Course Load

Full-time graduate students in the School of Computing are ordinarily requested to register for 12 hours, which includes regular courses, seminars, and research credits as appropriate. This is especially the case for students being supported via research or teaching assistantships.

Graduate School policy dictates that a graduate student who receives a full tuition waiver during any semester in which he or she holds an assistantship, fellowship or traineeship is required to register for at least nine semester hours, including thesis research and seminars.

All teaching assistants, as well as students receiving fellowship or traineeships stipends, are required to register for CS 6930 (Computer Science Seminar).

Students must be registered for at least three hours per semester, exclusive of summer semester, in order to remain in a graduate degree program. Students who do not maintain continuous registration and who have not been granted a leave of absence by the Graduate School are subject to being discharged from the degree program.

Students must be registered for at least three semester hours during the semester of the student's thesis defense. Once a student has passed the thesis defense, the student does not have to register the next term if within the 90-day period to turn in the final thesis.

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