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Faculty and Student Portals

GDR Faculty/Student Portal

  • Resources for Teaching and Advising
    • Syllabi Compliance
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    • Brightspace: Includes site for听Divinity/GDR Faculty Documents (Search information, GDR / Theology and Practice admissions, etc.)
      • After logging in to YES, you can search for all courses (i.e. divinity), for a particular course (i.e. DIV 2503), or for all courses taught by an instructor (with the advanced search, searching by last name).听 Faculty, please note that YES displays the course information specific to the course designation, so the online grading tool is the best way to see your complete class roll if a course is cross-listed.
  • Divinity/GDR Email Lists
  • Graduate Department of Religion
    • SLATE:听听听
    • 听(includes downloadable forms for dissertation and QE committees and directors)
    • GDR Policies
    • Website
    • Faculty
    • Graduate School
    • Catalog
        • Appoint or modify the Ph.D. committee
        • Schedule or modify the qualifying exam
        • Schedule or modify the dissertation defense
        • Extend deadline to enter candidacy (Qualifying Exam Extension)
        • Extend candidacy (to defend and graduate)
        • Submit the results of the qualifying exam
        • Submit the results of the dissertation defense
        • Minor Area Worksheet
        • Dissertation Proposal Worksheet
        • Qualifying Exam Worksheet
        • Intent to Graduate Form
        • Graduation Confirmation Form
        • Graduate School Conference Travel Grant
        • Dissertation Enhancement Grant Application
        • GLI Professional Development & Training Grants
  • Resources for Prospective Students
  • For newly admitted GDR students

    • Please see also the links below under General Information and Resources
  • General Information and Resources for Current Students and Faculty
      • GDR Website
      • GDR Program Guidelines
      • The Graduate School has implemented the new听听form听for PhD students. GDR PhD students use this link to听Appoint/Modify a PhD Committee, Schedule/Modify a Qualifying Exam, Schedule/Modify a Dissertation Defense, Extend Deadline to Enter Candidacy, Extend Candidacy, Submit the Results of the Qualifying Exam, or Submit the Results of the Dissertation Defense. User Guide links can be found on the听听webpage.
      • 听(links to Transfer Credit Worksheet, Request for graduate credit for an undergraduate/professional course, Permission to Audit, Request to Appoint or Change Adviser)
        Additional Departmental Forms: 听,听,听
      • GDR Faculty
      • Graduate School
      • 汤头条 Health and Wellness
      • ISSS (International Student Scholar Services)
      • 听(Login with VUNet ID and password required)
      • Student Employment
      • 听-To request a student be hired for on-campus work.听
      • 听(Help Desk, Software Store, etc.)
      • 汤头条 Student Accounts

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  • Registration, Courses, and Forms
    • 听After logging in to YES, you can search for all courses (i.e. REL), for a particular course (i.e. REL 2503), or for all courses taught by an instructor (with the advanced search, searching by last name).听 Faculty, please note that YES displays the course information specific to the course designation, so the online grading tool is the best way to see your complete class roll if a course is cross-listed.
    • The Graduate School has implemented the new听听form听for PhD students. GDR PhD students use this link to听Appoint/Modify a PhD Committee, Schedule/Modify a Qualifying Exam, Schedule/Modify a Dissertation Defense, Extend Deadline to Enter Candidacy, Extend Candidacy, Submit the Results of the Qualifying Exam, or Submit the Results of the Dissertation Defense. User Guide links can be found on the听听webpage.
    • 听*Includes links to Graduate School Request for graduate credit for an undergraduate or professional course, Request to Appoint or Change Adviser, Transfer Credit Worksheet, and Permission to audit
      Additional GDR Departmental Forms: 听,听,听,听
    • Students must now request Independent study and Reading or Directed study courses directly from their landing page in YES.
  • Dissertation and Thesis

    The dissertation proposal is a statement that aims to show the appropriateness, manageability, and significance of the projected research. It is presented for approval to the entire faculty of the Graduate Department of Religion. In writing the proposal the student is responsible for making a convincing case, at least in general terms, for the appropriateness, manageability, and significance of the project, and for doing so in language appropriate to the open forum of educated discourse. The proposal should deal with the following issues, though not necessarily in the order of their listing here:

    1. The subject matter. State the subject, and show (1) that the inquiry properly belongs within the jurisdiction of this department, and (2) that adequate direction for the project is available in the faculty.
    2. The historical background of the project. As briefly as possible place the inquiry in the context of earlier research on the subject or problem.
    3. The problem and its significance. Give a preliminary statement of the problem or thesis and show how the project has some promise of making a significant contribution to knowledge and/or understanding. At the minimum the proposal should map out a coherent line of inquiry; in some instances the research will be far enough along to state a thesis and show how, if it is confirmed, it will make a contribution to the discipline.
    4. Scope. Show that the projected inquiry is restricted enough to be manageable and large enough to be significant.
    5. Resources. Show that the resources necessary to carry out the project are available here at 汤头条 or accessible elsewhere.
    6. Method and procedure. The student should indicate that the competencies necessary for carrying through with the inquiry have been acquired and that the proposed method is adequate for the inquiry.

    The proposal should not be longer than three to four pages in length.

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  • Library

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  • Resources for Teaching and Advising
  • Teaching Fellowship and External Funding
  • Comprehensive GDR student listserv

    gdr_students@list.vanderbilt.edu

  • GDR Administration