Graduate Registration

Students register using the University's information system. Graduate students need the following to access the registration system:

  1. Username or Eagle Number
  2. Password

Graduate students in degree programs must register each semester until they graduate. If you find that you cannot continue in the spring semester, you should apply for a leave of absence with your dean. You may completeÌýthe online Withdrawal/Leave of Absence Form found on the Academic Forms web page.

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Full-Time Enrollment Status

Graduate full-time enrollment is as follows:

  • Carroll School of Management—9 or more credits
  • Connell School of Nursing—9 or more credits
  • Graduate School of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences—9 or more credits
  • School of Social Work—9 or more credits
  • Law School—12 or more credits
  • Lynch School of Education and Human Development—9 or more credits
  • Clough School of Theology and Ministry—9 or more credits
  • Woods College of Advancing Studies—9 or more credits

All students are considered half-time with six credits.

Students completing degree requirements in their final semester may be given exceptions to the school’s minimum credit standard for full-time status by their academic dean.

The credit amount listed above is used to determine a student’s enrollment status for loan deferments, immunizations, medical insurance requirements, and verifications requested by other organizations.

Graduate schools may also define full-time status by a student’s course work or role responsibilities as listed below:

  • Students in the Law School may, in extraordinary circumstances and with the permission of the Dean for Academic Affairs, enroll inÌýfewer than 12 credits in a semester and be considered full-time.
  • All doctoral students in the Graduate School of the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences are full-time. Master's students are full-time if they are Graduate Assistants for academic departments, Teaching Fellows, Teaching Assistants, or Research Assistants.
  • All doctoral candidates in the Carroll School of Management are full-time. Master's candidates may be given exceptions to the school minimum credit standard for full-time status by their academic dean in exceptional situations.
  • Graduate students in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development are full-time if they are enrolled in: APSY7660, APSY7661, APSY7940, APSY7941, APSY7950, APSY7951, APSY8100, APSY8101, APSY9846, APSY9849, APSY9901, APSY9911, APSY9941, APSY9988, EDUC7420, EDUC7610, EDUC7901, EDUC8100, EDUC8101, EDUC9951, EDUC9988, ELHE7807, ELHE7900, ELHE7902, ELHE7952, ELHE8100, ELHE8101, ELHE9901, ELHE9911, ELHE9988, MESA8100, MESA8101, MESA9941. Doctoral students are considered full-time if they are Graduate Assistants for academi