Tuition is not awarded for registration in provisional courses. Tuition assistance may only be used towards courses on the student's study list. A full-time student may maintain a maximum of 20 assistantship hours per week during Fall and Winter. To receive an assistantship, students must be registered. The tables below reflects those hours that can be used to fulfill graduate requirements.
Specific courses depend on approval of the student's committee.
A Ph.D. student must spend at least the last three consecutive semesters as a full-time student. Spring and Summer term count as one semester. The primary purpose of the Ph.D. Qualifier is to determine if the student has the skills necessary to continue towards a Ph.D. degree. A Ph.D. student must pass one exam in the theory area and one exam in three other areas. The Exam must be taken in the semester 1 calendar year after admission to the PhD Program.