Students must be registered for at least three hours per quarter, exclusive of summer quarter, in order to remain in a graduate degree program. Students who do not remain continually registered and who have not already filed an approved leave of absence will automatically be dropped from the degree program. Students must be registered for at least three credit hours during the quarter of the student's thesis defense.
Normally, nine credit hours per quarter are considered a full load for graduate students. Students being supported via research or teaching assistantships who wish to receive tuition waivers must register for between nine and twelve hours per quarter, as described above.