Table of Contents

Introduction

General Information

Registration Information

Program Procedures

Master's Degree

Ph.D. Degree

Appendices

Printable Version

Registration Information

1. Class schedules are available online under Quick Links. If you are registering for the first time in the Graduate School, see your temporary advisor and the DGS before classes start. Returning graduate students should meet with their advisory committee to discuss the schedule for the upcoming semester. Registration is available either online or in person at the One Stop Student Services Center (130 Coffey or 200 Fraser). Instructions are in the class schedule and a tutorial is available online. Courses open to undergraduates (primarily at the 4000 level or below) that require departmental or instructor approval must be processed through CBS Student Services, 223 Snyder Hall. Graduate level seminars (EEB 8980, EEB 8990) and Directed Studies/Research (EEB 8991, EEB 8994) are processed by the EEB Graduate Program Secretary in 100 Ecology.

If you failed to file your degree program or Thesis Proposal with the Graduate School on time, or if you have too many incomplete courses on your record, or if your progress is unsatisfactory, a hold may be placed on your registration, and you must take the appropriate action to clear it. See the class schedule for further information and contact the DGS.

2. You are required to register every Fall and Spring semester to maintain active status. If you do not, you are considered to have withdrawn, and you must seek re-admission to the Graduate School in order to resume work toward a degree, or take examinations, or file for graduation (see Maintaining Active Status). To get re-admitted, you need to pay a re-application fee to the Graduate School (currently $55).

The Graduate School has two registration options: active or full-time status. Full-time status is defined as 6 or more credits per semester. Students who are either Teaching or Research Assistants, or have loans to defer, or are on a foreign visa, or live in student housing must maintain full-time status (some fellowships also require full-time status). Advanced Master s and Doctoral candidates who have completed all their program coursework and required thesis credits (normally by the end of the Fall semester of their fourth year for Ph.D. students and by the end of their second year for Master s students), but are working full-time on the research or writing of their thesis can be certified as "full-time" students when registered for only one credit provided they work full time on their thesis; this registration option is called "Full-time Equivalent" (FTE).

Under special circumstances, Master s and Doctoral candidates who are not advanced students can register for fewer than six credits and be considered full-time status if "Special Graduate Assistant Registration" has been approved by the DGS. If a student solely needs to register to meet the Graduate School registration requirements and does not plan on taking any courses, a student can register for GRAD 0999 to maintain active status. This option provides a zero-credit, no-tuition registration mechanism and students in this category do not pay student services fees. This option is not available to international students who must be registered full-time every semester.

The EEB Department requires advanced Master s and Doctoral students whose tuition is paid through EEB departmental sources to register for the FTE one-credit option. Students in this category do not have to pay student services fees. However, they cannot take courses for credit during a semester where they register using the FTE options. If a student in this category still needs to take courses for credit, the student cannot register for this one-credit FTE option and must obtain prior approval of the DGS to register as a full time student (6-14 credits). Master s students should register for EEB 8333 and Ph.D. students for EEB 8444. You need to complete an application form each term you register for EEB 8333 or EEB 8444 (see: Procedures For FTE With One Credit For Advanced Graduate Students.

3. The University creates Internet accounts for all incoming students. Your account won't be usable until you "initiate" it by defining a password. Your Internet account gives you 50 hours per month of modem access, as well as 50MB of file storage space on a University server and 20MB which can be used for a personal Web Page (see: myU). Current students may download and use Symantec Antivirus on one personal computer. CD's of Symantec Antivirus are also available for $6.00, but again, can only be used on one personal computer per current student (see: Virus and AntiVirus Information).

4. Your e-mail box will remain active for a minimum of three semesters after the last term you registered. See Account Information for Graduating Students for more information.