Getting Started in Grad School: Welcome
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Getting Started in Graduate School
Self-Directed Tutorial
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Welcome and congratulations on your admission to graduate school at the University of Saskatchewan. You are about to embark on a challenging and exciting learning journey whether studying as a Certificate, Master's or PhD student. The Getting Started in Graduate School tutorial has been designed to guide you on your learning journey as you prepare to meet the challenges and expectations of your new graduate program.
The tutorial is meant to support all graduate students, including students who are entering their program directly from undergrad, students who are first in family to enter graduate school, students who are returning to studies after a personal or career break, mature students, and Canadian and international students.
By exploring this tutorial, you will be able to answer the following questions:
- how prepared do I feel at the start of my new program?
- what skills and habits can I develop to meet my academic goals?
- how can I navigate the norms and expectations of graduate school?
- what resources are available to support me?
- how can I make the most of this opportunity?
There are six modules associated with this tutorial, which relate to
- transitioning to graduate school,
- managing common challenges,
- developing the skills to help you succeed,
- building your research toolkit,
- navigating Canadian graduate school norms, and
- embracing opportunities.
Time Commitment: Each module should take less than 45 minutes to complete. Explore the modules that are of most interest to you.
Land Acknowledgement
As members of the scholarly community at the University of Saskatchewan, we acknowledge that we are on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis. We pay our respect to the First Nations and Métis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship with one another. We recognize that some may be completing this tutorial from other traditional Indigenous lands and ask that you take a moment to make your own Land Acknowledgement to the peoples of those lands. In doing so, we are actively participating in reconciliation as we navigate our time, learning and supporting each other.
Permissions and Acknowledgement
This module includes embedded documents, including images and videos, as well as links to websites and materials. Appropriate credit is provided as required of the individual licenses. If you use any of the second-party information used in the tutorial, please ensure to comply with the terms and conditions of use imposed by the owners or licensees of those materials.
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The tutorial itself is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 2.5 Canada License (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CA)
Please attribute this work to the University Library, University of Saskatchewan.
"Our Learning Charter." University of Saskatchewan. 2018. https://teaching.usask.ca/about/policies/learning-charter.php#OurLearningJourney.