Course Load

Full-time graduate students are those who enroll for nine or more credits each semester. Part-time graduate students are those who enroll for less than nine credits each semester.

Students who are employed full-time are encouraged to take only one or two courses per semester and must consult their faculty adviser before registering for three or more courses at any one time.

Courses numbered .500 and above require an average of three hours of outside preparation for each class hour.