Graduate School Enrollment Policy

"Students who have previously registered for thesis, dissertation, and/or Readings and Research must be continuously registered for a minimum of one graduate credit every subsequent semester, including summer, until completion of the degree"

What about students who originally plan to complete a thesis (and takes the thesis class), but then change to an alternative route? This can occur in programs that have both a thesis and a comprehensive exam track. In this case, shouldn't the student only be required to be registered during their final semester?

11.6: A student must be enrolled for a minimum of one graduate credit during the term of graduation, with one exception: A student who does not meet the deadlines for completing degree requirements, including thesis/dissertation defense and orals, but does complete all requirements, including approval of the thesis/dissertation by the Dean of Graduate School, before the first day of classes for the following semester, will not be required to register for the term in which the degree is awarded.

What about students that complete most degree requirements but have an incomplete in one course. Will they be required to enroll in one credit while finishing their incomplete requirements to graduate?

In the defined terms, in the definition for the 7000-level courses: “Instruction and evaluation are conducted by faculty with the highest level of academic preparation.”

But there is no mention of faculty preparation for the 5000/6000 level courses. 

11.2.  Students who have previously registered for thesis, dissertation, and/or Readings and Research must be continuously registered for a minimum of one graduate credit every subsequent semester, including summer, until completion of the degree. 

What happens if they don't?