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Continuous Registration after Completion of the Comprehensive Examination
The student is required to register each semester after passing the doctoral comprehensive examination until the degree is awarded. If a student fails to register, he or she may not be readmitted to doctoral candidacy unless the readmission is approved by the adviser, the departmental executive, and the Graduate College dean.
All registrations should accurately reflect the amount and type of work undertaken, the use of University facilities, and the amount of consultation with the faculty. In order to maintain continuous registration, a doctoral student may register (1) for required and/or elective courses, research, and thesis hours to complete the plan of study, or (2) for Doctoral Continuous Registration (000:002). Doctoral Continuous Registration requires a 2 s.h. tuition and fees payment*. If a temporary lapse in a student’s academic program is required due to military service, medical leave, maternity leave, or personal/family leave, a student may petition the Graduate College to be allowed to register for Ph.D. Postcomprehensive Registration (000:000), which allows for the assessment of a special minimum fee.
Postcomprehensive Registration Petition Form
If a petition is granted, it is to be understood that a student will not make significant use of university resources, or engage in significant consultation with the faculty. Registration in a Guided Independent Study course or in a course for which tuition and fees are not assessed (Cooperative Education Internship, for example) will not satisfy the continuous registration requirement.
No registration for the summer or winter sessions is required when the student makes no use of University resources. The exceptions are when the student is taking a degree at the end of the summer session, or when enrollment is required by the student’s department.
Final Semester
The student must be enrolled in the Graduate College during the session in which the degree is to be conferred. In the final semester, doctoral students may register for Doctoral Final Registration (000:003), which requires a 2 s.h. tuition and fees payment, or appropriate course work. Master’s candidates may register for Master’s Final Registration (000:001), which requires a 2 s.h. tuition and fees payment, or appropriate course work. Both the Doctoral Final Registration and Master’s Final Registration may be repeated if the degree requirements are not completed in this session. Guided Independent Study course work, Ph.D. Postcomprehensive Registration (000:000) and courses for which tuition and fees are not assessed may not be used to satisfy the final registration requirement of the Graduate College.
Implementation of the revised Continuous Registration Policy will occur starting with the Fall 2003 Semester.