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Registration Registration Registration Requirements. All students must register each fall and spring semester and pay the requisite tuition and fees for each semester until all degree requirements are completed, unless this requirement is waived by an approved leave of absence granted by the dean. Failure to maintain continuous registration each fall and spring will result in administrative withdrawal from the university. Leave of Absence. Students who have been on leaves of absence and who intend to resume a degree program must give the department and the dean notice of this intention two months before the first day of the semester of their return. Doctoral students. Doctoral students must register for a total of 6 semesters of full tuition. For PhD students, approved transfer of an earned graduate degree may reduce the number of semesters of full tuition required for the degree to 5 semesters. After the 6 semesters of full tuition, doctoral students will be charged a reduced tuition. Specific course requirements for doctoral students are set by the degree-granting programs and departments. Students must be registered during the terms when they take qualifying, preliminary, and final examinations, and when they submit dissertations in final form to UMI/ProQuest and DukeSpace. Master’s students. Full-time master’s candidates must register for at least 9 units per semester until a minimum of 30 units of degree credit have been achieved (some programs require more than 30 units to obtain a degree). Full-time students can enroll for fewer than 9 units only during the final semester when they are completing the required degree credits in their program. A registration fee and “Continuation” registration for each semester are also required in all master’s programs. Approved transfer course work into a master’s program will not reduce the minimum registration of 30 units for a master’s degree at Duke University. Students must be registered during the terms when they take final examinations and submit their theses. Registration Periods. All students who are enrolled in the Graduate School and who have not been granted a leave of absence by the dean must register each fall and spring until all degree requirements are completed. New students will register immediately prior to the first day of classes in either term; continuing students register during the announced registration periods (set by the Registrar’s Office) in November and April. Late Registration. All students are expected to register at the times specified by the university. A late registration fee of $25 is charged to any student registering late, including a current student who delays registering until the registration date for new students. Auditing courses. Full-time students in any degree program may audit courses without charge during the fall and spring semesters, if this is acceptable to the faculty teaching these courses. Students should obtain faculty permission prior to registering to audit the class. If the student is not in full-time status, an audit fee is charged. Summer Registration. Students who are in residence at Duke University during the spring and who plan to enroll in courses in the summer session should have their course programs approved by their Director of Graduate Studies. Summer session students should register at announced times beginning with the February registration period and up to the Wednesday preceding the start of the appropriate term. Ph.D. students who are conducting research related to their degree and/or are receiving support through university fellowships during the summer session, but are not enrolled in any courses, are charged a reduced tuition. The university does not mail statements for summer session tuition and fees. All tuition and fees should be paid in the Office of the Bursar at least five full working days prior to the first day of class (see summer session calendar). Students who fail to register and pay all tuition and fees before this deadline will be assessed a penalty by the Bursar. Failure to pay tuition and fees by the end of the drop/add period will result in administrative withdrawal of the student. Summer session students may add a course or courses before or during the first three days of the term. Courses may also be dropped before and during the first three days, but a 20 percent tuition fee will be charged (1) if the course is not dropped before the first day, and (2) the dropped course(s) results in a total tuition reduction. Courses dropped after the third day of classes are not eligible for tuition refund. There is a fee associated with auditing courses during the summer session. Registration 43
Regulations General Academic Regulations Credits. The following regulations pertain to credits earned outside of Duke University Graduate School: Graduate Credit Earned before the AB Degree Is Granted. Ordinarily no credit will be allowed for graduate courses taken before a student has been awarded the AB or BS degree. However, an undergraduate student at Duke University, who at the beginning of the final semester lacks no more than three courses in order to fulfill the requirements of the bachelor’s degree, may apply for admission to the Graduate School for that final semester. If the student meets the requirements for admission, permission may be obtained from the dean of the Graduate School to enroll for graduate courses to bring the student’s total academic program to no more than four courses. While remaining registered as an undergraduate, the student must also register as a graduate student and pay tuition for any graduate courses to the Graduate School at the beginning of the semester in which graduate credit is to be earned in order for the courses to be credited toward a graduate degree program. Transfer of Graduate Credits. For master’s programs, the transfer of graduate credit does not reduce the required minimum registration of 30 units for a master’s degree at Duke. For PhD students, up to one semester of full-time tuition credit may be given if the student has completed a relevant graduate degree at another institution. No transfer credits will be awarded to those students who wish to receive a master’s degree en route to the PhD. Financial credit for the above programs will be given only after the student has completed one full-time semester in a degree-granting graduate program. For PhD students, departments may consider previous course work in determining further course requirements for the student—academic credit is distinct from financial credit or registration requirements for the PhD degree. Grades and Academic Standing. Grades in the Graduate School are as follows: A,B,C, F, and I. I (incomplete) indicates that some portion of the student’s work is lacking, for an acceptable reason, at the time the grades are reported. For students enrolled in the Graduate School, the instructor who gives an I for a course specifies the date by which the student must make up the deficiency. However, if a course is not completed within one calendar year from the date the course ended, the grade of I becomes permanent and may not be removed from the student’s record. The grade of Z indicates satisfactory progress at the end of the first semester of a two-semester course. For non-degree graduate students enrolled in the summer session, a temporary I for a course may be assigned after the student has submitted a written request. If the request is approved by the instructor of the course, then the student must satisfactorily complete the work prior to the last day of classes of the subsequent summer term. A grade of F in a major course normally occasions dismissal from a student’s degree program. In order to be certified as making satisfactory progress towards the degree, graduate students must maintain at least a 3.0 (B) cumulative grade point average. Students falling below this average jeopardize their continuation in the graduate program. To remain in good academic standing in a program, a student must also demonstrate satisfactory progress in research and related activities beyond coursework, as certified by the student’s Director of Graduate Studies. Degree programs may establish additional criteria that students must meet to remain in good academic standing. The university reserves the right to request the withdrawal of any student whose academic performance at any time is not satisfactory to the university. Matriculation by the student is a concession to this right. Reciprocal or Interinstitutional Agreements with Neighboring Universities. Under a plan of cooperation between Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University, and North Carolina State University, full-time students properly enrolled in the Graduate School of Duke University during the regular academic year, and paying full tuition to this institution, may be admitted to a maximum of two courses per semester at one of the other institutions in the cooperative plan. Under the same arrangement, students in the graduate schools in the neighboring institutions may be admitted to course work at Duke University. Credit so earned is not defined as transfer credit. To take advantage of this arrangement during either summer session term, the student registers for 3 units of credit at the home institution and 3 units of credit at the other institution, for a total of 6 units. All interinsti- Regulations 44
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