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Enrollment and Registration

Official Graduate Catalog Entry: go to Catalog index

Students working toward advanced degrees are required to enroll in the Graduate School for courses that are part of their degree programs. In addition to fulfilling any prerequisite requirements, a graduate student may be required to take undergraduate courses that carry no graduate credit or to enroll in some courses as a hearer. Enrollment is expected to reflect the course work and research in which students are engaged.

Full-Time Enrollment Status

Without special permission of the vice provost/dean of the Graduate School, the maximum amount of credit hours to be taken in Graduate School is 16 each semester or nine for the summer session. Enrollment in nine hours in the fall and spring and four hours in the summer is considered full-time enrollment for graduate students.