Academic Policies

Minimum and Zero-hour Registration

Graduating students must register for at least one credit hour during the term they plan to graduate. Co-op Education students: minimum registration of one credit hour (at the student's classification level) must be charged for students registering for zero credit hours. Master's thesis program students must enroll in at least one thesis hour (XXX 6971) for each semester (without skipping a term) until they complete the thesis and graduate. This one hour of thesis does not constitute full-time graduate status unless that one credit hour (and completion of thesis) is the only requirement remaining and the student has filed an Intent to Graduate form.

Doctoral students who have passed candidacy and have begun doctoral dissertation hours (XXX 7980), must continue to enroll in at least three dissertation hours each term (without skipping a term) until they complete the dissertation and graduate. The three credit hours of doctoral dissertation (XXX 7980) will constitute full-time graduate status.