Student Handbook
The SPHHS Student Handbook is for the undergraduate and graduate students of the School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS). The Handbook describes the policies, procedures, and resources that are most important for SPHHS students. However, the University's Bulletins serve as a more complete source of information. If you are an undergraduate student, you should use this Handbook in tandem with the University's Undergraduate Bulletin. Graduate students should use it along with the University's Graduate Bulletin. Both Bulletins are available in print and on the web.
The SPHHS Student Handbook is available in two formats - printed and online. Click here for the Online Handbook, which is excerpted from selected portions of the printed Handbook. The online version includes:
- The Academic Calendar
- The Office of Faculty and Student Services - descriptions of student services offices, staff, and functions:
- Recruitment and Admissions
- Student Academic and Career Development Services
- Student Records
- BSPH and DrPH Student Services
- Your New Student "To-Do" List - how to:
- Get Advising
- Register for Courses
- Set up a gwu.edu Email Account
- Update your Contact Information
- Join the SPHHS Listserv
- Pay your Tuition
- Get a GW ID card
- Find your student mailbox
- Human Research Training Requirement
- Professional Enhancement Requirement
- Policies and Procedures:
- Guide to Student Rights and Responsibilities
- Appeal a Grade
- Keep in Touch with Your Advisor
- Procedures for Filing Petitions
- How to Take Courses at Other Institutions
- Maintain Your Enrollment Status
- International Students - Less Than Full-Time Status
- Grades of Incomplete
- Grades of In Progress
- Academic Standing - Undergraduate Students
- Academic Standing - Graduate Students
- Readmission
- Student Life, and Other Helpful Resources
- Banking
- Computer Labs
- Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area
- Counseling Center
- Emergency Loan Fund
- Jobs Databank - GWork
- Libraries
- Parking On or Near Campus
- SPHHS Student Organizations
- Writing Center
- University Student Services Offices
- Graduation and Beyond
- Preparing to Graduate!!
- SPHHS and GWU Alumni Associations
- Alumni Listserv
- Alumni Course Audit Program
For information from elsewhere in the Handbook, see About the School, Admissions, Academic Programs, and Courses and Registration.
The University reserves the right to change courses, programs, and fees, or to make other changes deemed necessary or desirable, giving advance notice of these changes when possible.
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