of the Dean of the Graduate School.

Neuroscience or Veterinary Science students receiving a notice of termination should contact the Neuroscience Program Coordinator if they desire reinstatement.  A strong case for reinstatement should include reasons for the poor performance and a specific plan for improvement.   The Request for Re-enrollment Form can be found on the Graduate School web page (see Forms, page 41).

Incomplete Grade

An incomplete ("I") is the term indicating that a grade has been deferred. It is given to a student who, for reasons beyond the student's control, is unable to complete the assigned work on time. The "I" grade for an undergraduate course (all courses numbered 499 or lower) will be changed to an "F" if the work is not completed during the ensuing year. The student may not repeat the course to remove an incomplete grade. Courses numbered 500 or above are not subject to the above time limitation.

Graduate students may not carry a grade of "I" (incomplete) longer than one semester or summer session while on appointment. Ordinarily, new or renewed appointments will not be approved for students who have earned a grade of "I" for longer than one semester or summer session.



Last Edited: Aug 02, 2007 7:32 AM
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