General courses of The Graduate School are designated TGS. For further information regarding the courses described below, see the Master's Degree: Residency and Courses and Doctor of Philosophy: Coursework sections of this Web site.

Students registering for TGS 500, TGS 512, or TGS 513 should use CAESAR, the online registration system. Current students unable to register online may do so by e-mailing his or her TGS Student Services representative (See Contact Student Services Staff to find your assigned representative). Master’s Students may register for TGS 588 in The Graduate School office or by e-mail. In addition to TGS 588, students may register for one course but are required to pay tuition for that additional course registration. Information about deadlines and procedures for registration is available at The Graduate School office.

Doctoral students must register for eight quarters of full-tuition registration within their programs. Students who complete the requirements for the PhD in fewer than eight quarters, after all residency and course requirements are met, need only register for TGS 500 in those quarters between the completion of both residency and candidacy and the submission of the dissertation or if they are receiving aid from the University.

Curriculum

TGS 500 Advanced Doctoral Study (0)
Available to doctoral students who have completed the residency requirement of eight quarters of full-tuition registration within their program and are receiving aid from the University. Also appropriate for students receiving financial aid or on F-1 and J-1 visas. Provides full-time status, but is not a required registration.

TGS 509 International Student Institute (0)
Required for all international PhD students designated as International Summer Institute Fellows. Intensive instruction in English; immersion into American social and academic culture and life.

TGS 512 Continuous Registration (0)
Required for all students who are continuing in their degree programs and are not registered in program coursework or any other TGS course (500, 588,). This includes students away from campus or on leave for any reason (medical, family, research, etc.) and students who are unfunded (without any stipend or tuition scholarship).

TGS 513 Advanced Continuous Registration (0)
Doctoral students are expected to complete the degree before the end of the ninth year from the date of matriculation (and must be continuously registered from the time of matriculation to the time of completion). Students who have not finished by that time may continue to work towards completion but effective fall 2008 will be required to register in each of Fall, Winter, and Spring Quarter for TGS 513 and pay the corresponding tuition ($1000 per quarter).

TGS 588 Resident Master’s Study (0)
Available to master’s degree students who are receiving financial aid, wish to pursue research, use University facilities, or maintain F-1 or J-1 visa status. Requests for more than one TGS 588 registration will be reviewed by The Graduate School. Provides full-time status, but allows no accumulation of credit or residency toward the master’s degree.