GDR Faculty/Student Portal

Resources for Prospective Students

• Information Request form
• Graduate Department of Religion Admissions Information - PhD and MA only (Important information regarding Test of English as a Foreign Language, GRE, application deadline, campus visits, etc.)
• Graduate Program Online Applications - PhD and MA only (NOTE:  Deadline for submitting an application in Religion is December 1st of each year.)
• FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) 

General Information and Resources for Current Students and Faculty

• GDR Website
• GDR Program Guidelines
• PhD Requirements - An Overview 
• M.A. Requirements - An Overview
• GDR Faculty
• Graduate School Academic Calendar
• Graduate School
  *Getting the Most Out of Your Program (links to Steps to Graduation, Intra-Term/End of Term Graduation Processing, Travel Grants, Departmental Contacts, Academic Services, Successful Student Practices, Vanderbilt Student Handbook, Graduate Catalog)
• Forms for Graduate Education (MA & PhD) (links to Transfer Credit Worksheet, Request for graduate credit for an undergraduate/professional course, Request for independent study, Permission to Audit, Request to appoint or change adviser, Request to appoint PhD committee, Request to change PhD committee)
  Additional Departmental Forms:  Qualifying Exam Worksheet, Dissertation Proposal, Minor Area Worksheet
• GDR Mentor/Mentee Guidelines
• Graduate Student Health and Wellness
• GDR Student Travel Grant Information and link to application
• HR
• ISSS (International Student Scholar Services)
• Oracle (Login with VUNet ID and password required)
• SLATE: Graduate Program Online Applications
• Student Employment
• T&P Student Travel Request Form
• Vanderbilt Information Technology (Help Desk, Software Store, etc.)
• Vanderbilt Student Accounts

Registration and Courses

• YES - Your Enrollment System - After logging in to YES, you can search for all courses (i.e. REL), for a particular course (i.e. REL 2503), or for all courses taught by an instructor (with the advanced search, searching by last name).  Faculty, please note that YES displays the course information specific to the course designation, so the online grading tool is the best way to see your complete class roll if a course is cross-listed.
• Forms for Graduate Education (MA & PhD) *Includes links to Request for graduate credit for an undergraduate or professional course, Request for independent study or readings course, and Permission to audit
  Additional Departmental Forms:  Qualifying Exam Worksheet, Dissertation Proposal, Minor Area Worksheet, Request for Incomplete

Dissertation and Thesis

• VIREO (Login with VUNet ID and password required)
• Thesis and Dissertation Guidelines
• Thesis and Dissertation Formatting
• Intra-term Degree Conferral Information (including application)

Library

Divinity Library | Heard Library

• Britannica (on campus, off campus)
• Proquest
• JSTOR
• Ex Libris Discovery
• ILL
• Place Items on Reserve | E - Reserves

Resources for Teaching and Advising

• BrightSpace (Login with VUNet ID and password required)
  * On-Demand BrightSpace Resources for instructors
• GDR Mentor/Mentee Guidelines
• YES - Your Enrollment Services (Login with VUNet ID and password required)