A full-time graduate student in a regular semester is one who is carrying nine or more credit hours. Graduate assistants, teaching assistants and graduate hall directors are also considered full-time students. The Schedule of Classes contains comprehensive information concerning registration and billing for each semester.
Students are responsible for the payment of their bills.
Payments drawn on foreign banks must be converted to U.S. dollars prior to transmittal to the university. In this context, Donald E. Gardner Memorial Scholarship Fund loans are not considered student loans. With the approval of the executive vice president, students who are deficient in their accounts may be restricted from attending classes or may be forcibly withdrawn until satisfactory arrangements have been made for payment of their obligations to the university. Students failing to complete a thesis or dissertation after registering for six credit hours are required to register for additional hours of continuance credit during each semester, including summer session, until they have received their degrees. A person who registers to audit a course will pay the same tuition and fees as one who registers for credit.