This page contains information about rules, regulations, and administrative procedures.
 

DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES

Mike Neamtu

COMMITTEES

The Preliminary Examination Committees for 2011-12, whose duty is to administer examinations based on our core courses for 2010-11, are:

• Algebra Committee:  Costas Tsinakis (Chair),  Denis Osin, Alexander Ol'shanskii and Steve Tschantz
• Analysis Committee: Akram Aldroubi(Chair), Jesse Peterson, Glenn Webb and Dechao Zheng
• Topology Committee: Mike Mihalik (Chair), Bruce Hughes and John Ratcliffe

DEGREE REGULATIONS

Ph.D. Regulations:

Students entering in 2003 or after are covered by the Ph.D. Regulations for Students Admitted in 2003 or After.

Students entering in earlier years are covered by different regulations. Please contact the Director of Graduate Studies to obtain a copy of the appropriate regulations.

Master's Degree Regulations:

Regulations for the Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Science  (M.S.), and Master of Art in Teaching (M.A.T.) degrees are covered by Master's Degree in Mathematics.
 

EMPLOYMENT POLICIES

Absences:

Any absence from Vanderbilt that will affect your teaching requires permission from the chair of the department. You must provide the chair with information about who will be covering your teaching duties (including office hours) and your arrangements must be approved by the chair. These rules apply whether the absence is for personal or for professional reasons. They are the same rules that apply to faculty.

Absences for longer than a week will usually not be approved. Prolonged absences like this disrupt the continuity of your class, and can be detrimental to the education of your students, even if you make arrangements for other people to cover for you. As you should be aware, Vanderbilt is serious about the quality of education it provides, and such disruption must be avoided.

Additional Employment information:

Students receiving financial support from the university have a responsibility to ensure that their energy and attention are spent on their studies and the duties associated with their financial aid. Employment in other areas can serve as a distraction from this fundamental responsibility. Therefore, graduate students receiving financial support must obtain permission from the Director of Graduate Studies (acting on behalf of the chair of the department and of the Dean of the Graduate School) to engage in additional employment. Permission to work will depend on grades and (if appropriate) teaching evaluations.

Because of rules about what constitutes full-time employment, teaching assistants must do strictly less than 10 hours per week of extra work at Vanderbilt. This restriction does not apply to employment outside of Vanderbilt, but more than 10 hours per week of extra work is unlikely to be permitted except in special cases.

To request permission to engage in employment, fill in a Request for Permission to Work form, which can be downloaded from below or obtained from the Director of Graduate Studies.

DVI version of Request for Permission to Work.