Printable VPA Graduate Student Handbook [PDF 608KB]
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Welcome to Syracuse University
Dear Graduate Student:
Welcome to the College of Visual and Performing Arts, the home college of your degree program at Syracuse University, YOUR college. The Office of Research, Graduate Studies, and Internationalization provides you with additional resources so you can successfully navigate through the graduate school world. While you have been assigned a faculty advisor in your department, this office exists to provide any additional support you may need. We can offer targeted answers to some of your questions or direct you to appropriate administrative offices when the scope of your need is beyond our capacity.
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The College of Visual and Performing Arts is comprised of the School of Art, Department of Transmedia Film and Media Arts, Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, School of Design, the Setnor School of Music, and the Department of Drama.
The School of Art is located in the Shaffer Art Building and the Comstock Art Facility. The The Department of Transmedia Film and Media Arts is located in the Shaffer Art Building.
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This policy is consistent with the University’s strong commitment to academic freedom and to social interaction between faculty members and students. Both inside and outside the classroom, the University welcomes discussion of controversial subjects and expression of ideas with which some or most members of the community strongly disagree.
Appendix
Grading Chart
Grade | Points per Grade |
A | 4.0 |
A– | 3.667 |
B+ | 3.333 |
B | 3.0 |
B– | 2.667 |
C+ | 2.333 |
C | 2.0 |
C– | 1.667 |
* | The grade of D may not be assigned to graduate students |
F | 0 |
Grade | Meaning | Grade Points per Credit |
AU | Audit | Not counted No credits earned |
I | Incomplete | 0 |
NA | Did not attend and did not withdraw | Not counted |
NR | Not Required | Not counted |
P | Passing | Not counted |
RM | Remedial | Not counted |
V | Variable length course–grade not yet due | Not counted |
WD | Withdrew | Not counted |