Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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Graduate Studies Deemed Hard Work Graduate School is tough. It takes a lot of drive and determination to complete a post-graduate or graduate de- gree. The requirements are often the hardest faced in life. But when all is said and done, a grad can look back upon it all and know just exactly what they are made of. ISU's School of Graduate Studies provides many students with the answers to these problems. With almost 150 fields of study and ten advanced degrees offered, the Graduate School offers something for many students. The school is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary School, and also many professional organiza- tions. Each year, men and women with Masters and Doctor- ates from ISU find careers in a multitude of areas. Each program has different requirement for both admis- from thirty-two to forty-eight semester hours for a Masters and approximately ninety hours for a doctorate. It can take anywhere from one to five years ior morel for completion. In addition, many students are able to find assistantships and fellowships within or outside of their field, as a means of paying for their education. After the four years or more of under-graduate work, many students find themselves looking for ways to contin- ue their education. For some, the need is practical. Going on with college means achieving their career goals. For others, it means more money. But either way, it usually involves attending Graduate School. K, by ROBERT L. PLOTT sion and completion of degree. The hours needed range a L Robert Flott waits in line while he anticipa tes receiving a masters degree in Eninsh. dock guys e I made ItD CRIS HERMANSON Graduate Studies 27

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Transfer Students Get A Slow Start Although they may look like the new kids on the block, they have seen streets like this before. You can identify them as the ones who rip their name tags off and trash their freshman orientation materials on the tour around campus. They're too brave to be freshmen, and too lost to be oldtimers. Who are they? There are roughly 3,000 transfer students at Indiana State University. Reasons for these changes in school range from grades to money to family problems. This isnit unique to Indiana State, every school has transfer students. After arriving at the new school, not only are they faced with the difficulty of finding friends, and getting used to unfamiliar places and teachers, but they also have to check out all of their transcripts. Transcripts are the number one difficulty with many transfer students. It begins when they walk into their adviser's office that first t'me. So you're a transfer student he says looking you over. ' Well let's see what we can do to help you. What is really going on here is that the adviser is trying to figure out if the new kid knows what's going on, in case he ithe adviserl screws tag and a freshman orientation packet. h by DAWN BLUE h Transfer Students 29