Graduate Handbook 2023-2024

Student Expectations and Standards

At Rochester University, graduate programs require a high caliber of student work that is characterized by: 

  1. Advanced proficiency and practice of the discipline’s knowledge, methodology, and  skills,

  2. A deep understanding and application of the theory of the discipline,

  3. Collaborative thinking and work,

  4. Integration or advancement of the current literature or state of the art discipline through  theoretical or professional research, and

  5. Effective articulation of the discipline.