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See the Graduate
Handbook for plan of study requirements.
Preparing the Plan of Study Electronically
Students filing their POS as of May 2002 should complete
their POS electronically. Access to the electronic POS
Generator (POSG) is via SSINFO. SSINFO can be found
at http://www.ssinfo.purdue.edu.
Information pertinent specifically to graduate students
is located under the Academic link, then the Graduate
School link. The Graduate School provides access to
the POSG. If you have never used SSINFO, click on the
Login button then click on the Page Help for information
on gaining access to the secure areas within SSINFO.
Once you have clicked on the Graduate School link within
SSINFO a new browser window will open with the
Graduate School links available to you. This browser
window is now separate from the SSINFO window.
To begin your plan of study, click on the POSG link,
then click on "Create new POS" link. Once
in the POSG, refer to the Help buttons located on each
page to assist you in using the electronic POSG. You
do not need to complete the entire form in one sitting;
you may save your POS and return to it later. You may
not bookmark any pages within the Graduate School
link. To return to the POSG you must login to SSINFO.
The POS must not contain the following courses: 549,
579, 648, 649, 679, 698, 699 or any duplicate coursework.
When you have completed your POS and feel it is ready
for review of your advisory committee, submit your plan
as a Draft. All plans of study must first be submitted
as Draft before you can submit your plan as a Final.
While your plan is in Draft status, review the information
with your advisory committee and your departmental coordinator
(Graduate Secretary) to ensure that it satisfies department
and Graduate School policies. Use your draft as a basis
to discuss your academic and research goals with your
advisory committee members. Once your entire committee
has verbally accepted your POS, return to the POSG and
submit your plan as "Final". The POS form
will be electronically routed, reviewed and, if approved,
signed by the departmental coordinator (Graduate secretary),
your advisory committee and the graduate school. You
may check the status of your plan at any time by returning
to the POSG and click on the Display Submitted POS link.
Once your POS has been approved by the Graduate School,
you should check it every semester to monitor your academic
degree progress.
The Plan of Study Deadline
The Plan of Study must be approved by the major professor
and the other advisory committee members and submitted
electronically by the 8th week of the spring semester
in the student's first year of study. Registration for
the third semester of study will not be permitted unless
the POS has been completed and accepted by the Graduate
School. Part-time graduate students (those registering
for seven hours or less in regular semesters and three
hours or less in summer school) must select the major
professor and file a Plan of Study by the end of the
semester in which the eighth graduate credit is earned.
Students who must take all prerequisite courses may
wait until the eighth week of the second fall semester
to submit the POS.
Alteration of the Plan of Study
Occasionally students find it necessary to change some
aspect of their POS. For example, a student may be unable
to enroll in a course listed on the POS because of a
schedule conflict or course cancellation. In other cases,
the student's program emphasis or professional interests
may change. In this case, some of the listed courses
are no longer appropriate. Sometimes, it may be necessary
to change the members of the advisory committee. To
make changes to your POS go again to SSINFO and file
an electronic change to the POS. Such changes must have
the approval of all members of the student's advisory
committee. The form is signed by the student, the major
professor, and the chair of the graduate committee,
and is transmitted to the Graduate School for approval
and filing. Each term the Graduate School announces
the deadline date after which no changes in the POS
can be made if the student is to receive a graduate
degree in that term.
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