Registration

Registration as a full-time student is required for each student receiving assistantship support. Full-time status is defined as:

Students holding fellowships, traineeships, or other awards based on academic excellence are required to carry 9 or more credits each semester and 5 or more during the summer session.

Each graduate student is required to register for each fall and spring semester until all degree requirements are completed. However, if all degree requirements (including thesis defense and thesis submission) are completed prior to the first day of classes of the semester in which the student will be graduating, then the student is not required to register for that semester. For example, if a student is planning to graduate at the end of fall semester, then all degree requirements (including thesis defense and thesis submission) must be completed prior to the first day of class or the student must register for the appropriate number of credits for the semester.

Courses that may be used to meet continuous registration requirements are:

NucE 600/610 If full-time status does not need to be maintained, the student should register for the appropriate number of thesis credits which accurately reflects the amount of research being done on the thesis (number of credits to be determined in consultation with student's advisor). NucE 600 is for students who will be on campus; NucE 610 is for students who will be off campus.

NucE 601/611 This special registration may be used only by Ph.D. students starting with the semester after the comprehensive examination is passed and only if the two-semester residence requirement has been met. If a student must maintain full-time status for an assistantship, fellowship, bank loan deferment, etc., NucE 601 would be an appropriate registration. NucE 611 is the appropriate course for a part-time Ph.D. student. To register for NucE 601, students must be devoting their efforts entirely to thesis research/writing (i.e. no courses). These courses do not carry academic credit. They only indicate the registration and the nature of the candidate's academic activity.

Effective Fall Semester 1997, the Graduate School approved a change in the 601 dissertation registration for post-comprehensive students wishing to take additional course work to broaden their programs. This change permits Ph.D. students to take 601 plus up to three (3) additional credits of course work for audit by paying only the dissertation fee of $810. Students wishing to take up to three (3) additional credits of course work for credit with the 601 registration may do so by paying a fee of $1,125. Enrolling for either three (3) credits for audit or credit will be the maximum a student may take along with 601 without special approval by the Graduate School.