Graduate Students Must Maintain Continuous Enrollment

IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGE
AFFECTING ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS
 
 
Effective with the Fall 2011 semester, university policy will require all graduate students to maintain continuous enrollment at the university through regular enrollment until the awarding of the degree.  Graduate students will no longer have the option to enroll in zero units (GS Continuation or GS 299C) to satisfy the continuous enrollment policy.  Instead, they must maintain continuous enrollment by enrolling in coursework each fall and spring semester, and in any summer term in which an application for graduation is filed.  Enrollment through Continuing and Global Education (Extension) may not be used to satisfy the continuous enrollment requirement.
 
Students who will be completing a project (298) or thesis (299) and have enrolled in all courses toward their degree, including project or thesis units, must maintain continuous enrollment by re-enrolling in project or thesis units each semester until the awarding of the degree.  Students who have other courses to register for after their initial enrollment in project or thesis must continue to enroll in project or thesis units in addition to the other courses they are taking.
 
Students who will be taking the Comprehensive Examination as their culminating experience must maintain enrollment by enrolling in a minimum of 1 unit of coursework each semester until the awarding of the degree.
 
Students who have not been enrolled through regular enrollment for a semester or more must reapply for admission to the university by April 1, 2011, in order to enroll in coursework for the Fall 2011 semester.  Those who fail to maintain continuous enrollment may be disqualified from their graduate program.
 
 
IMPORTANT NOTE:  The trustees of the California State University system have established fees for postbaccalaureate students of $1, 911.50 for 0-6 units, and $3,060.50 for 6 or more units.  Fees are subject to change.
 

References

Division of Graduate Studies Fresno State University

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