The candidate must fulfill all requirements for the degree
within a five-year period after admission to candidacy. If completion of requirements
is delayed beyond five years, a student may be required to take another preliminary
examination and be admitted to candidacy a second time.
All students in a graduate
program but not enrolled in classes by the Monday of the second week of the Fall
or the Spring semesters must be registered for 1 hour of 601. This hour will be
dropped if the student subsequently enrolls in a class that semester or is granted
a leave of absence by his/her graduate program by the 8th week of the semester.
Each program has its own policy of whether and when to grant leaves of absence.
Students on leave are not required to enroll in 601 for the period of leave but
a leave of absence does not affect the time-to-degree requirements. The requirement
of the 601 enrollment ends when a student passes the six years to complete a master's,
the five years of doctoral candidacy, or officially withdraws from a program or
graduates. Students who are granted extensions to these time limits would be covered
by this revised 601 policy. Summer sessions are exempt from the continuous enrollment
requirement.
Continuing Enrollment--601.
Registration in 601 (1 hour per semester) is required of all graduate students,
whether in residence or not, who are not otherwise enrolled for Fall or Spring semesters.
Concurrent registration in any other course is not permitted.
Students registering for 601 are
assessed only in-state tuition for the credit hour associated with the registration.
Since none of the other student fees are assessed for 601, the student is not eligible
for the benefits of any other programs such as Recreation Center use, Health Service
and Student Medical Benefits, Students' Attorney Program assistance, etc. Students
needing the above benefits that require fees may instead register for additional
research, thesis, or dissertation hours.
(Source: Adapted from
the 2000-2002 Graduate Catalog,
August 2002, 11 & 21.)
