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19 August 1997
University students register for each semester and summer session either through the Texas Enrollment Exchange telephone registration system (TEX) or through the registrar's on-line services (ROSE). Complete information about the registration process is given in the Course Schedule.
Registration for New Graduate Students
Applicants are notified by mail of their admission or denial. Admitted applicants should notify their graduate advisers as soon as possible whether they plan to accept admission. Either in an interview or by correspondence, the admitted applicant should then learn the specific requirements of his or her graduate program. Students should consult the Course Schedule to learn whether preregistration advising is required in their major area.
Late Registration
The period of late registration is given in the Course Schedule. During this period, a student may register with the consent of the graduate adviser; a late fee is imposed. After this period, registration is permitted only under exceptional circumstances, upon recommendation of the graduate adviser, and with consent of the graduate dean and the registrar.
Registration for Continuing Graduate Students
Continuing graduate students should consult the Course Schedule to learn whether advising is required in their major area.
Registration in the Graduate School beyond the first semester or summer session depends on satisfactory progress in fulfilling any admission conditions that were imposed, meeting any requirements made in writing by the Graduate Studies Committee, and maintaining a grade point average of at least 3.00 for all upper-division and graduate courses. For further information about grade requirements, see the section Graduate Credit.
Course Load
Maximum Course Load
The maximum course load for a graduate student is fifteen semester hours in a long-session semester or twelve semester hours in a twelve-week summer session. A heavier course load must have the recommendation of the graduate adviser and the approval of the graduate dean. It is permitted only under exceptional circumstances.
Full-Time Course Load
The Graduate School recognizes nine semester hours during a long-session semester and six hours during a summer session as a minimum full-time course load. Individual graduate programs may require more.
Under various circumstances, graduate students must be registered for and must remain registered for a full-time load, defined as follows:
Holders of Graduate School-administered fellowships and scholarships: Nine hours each semester and six hours in the summer session (in any combination of summer-session terms).
Assistant instructors, teaching assistants, assistants (graduate), and graduate research assistants: Nine hours each semester.
Students living in University housing or receiving certain student loans: Nine hours each semester and three hours each summer-session term. A student enrolled in whole-session courses in the summer must be registered for at least six hours.
International students: Nine hours each semester. An international student must consult with the International Office and must have the written permission of his or her dean to take fewer than nine hours. No minimum load is required in the summer. Courses in English as a second language do not carry University credit, but each course is considered the equivalent of a three-hour course for purposes of the course load requirement.
Agencies that grant loans or provide for educational funding may establish different definitions of full-time status. The student should be familiar with the regulations of any agency to which he or she has an obligation.
Ordinarily, students must be registered for the semester in which they graduate
and must apply for graduation by the deadline published in the academic calendar. There are no exceptions to this policy for fall semester and spring semester graduation; if a student completes all degree requirements but misses the deadline for acceptance of the thesis, report, dissertation, or treatise, then he or she must register and pay tuition and fees the following semester or summer session in order to receive the degree.
An exception is made for students who apply to graduate in the summer session but miss the deadline for acceptance of the thesis, report, dissertation, or treatise. In this case, the student will be registered in absentia, only for the purpose of receiving the degree, by degree evaluators in the Student Services Division of the Office of Graduate Studies. The thesis, report, dissertation, or treatise must be accepted by the deadline for in absentia registration, which falls before the beginning of the following fall semester. The fee for in absentia registration is $25. The student will be registered in absentia only once.
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Contents
Chapter 1: Graduate Study
Chapter 2: Admission and Registration
Chapter 3: Degree Requirements
Chapter 4: Fields of Study
Chapter 5: Members of Graduate Studies Committees
Appendix: Course Abbreviations
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