{"id":18964,"date":"2023-03-10T14:22:40","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T19:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/?page_id=18964"},"modified":"2026-04-03T14:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T18:33:05","slug":"university-policies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/university-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"University Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The authority on BU\u2019s academic policies is the <a href=\"HTTP:\/\/WWW.BU.EDU\/ACADEMICS\/POLICIES\/\">BU Bulletin Policy Section<\/a>. Similarly, the authority for student-life policies is the <a href=\"HTTP:\/\/WWW.BU.EDU\/DOS\/POLICIES\/LIFEBOOK\/\">Student Lifebook<\/a>. Some of the most relevant policies for graduate students are linked below for your convenience.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"_Toc488853153\"><\/a><a name=\"_Toc488853150\"><\/a><a name=\"_Toc489262191\"><\/a><a name=\"_Toc489262760\"><\/a><a name=\"_Toc523462030\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/academic-conduct-code\/\">Academic Conduct<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/childbirth-and-adoption-accommodation\/\">Childbirth &amp; Adoption Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/grs\/policies\/registration\/cross-registration\/\">Cross-Registration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ACADEMICS\/POLICIES\/disability-accommodation\/\">Disability Accommodation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/dissertation-work-outside-of-boston-university\/\">Dissertation Work outside BU<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/ACADEMICS\/POLICIES\/equal-opportunity-policy\">Equal Opportunity\/Affirmative Action Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/intellectual-property-policy\/\">Intellectual Property<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/international-travel-risk\/\">International Travel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/consensual-relationships-with-students\/\">Policy on Consensual Relationships with Students<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/sexual-misconduct-title-ix-hr\/\">Sexual Misconduct\/Title IX Policy<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/policies\/student-work-hours-for-employment\/\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/current-students\/phd-mfa-students\/transfer-credits\/\">Transfer Credits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/policies\/workplace-violence-prevention\/\">Workplace Violence Prevention Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/student-resources\/masters-handbook\/\">Back<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The authority on BU\u2019s academic policies is the BU Bulletin Policy Section. Similarly, the authority for student-life policies is the Student Lifebook. Some of the most relevant policies for graduate students are linked below for your convenience. Academic Conduct Childbirth &amp; Adoption Accommodation Cross-Registration Disability Accommodation Dissertation Work outside BU Equal Opportunity\/Affirmative Action Policy Intellectual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12328,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18964"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18964"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22339,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18964\/revisions\/22339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/earth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}