The minimum registration requirements for graduate students per semester, including the seminar requirement (if applicable) and research credits are as follows:

• Eight credit hours is required to be full-time for all students (US citizens, permanent residents, International students, or students holding a 50 percent Graduate Associate position)

  • Four credit hours is considered full-time for students who hold a 50 percent Graduate Associate position during the Summer term

• 12 credit hours is required for to be full-time for all Fellowship students (i.e., university fellowships or other fellowships and scholarships eligible for a fee authorization)

  • Six credit hours is considered full-time for Fellowship students during the Summer term

• Three credit hours is the minimum required in the expected semester of graduation.

  • GA's and Fellows must still register for the minimum number of hours required to maintain their appointment (see 1 and 2 above).

• Three credit hours is required to be full-time for all students admitted to candidacy (i.e. passed the Candidacy Exam)

  • Students who start their doctoral studies Autumn Quarter 2008 or later are required to register for at least three credit hours during the autumn and spring semesters following admission to Candidacy.  Any student who does not register for at least three credit hours will not be allowed to continue on in the doctoral program until reinstated (Section VII.8, Graduate School Handbook).

The maximum number of hours permitted by the Registrar’s Office is 18 credit hours per semester or eight credit hours in summer session or four credit hours in May session.