Graduate Studies
Top 10 Facts You Should Know
- Pre-registration is available to currently enrolled students.
Each semester, enrolled students are given the opportunity
to register approximately two months prior to the beginning of the
semester. Schedule
books are usually available in October for the Spring semester
and March for the Summer and Fall Semester. Registration instructions
are included in the class schedule book.
- You have ten days at the beginning of the semester to withdraw
from a regularly scheduled class without being assessed tuition.
You are allowed nine weeks into the semester to withdraw from
a course without academic penalty (you will receive a "W").
- Nine semester hours is considered full-time enrollment for a
graduate student. A full-time load in the summer is six semester
hours.
- Non-degree students are not eligible for financial aid nor are
they eligible to hold a graduate assistantship.
- You must notify the Graduate Office if you wish to apply to a
degree program or if you wish to change degree programs.
- Degree candidates are allowed a maximum number
of hours at the "C" level
or below. A graduate degree will not be awarded to a student who earns
grades of C or lower in more than six semester hours of graduate level
work in a program requiring 30 to 46 semester hours, or more than
nine semester hours of such work in a program which requires 47 or
more hours. No course for which a student
has received a grade of D or less may be used to
satisfy degree requirements.
- Degree candidates must file a degree plan after at least nine
semester hours and before the completion of fifteen semester hours.
- The work required for a graduate degree must be completed within
six consecutive calendar years.
- The student applies for graduation by the following dates: March 10 (Spring semester), June 10 (Summer session), October 10 (Fall semester).
- Plagiarism is serious business. Graduate
programs require a great deal of reading
and writing. Please
be aware that the University has
strict policies concerning academic dishonesty
and plagiarism.
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