The Principles of Graduate Study

The Principles of Graduate Study

  • Graduate coursework is more creative.
  • Graduate coursework is more self-directed.
  • Graduate coursework is more rigorous.
  • Graduate coursework is more attentive to epistemological issues.
  • Graduate coursework is more attentive to research.
  • Graduate coursework is more a community of learners, rather than merely a teacher-student relationship.
  • Graduate students give careful consideration to research, information, and bibliographic references.
  • Graduate learning is not just remembering information, it is constructing knowledge.

Graduate professors are actively engaged in research and learning.