Students register for classes through the Registrar’s website during their assigned access periods every semester.
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Database of Course Syllabi and Instructor CVs for the past two years from across the university. These are mainly undergraduate syllabi.
Course Loads
Full-time registration for graduate students is 9 hours in fall, 9 hours in spring, 3 hours in summer. Students are not required to
Summer Registration Requirements
- Students must register in the summer to maintain full-time student status
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- if they are receiving Academic Employment, such as a Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA) or Teaching Assistantship (TA).
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- must register
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- in the summer to maintain full-time student status if they are receiving
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- a fellowship.
- Summer registration for all students may be whole semester or half semester. If the student has an academic position (e.g. GRA) or a fellowship, and the student would like to register for a second-session course, the student should still register during the spring registration period. The student should also contact the Graduate Program Coordinator who can contact the appropriate sources in the graduate school so that the student is not penalized or unable to be appointed. A student must be registered for fellowship money to be dispersed; if the student waits until the second session to register, their fellowship will not be dispersed until the second session registration is complete.
- If a student is going on a department-approved internship, and they will not have academic employment during the internship, they do not have to register for summer tuition. International students must officially complete the CPT process; instructions are available on the internship link.
- Continuous registration in dissertation hours is not required for summer session, only long semesters.
- If a student registers for more than 3 total hours during the summer, they are responsible for tuition costs.
Continuous Registration
If the student has been admitted to candidacy for a doctoral degree, registration in the dissertation course, CHE *99W, must be registered for continuously during the spring and fall semesters until the degree is completed. A minimum of 3 dissertation credits are required each long semester (fall and spring). The student may register for courses in addition to dissertation credits. For example, a third-year student past candidacy might register for CHE 399W Research, CHE 185 Seminar, CHE 285 Research, and CHE 398T Supervised Teaching.
Employment Waivers
GRAs and TAs should request an employment tuition waiver every semester they are appointed as a GRA/TA. This will waive the out-of-state portion of their tuition bill for that semester, based on their employment status.
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You will also need to be registered for 9 credit hours. You can fix your spring registration beginning mid-January. Find the specific date on the Academic Calendar: https://registrar.utexas.edu/calendars. The registration system is closed until mid-January, so no one, not even the magical graduate coordinator, can fix your registration before the mid-January date. Note that the registration system is open all day the first day registration opens in January, but following days have limited hours. You can check your registration hours here: https://registrar.utexas.edu/students/registration/before/ristime with your Registration Information Sheet.
You may also need to pay any remaining fees. Everyone has different amounts, so I can’t give a blanket statement on fees here, but it shouldn’t be more than a few hundred dollars. If your fees are more than a few hundred dollars, ask the graduate coordinator before you pay out of pocket.
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A. As soon as possible! It will be complete before the deadline. Reminder, you may need to complete a tuition waiver: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/acct/fb/waivers/rte_request.WBX. Please be kind to staff who make tuition payments. Note that payments frequently cannot be made until days before the deadline.