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Virtual Front Desk

Speak live with a member of our front desk staff聽Monday-Friday 3:30-5:00pm EST聽for general questions.听

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Meet with your Advisor

Advisors are holding Express Advising October 14-25 for Spring Registration. Appointments are avaialble through Oct 11, then resume Oct 28.

Announcements & Deadlines

  • Spring 2025 registration begins for MA students October 22. For SIS registration resources for current students: click 聽(via Canvas).听

  • The next Tool of Research (TOR) Exam will be held Saturday, October 19.听Register here. The next Economics Placement Exam聽will be held October 8-12. .听聽

  • For important announcements and deadlines review the most recent .

Frequently Asked Questions

All internships (both non/0-credit and for-credit) require additional registration processes and are not registered in Eagle Service. Non-credit internships are used solely to fulfill the Professional Experience requirement. Internships for academic credit can fulfill the Professional Experience requirement and may be counted towards academic program requirements (e.g. elective). All students registering internships for academic credit are required to participate in an online internship course.

Registration deadlines are listed on the University Academic Calendar and are also sent to students in the Graduate Advising weekly bulletin. Tuition charged for for-credit internships is the same as the normal tuition rate. There is no cost for non-credit internships.

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SRPs, theses and independent studies require additional registration processes and are not registered in Eagle Service. While the basic registration process for these projects is the same, you will be asked to provide supplemental materials specific to each type of registration to both your academic advisor and faculty advisor(s) for the project.

Registration deadlines are listed on the University Academic Calendar and are also sent to students in the Graduate Advising weekly bulletin.

Find out more about SRP registration.

SIS graduate students are required to demonstrate that they have professional experience relevant to their degree program prior to graduation. Students may fulfill this requirement by either demonstrating that they have prior/current professional experience or previous internship experience, or by completing an internship during their MA program.

Students fulfilling the professional experience requirement based on an internship completed during their MA program must register the internship for either academic credit or no-credit for the semester in which the internship is completed.

Students fulfilling the Professional Experience requirement based on prior/current professional experience or internships completed prior to enrollment must submit to their advisor the Professional Experience Certification form.

SIS graduate students are required to demonstrate intermediate reading proficiency in a language other than English. Most students fulfill this requirement by passing the free Tool of Research language exam. For more information about the TOR exam, and other ways to fulfill this requirement, click here. Find out more about the Tool of Research language requirement.