Early Thesis Credits

ALL Graduate School students are required to register in the Graduate School every fall and spring term until they graduate in order to maintain active status.

Maintaining active status is required in order to participate in the University community as a Graduate School student. Participating in the University community includes registering for coursework, taking examinations, submitting milestone forms, and filing for graduation. Students not registered every fall and spring term are considered to have withdrawn; their Graduate School records are deactivated. Those who wish to resume graduate work must reapply and be readmitted to reactivate their status.

Information about maintaining active status and special registration categories for graduate and professional students is available at OneStop.

Early Thesis Credits 

Family Social Science Ph.D. students may register for doctoral thesis credits (FSoS 8888), prior to passing their preliminary oral examination, under the following conditions:

1. Ph.D. students may register for up to 6 thesis credits prior to passing the preliminary oral examination if: 

a. the adviser determines the student is research ready, and

b. the PhD checklist has been submitted and approved, and

c. the student has received adviser approval below and submitted this form to the Graduate Program Coordinator.

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2. If a student passes the preliminary oral exam within the first two weeks of any semester, permission to register for dissertation credits for that term will be granted. 

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Students may register for thesis credits the semester after they pass their preliminary oral examination without special approval. 


Students may apply to take early thesis credits by completing the Early Thesis Credit Registration Request form.