Program Planning and Registration

Master's Thesis and Doctoral

Fall/Winter:
• 9 credits per term combination of courses and thesis - FT status

• One course is usually 3 credits
• Thesis (THES) 903 = 3 credits
• Thesis (THES) 906 = 6 credits
• Thesis (THES) 909 = 9 credits
• Thesis + courses = 9 credits

Spring/Summer:

• FGSR automatically registers thesis students in Thesis 906 for Spring and Summer Terms
• This maintains your full-time status and calculates the program fees for both terms

Thesis based students who are admitted and register full-time must register full-time for the remainder of their program (FGSR Graduate Program Manual; Section 6.10)


Master's: 2, 4 month terms of full time registration required; maximum of 4 years to complete

Doctoral: 2 years of full time registration required; maximum of 6 years to complete

• All program requirements (course work, candidacy exam, ethics requirement), other than the thesis, must be completed within three years of the commencement of a student's program.
• Doctoral students who have not met their program requirements within three years must apply for an extension. Visit Student Resources / Program Extensions for more informatio

Master's Course-based

Full time: minimum of 9 credits
Part time: 3 or 6 credits

• Can switch between full time and part time registration
• Minimum is one term of registration per calendar year (September 1 - August 31)
• Exception: full time registration is required to hold a Graduate Assistantship
• Maximum of 6 years to complete degree