6. Financial Support

The Department of Industrial and System Engineering has available a limited number of assistantships. Applications for all assistantships must be submitted to the Graduate Program Coordinator by November 1st for the Spring semester and May 1st for the Fall semester. Available funds will be allocated first to the students who submit applications before these deadlines. Questions concerning these assistantships should be directed to the Graduate Program Coordinator.

Students should not depend on assistance from North Carolina A&T State University in making their financial plans. Assistantships are customarily awarded to students only after they have been on campus for at least a semester and are then dependent strictly on availability of funds.

7. Graduate School Requirements

The following procedures are at the direction of the School of Graduate Studies. Students must conform to these guidelines.

Changes in Requirements

Generally, a student is permitted to graduate according to the requirements specified either in the catalog current during the year of his/her first application for candidacy or in the catalog current in his/her application for graduation. If more than six (6) years pass between the student's application for candidacy and his/her application for graduation, the university reserves the right to require the student to satisfy the regulations in effect at the time of his/her application for graduation.

Schedule of Deadlines

The School of Graduate Studies provides schedules of specific dates for completing various requirements for a degree program. These notices are not sent to individuals automatically, but may be found in the calendar of the School of Graduate Studies, available upon request. The student is required to be familiar with these dates.

Course Levels

At the university, three-digit numbers are used to designate all course offerings. The three digits indicate the classification level of the course. Courses numbered 600 through 699 are open to seniors and to graduate students. Courses numbered 700 through 789 are open to graduate students only.

Transfer of Credit

Up to six semester hours of course work may be transferred from another university if it was not part of any prior undergraduate degree requirement and if, in the opinion of the advisor, the content adequately replaces current graduate offerings in the student's curriculum. Course work being considered for transfer credit should be at a level comparable to our 700- or 800- level courses.

Time Limitation

The graduate program must be completed within six (6) consecutive calendar years. Programs remaining incomplete after this time interval are subject to cancellation, revision, or special examination for outdated work. In the event that studies are interrupted for duty in the armed services, the time limit shall be extended for the length of time the student was on active duty providing the student resumes graduate work no later than one year following release from military service.

Concurrent Registration in Other Institutions

A student registered in a degree program in the School of Graduation Studies may not enroll concurrently in another graduate school except upon permission, secured in advance, from the Dean of the School of Graduate Studies.

Application for Graduation

A candidate for graduation must file an application for graduation at least thirty (30) days prior to the close of the session in which he/she expects to complete the requirements for the degree. The application forms are available from the School of Graduate Studies. The student's advisor must approve the application before it is sent to the School of Graduate Studies. A copy of the completed application should be filed with the Department of Industrial Engineering. Failure to meet the deadline may result in delay of graduation of the candidate.

Grade Point Average (GPA)

A graduate student is expected to maintain a GPA of 3.00 or above in: (i) each registered semester, and (ii) overall cumulative grade at North Carolina A&T State University. A graduate student who fails to meet these standards will be reviewed by the Graduate Program Committee. Substandard performance will be considered grounds for terminating a student's program. Any student failing to show satisfactory progress toward a graduate degree may be terminated at the discretion of the Graduate Program Committee.

Course load

A student using any resource of the University must be registered for at least three credit hours or 0 credit hours during the semester of the thesis /project. No assistantship can be provided for a non-registered student. A normal maximum load for a graduate student is 9 hours per semester and 3 hours for each summer session. A half-time graduate teaching or research assistant (20 hours/week) can not take more than 10 hours during regular semesters and 3 hours during summer session. A maximum load the quarter-time assistant (10 hours/week) may take 13 semester hours.