The Catalog offers an overview of all the programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that offer graduate degrees, graduate minors, and certificates. The Catalog contains the general rules and regulations that govern graduate degree programs. These include policies established by the Graduate School for admission, course work, the awarding of degrees and certificates, and the general criteria governing satisfactory progress in a degree program.
The Admission and Financial Aid section includes Graduate School admission requirements and general information about financial aid services. The Graduate School section offers the official listing of available majors, degrees, certificate programs, dual graduate/professional degree programs, and Ph.D. minors. This section also contains official information about Graduate School policies and procedures. The longest section, Fields of Study, organized alphabetically by department/program, provides an overview of department and program features, contact information, current faculty listings, admission and degree requirements, and course descriptions. The most current and detailed information is available from the individual department and program offices.
The Graduate School's Academic Guidelines complements the Catalog and provides information about Graduate School academic and administrative policies and procedures. Copies are available from the academic departments, or on the Web at www.wisc.edu/grad/education/acadpolicy/introduction.html.
The Guide to Graduate Student Life, online at info.gradsch.wisc.edu/education/gsc/gradguide/index.html, written by the Graduate Student Collaborative, helps with nonacademic issues and offers advice about the university and community, from a student's perspective. The Graduate Student Collaborative, part of the Office of Graduate Student Professional Development, is located at 408 Bascom Hall, 262-0201, gsc@bascom.wisc.edu.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison provides a wide array of activities for graduate students designed to enrich their skills and prepare them for faculty and other professional careers. The Graduate School collaborates with numerous campus groups to develop activities aimed at strengthening a range of abilities, including effective teaching, peer mentoring, career development, and other skills related to graduate education.
Students are connected to campus resources through the professional development Web pages at www.grad.wisc.edu/gspd, and by GradLink@Madison, a monthly e-newsletter.
The McBurney Disability Resource Center provides academic support services (disability management advising, note-taking, sign language and oral interpreting, alternative testing, reader/taping services, access to large print and Braille materials, mobility assistance and access to adaptive technology); disability-related program access services (specialized orientation, registration and financial aid assistance, accessible parking, liaison to university, federal, state and community agencies, academic adjustments, physical access evaluation, advocacy, and in-service training for faculty and staff); and information and referral services. Students are encouraged to contact the center as early as possible to arrange for services and to contact their local Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR) office.
1305 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706
608/263-2741 (voice) or
608/263-6393 (TTY)
frontdesk@mcb.wisc.eduM
www.mcburney.wisc.edu
University Web sites useful to students are listed below. In addition, most department entries in this catalog provide Web site information.
www.wisc.edu
UW-Madison
my.wisc.edu/portal/index.jsp
My UW-Madison Student Portal
www.vip.wisc.edu
Visitor and Information Programs
www.grad.wisc.edu
Graduate School
www.wisc.edu/grad/catalog
Graduate School Catalog
registrar.wisc.edu
Registrar's Office and Timetable
www.wisc.edu/grad/education/acadpolicy/introduction.html
Graduate School Academic Guidelines
www.grad.wisc.edu/gsc
Graduate Student Collaborative
info.gradsch.wisc.edu/education/gsc/gradguide/index.html
Guide to Graduate Student Life
www.grad.wisc.edu/gspd
Graduate Student Professional Development
www.iss.wisc.edu
International Student Services (ISS)
www.wisc.edu/students
Offices of the Dean of Students
www.mcburney.wisc.edu
McBurney Disability Resource Center
www.finaid.wisc.edu
Office of Student Financial Services
www.doit.wisc.edu
Division of Information Technology (DoIT)
helpdesk.doit.wisc.edu
DoIT Help Desk
www.library.wisc.edu
Libraries
soo.studentorg.wisc.edu
Student Organization Office
www.cic.uiuc.edu
Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC)
www.union.wisc.edu
Wisconsin Union (Memorial Union,
Union South)
www.wisc.edu/writing
Writing Center
True learning requires free and open debate, civil discourse, and respect of many different individuals and ideas. We are preparing students to live and work in a world that speaks with many voices and from many cultures. Respect is not only essential to learning; it is an essential to be learned. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is built upon these values and will act vigorously to defend them. We will maintain an environment conducive to teaching and learning that is free from intimidation for all.
In its resolve to create this positive environment the UW-Madison will ensure compliance with federal and state laws protecting against discrimination. In addition the UW-Madison has adopted policies that both emphasize these existing protections and supplement them with protections against discrimination that are not available under either federal or state law.
Federal and state laws provide separate prohibitions against discrimination that is based on race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, or disability. State law additionally prohibits discrimination that is based on sexual orientation, arrest or conviction record, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, military status, or veteran status. The application of specific state prohibitions on discrimination may be influenced by an individual’s status as an employee or student.
Department of Defense personnel policies governing enlistment and commissioning of armed forces personnel and awarding of Reserve Officer Training Corps scholarships to UW-Madison students do discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation. The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and UW-Madison faculty, staff, and student governance groups have registered their strong opposition to this discrimination and urge the Department of Defense to change its policy.
University policies create additional protections that prohibit harassment on the basis of cultural background and ethnicity.
Inquiries concerning this policy may be directed to the appropriate campus admitting or employing unit or to the Office of Equity and Diversity (OED), 179A Bascom Hall, 500 Lincoln Drive, 263-2378 or TTY 263-2473.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA-CIHE), 30 North Lasalle Street, Suite 2400, Chicago, IL 60602, telephone 1-800-621-7440. The university, which was first accredited in 1913, has been a charter member of the Higher Learning Commission since the association's founding in 1895. UW-Madison was last reviewed by the Higher Learning Commission in April 1999 and is scheduled for a reaccreditation site visit in April 2009.