All students who have passed their comprehensive exam and who have satisfied the two-semester full-time residence requirement must register each fall and spring semester until graduation, with one exception. Summer session registration is required if either the Comprehensive or Final Oral Exam is taken after the first six-week summer session has begun. However, summer session registration is not required if the Final Oral Exam is taken prior to the first day of classes for the first six-week summer session. Also, a student must be registered in the semester that the Candidacy Exam is taken.

If, for compelling reasons, a Ph.D. student will not be in residence for an extended period then the senior associate dean of the Graduate School will consider a petition for a waiver of the continuous registration requirement. This petition must come from the doctoral committee chairperson and must carry the endorsement of the Program Chair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graduate Program in Acoustics, The Pennsylvania State University