Special Student Information Sheet

Please Note: As a special student, you can take up to 12 credits before you must formally enter a program. It is up to you, the student, to initiate this process. Applications are available online at http://graded.sdsmt.edu/prospective/apply/ or in the graduate office, Mineral Industries Building Room 235.

Communication

• Read your e-mail regularly - "Mines"  email address see this link for set up instructions - http://partnerpage.google.com/mines.sdsmt.edu
• Graduate Education e-mail newsletter
• Numerous bulletin boards
• Ask questions

Catalog - http://catalog.sdsmt.edu

• Graduate section - http://catalog.sdsmt.edu/graduate-studies/
  
• General information and department information

Graduate Student support team

• Graduate Office staff
• Advisor
• Department chair/program coordinator and department secretary
• Graduate Guidance Committee

Grade requirements

• Minimum GPA 3.0 (B) on total transcript or probation
• C or better on courses 500 level or above or probation
• Any F or U results in immediate probation
• Any F must be retaken - cannot graduate with F on transcript

Continuing registration

• Must maintain minimum 2 credit hour registration continuously (every fall and spring semester) from enrollment to diploma release
• Includes summer session also if on campus

Assistantships - GRA/GTA

• Must be full time, degree-seeking graduate student
• Cannot receive if on probation
• Tuition reduction only if more than minimum stipend and enrolled full time
• Signed student contract is required

Helpful hint regarding paperwork:

Assume there is a required form for everything!
If in doubt, check with the Grad Office (MI 235, 394-2493).