Continuing Students

Division of Graduate Medical Sciences Policy

MA, MS, and PhD candidates who have completed all departmental course requirements must register each subsequent semester as continuing students until all requirements for the degree have been completed. Payment of the Continuing Student fee each semester entitles the student to appropriate access to and use of the libraries, research laboratories, academic staff, and other academic facilities of the University for the purpose of completing such requirements as examinations, research, and thesis or dissertation work. Continuing students who are PhD candidates are entitled to audit officially one course each semester without further tuition charge. Graduate courses at the 900 level may not be audited. A student who, in any semester, fails to register and has not been granted an official leave of absence will be considered a continuing student and will be charged the usual fee for such status. Failure to register for two consecutive regular semesters without having been granted an authorized leave of absence may result in termination of degree status.