Part Four: Miscellaneous Regulations

36. Residency Requirement (Imposed by the Graduate School)

In order to qualify for the PhD, a student must spend at least one academic year—either a Fall-Spring or a Spring-Fall sequence—in residence doing full-time graduate work at the University. A student does full-time graduate work in a semester only if they take a schedule of courses amounting to nine or more credits.

37. Statute of Limitations (Imposed by the Graduate School)

The Statute of Limitations (SOL) is the period within which all degree requirements must be completed. The SOL is set at six years for incoming doctoral students. A graduate student may be granted additional time to complete their degree program by the Graduate Dean provided the student's Graduate Program Director makes such a recommendation and provided satisfactory and reasonable progress is being made.