A request for transfer credit must be made at the time of application for graduate student status. Transfer credits are not calculated in the student's grade point average but will count toward overall credit requirements for the degree. Transfer credits do not count in the satisfaction of residency requirements. A graduate student who wishes to take courses at another institution and transfer them to his or her degree work at the Institute must obtain prior permission from the appropriate departmental officer or dean. Thesis requirements Included as part of the total credit-hour requirement may be a research, dissertation, thesis or project requirement as specified by each department.
Some departments have other requirements in place of a thesis.
The amount of credit the student is to receive must be determined by the time of registration for that quarter. Once work has begun on a thesis, project or dissertation, it is seen as a continuous process until all requirements are completed. This course costs the equivalent of one quarter credit hour, although it earns no credit. The dissertation is required only of Ph.D. students. With payment of appropriate user fees, access to theStudent Life Center and Student Health Center is also preserved.