The Office of Graduate Studies supports your success from the time you are admitted until you've earned your degree.
Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA)
The Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA) and the Office of Graduate Studies announce grant support for Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA). GRACA grants support faculty-mentored graduate student research and creative activity. Grants of up to $5,000 per student are available to UNO graduate students.
Graduate Research and Creative Activity (GRACA)
Funding for Graduate Student Research & Travel Support
An essential part of every graduate program is learning to use the tools of research, both scholarly and applied. Graduate students who are presenting at a conference may apply for up to $500 in assistance through the Office of Graduate Studies by completing the Graduate Studies Graduate Conference Presentation Proposal through NuRamp (formerly known as MavGrants). Students may also inquire through your department or college for funding support as well.
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Academic Program Requirements
At the time of admission to a degree and/or certificate program, an individual plan of study, also called a degree audit, will be sent to the student with their official letter of admission from the dean for graduate studies. This individual plan of study will list all requirements for completion of the degree program, including required foundation courses and/or provisions of admission.
Doctoral students must submit their committee and course plan to the Office of Graduate Studies no later than the end of their second semester in the doctoral program.
Quality of Work Standards
Graduate students are expected to do work of high caliber. Failure to do so will result in dismissal. A "B" (3.0 on a 4.0 scale) average must be maintained in all graduate work taken as part of the degree or certificate program. Appeal of grades in graduate-level courses shall be made through the graduate student grade appeal procedures for the campus through which the grade was awarded.
Students who believe their evaluation of a course has been prejudiced or capricious must first attempt to resolve the matter with the course instructor and then the department through which the course was offered. The initiation of the appeal in writing by the student must be filed within six weeks following receipt of the grade from the Office of the Registrar.
Quality of Work StandardsAcademic Appeal Process
An appeal of grades in graduate-level courses shall be made through the graduate student grade appeal procedures for the campus through which the grade was awarded. Students who believe their evaluation of a course has been prejudiced or capricious must first attempt to resolve the matter with the course instructor and then the department through which the course was offered. The initiation of the appeal in writing by the student must be filed within six weeks following receipt of the grade from the Office of the University Registrar.
Academic Appeal ProcessStudent Rights & Academic Responsibilities
The University of Nebraska and its campuses have promulgated various policies, regulations, statements of purpose and operation, while adhering to the principles deemed necessary for functioning as institutions of higher education. To create greater awareness among and for convenience to students, several basic policies have been compiled into a "Statement of Student Rights and Responsibilities."
While most, but not necessarily all, policies pertaining to students' rights and responsibilities are contained herein, students are urged to become familiar with all documents pertinent to the University of Nebraska in general and to UNO.
Student Rights & Academic Responsibilities
Auditing Courses Offered for Graduate Credit
To audit courses for graduate credit, students must be admitted to graduate studies. The permission of the adviser and approval of the instructor of the course should be obtained prior to registration. It is the instructor's prerogative to determine privileges, including examinations connected with the course.
Students registered for credit may change to audit registration during the first 11 weeks of a semester or during the first half of a class if it runs longer or shorter than a semester.
Auditing Courses Offered for Graduate CreditPrep Week
The last week of regularly scheduled classes during the fall and spring semesters is designated as Prep Week. Except for makeup examinations, tests in self-paced courses, post-tests in the English Composition Program or laboratory exams, no major examination (accounting for more than 20 percent of a student's grade) may be given during this period.
Papers, projects, or presentations assigned well in advance (at least two weeks) of Prep Week may be due during this period.
Learn more about Prep Week
Adding a Graduate Minor
Students are not required by the graduate faculty to have a minor, but a student must be in a degree-seeking graduate program at UNO to add a graduate minor.
Adding a Graduate Minor