Graduate

Graduate students are required to register themselves beginning with their first term/semester of enrollment, although assistance with registration is always available. 

Students may not register for more than 12 credit hours per term/semester. However, specific graduate programs may require students to enroll in additional credit hours as well as require enrollment in summer due to course sequencing. 

For those programs on a semester delivery, where 8-week course session options exist, students may not register for more than 2 8-week session courses in each of the 2 8-week sessions in a 16-week semester (Session I and Session II). For example, a student may register for 2 8-week courses in Session I (first 8-week session) and 2 8-week courses in Session II (second 8-week session) of a semester, but could not register for 3 8-week courses in Session I and 1 8-week session in Session II in a semester. Additionally, students should register for all courses, including first and second 8-week session offerings, before the semester begins. Planning and registering for courses early minimizes the risks of losing part or all of financial aid eligibility. Furthermore, international students selecting 8-week course session options must register for a first 8-week session and a second 8-week session before the start of the semester so they can be registered into the Student and Exchange Visitor Program database (SEVIS). Failure to register for both the first and second 8-week session will result in their I-20 being terminated for failure to enroll.

To ensure that courses are offered as scheduled, it is important that all students register promptly after the date registration becomes available for the upcoming term/semester (see Registration Start Dates). Waiting to register until the last minute before a term/semester starts may cause the cancellation of some courses that students need due to inadequate enrollment in the courses. Please register early to ensure courses run as scheduled. Additionally, students are strongly advised to review course projections (i.e., which term/semester each course is offered) and to plan accordingly.

Once accepted into a graduate program, students may not register for courses at the undergraduate level to satisfy graduate foundation requirements.

For information on registering an internship, refer to Internship Programs.