If your enrollment is canceled, you must apply for re-admission. You must be registered for a minimum of 2 credit hours during the semester in which you take the masters comprehensive examination, the masters thesis defense, the Ph.D. qualifying exam, the Ph.D. comprehensive exam, or the Ph.D. dissertation defense. If you are not registered at the time the thesis or dissertation defense is scheduled, a special fee equivalent to two credit hours tuition must be paid in advance of the defense. If you are a foreign student in the United States on a student visa, you must be registered for 9 credit hours per semester, unless you have completed your course work. When you have completed your course work, you may register for fewer hours provided that the graduate coordinator has granted written approval, which must be submitted to the University International Student Office.
Exceptions require written departmental approval in advance.