Integrative Biology Graduate Program Handbook-Enrollment

Enrollment

• Enrollment
  • Enrollment Requirements
  • Auditing Courses 
  • Continuous Enrollment 
  • Residence for Tuition Purposes
  • Transfer of Graduate Work from Other Institutions 

Enrollment Requirements

The Graduate School considers full-time enrollment to be 8-15 graded credits taken at 300 or above, excluding pass/fail and audit, during the fall and spring semesters, and 4-12 credits during the summer term. If students 12 elect not to enroll as full-time students as defined by the Graduate School, they are responsible for knowing about possible obligations that may require full-time status. Such obligations may include visa eligibility, fellowships, assistantships, financial aid, external funding agencies, and program satisfactory progress requirements. For more information on minimum credit requirements visit: https://grad.wisc.edu/documents/enrollment-requirements/

For master’s students entering the Department of Integrative Biology before the Fall 2014 semester, a minimum of 18 graduate credits is required: 6 must be earned in formal courses (other than research / seminars / conferences). Of the 18 credits, 14 (research and seminars included) must be taken in the department.

For master’s students entering the Department of Integrative Biology during or after the Fall 2014 semester, a minimum of 30 graduate credits is required. Of the 30 credits, 16 credits must come from the department specific courses listed in the Timeline for Satisfactory Progress.

For Ph.D. students entering Department of Integrative Biology before the Fall 2014 semester, there are no minimum degree requirements for a Ph.D., but dissertator status will not be granted until after 32 credits have been completed. 

For Ph.D. students entering the Department of Integrative Biology during or after the Fall 2014 semester, 51 credits must be completed to earn a Ph.D. Of those 51 credits, at least 26 credits must come from the department specific courses listed in the Timeline for Satisfactory Progress.

Auditing Courses 

Continuous Enrollment 

Graduate School policy on Auditing Courses may be found at https://grad.wisc.edu/documents/auditing-courses/

Auditing Courses 

Transfer of Graduate Work from Other Institutions 

Graduate School policy on Continuous Enrollment may be found at https://policy.wisc.edu/library/UW-1204

Residency is used to determine tuition rates on campus. The details of the Graduate School Residency for Tuition Purposes can be found here as well as the full Registrar’s Office policy. https://registrar.wisc.edu/residence/

MS Students

For those students with MS degree coursework from another institution, the committee may choose to count up to 14 credits of coursework from another institution. Typically, committees will choose to cap graduate coursework from another institution at a lower level than 14 credits, but this is a committee decision to be made on a case-by- case basis. Major advisors must sign off on credits and inform the Graduate Program Manager that outside credits intend to be used so the Graduate Manager can notify the Graduate School. Course work earned five or more years prior to admission to a master’s degree is not allowed to satisfy requirements.

PhD Students

With committee approval, students are allowed to count no more than 19 credits of graduate coursework from other institutions to complete their minimum PhD credit requirements. Coursework earned ten years or more prior to admission to a doctoral degree is not allowed to satisfy requirements. Typically, committees will choose to cap coursework from another institution at a lower level than 19 credits, but this is a committee decision to be made on a case-by-case basis. The student must first complete 32 residence requirements and any other requirements in preparation of dissertator status before transferring credits. Major advisors must sign off on 13 credits and inform the Graduate Program Manager that outside credits intend to be used so the Graduate Manager can notify the Graduate School.

Graduate School policy on Transfer of Graduate Work from Other Institutions may be found at: https://grad.wisc.edu/documents/transfer-of-graduate-work-from-other-institutions/