Residency Requirements:
The formal residency can be met in 2 ways. This residency requirement must be fulfilled before comprehensive examinations can take place.
- Enrollment in two consecutive semesters following one of the three patterns outlined below:
- Spring enrollment of 9 credit hours and fall enrollment of 9 credit hours;
- Spring enrollment of 9 credit hours and summer enrollment of 6 credit hours;
- Summer enrollment of 6 credit hours and fall enrollment of 9 credit hours.
- Students who hold a 50% Graduate Assistant, Graduate Teaching Assistant, or a Graduate Research Assistant (GA/GTA/GRA) during residency, need to enroll in two consecutive semesters following one of the three patterns outlined below*:
- Spring enrollment of 6 credit hours and fall enrollment of 6 credit hours;
- Spring enrollment of 6 credit hours and summer enrollment of 3 credit hours;
- Summer enrollment of 3 credit hours and fall enrollment of 6 credit hours.