Policies
The policies listed below represent variations or additional stipulations affecting certain general University policies. Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations of the University and their school or college of enrollment.
About Graduate Medical Sciences Policies
The general regulations concern all graduate students in Graduate Medical Sciences at BU Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Each student is responsible for becoming familiar with the general GMS regulations and the more specific requirements of the individual departments or programs, which may supplement GMS regulations.
Registration and Attendance
- Absence for Religious Reasons
- Adding or Dropping a Course
- Attendance
- Childbirth and Adoption Accommodation for Full-time PhD Students
- Cross-Registration
- Emergency Closing Procedures
- Minimum Technical Standards
- Payment of Student Accounts
- Readmission to a Degree Program
- Registration
- Suspension or Dismissal
- Leave of Absence, Withdrawal, and Reinstatement
Course, Grade, and Degree Policies
- Academic Progress and Graduation
- Auditing Courses
- Continuing Students
- Declaring or Changing a Concentration/Major
- Degree Requirements
- Directed Study or Research
- Examinations
- Faculty and Research Advisors
- Grades and Course Units
- Graduation Calendar
- Incomplete Coursework and Failing Grades
- Summer Term
- Transfer of Units
- Transfer Between Departments/Programs
Student Records
- Identification Cards and Numbers
- Name and Address Changes
- Physical Examination and Immunization Requirements
- Student Work Hours for Employment at Boston University
- Transcripts
