Graduate Programs

GRS Courses

Through its Professional Development and Community  Engagement Program, the Graduate School offers a series of cross-disciplinary courses (GRS). GRS courses focus on topics such as team building and  collaboration, academic and professional writing, teaching, ethics, consulting, technology, communication, networking, and entrepreneurship. They are  "customized" courses, building on and working with research projects  and ideas that students already are undertaking as part of their teaching,  research, and coursework within a discipline. GRS courses provide students with opportunities and tools to complete current projects (e.g., dissertation  chapters, professional presentations, lectures, grant proposals, etc.).  GRS courses also provide resources enabling students to be successful  academic professionals, able to think boldly and imaginatively about  how to make a lasting contribution to their discipline and community.

• GRS courses may be taken at any stage in one's academic  program.
• GRS courses are open to all University master's and  doctoral students.
• GRS Courses are often counted as part of a plan  of study and may also be taken  on top of a regular or full load of classes. (Check with your department.)
• GRS courses may be taken for a letter grade or on  a Credit/No Credit basis.
• GRS courses are graduate-level and count toward full-time graduate status.

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