Graduate Student Credit Loads

Graduate students enrolled for a 16-week term will be considered full-time if registered for nine or more semester credit hours. In the case of shorter terms, this basis will be pro-rated according to the length of the term, e.g., for an eight-week term, a full-time student must be enrolled for at least 5 semester credit hours. Quantitative determinations of part-time status are based on the ratio of hours taken to full-time hours. For example, for a normal 16-week term, half-time status would be five semester credit hours; and for an eight-week term, half-time status would be three semester credit hours.

For graduate students taking English as a Second Language (ESL) courses, one ESL course will be considered equivalent to three academic credit hours in determining full-time status. Students taking a combination of ESL and academic courses may not enroll for a combined total of more than five courses in any one term. Any exception to this policy requires the approval of the Office of the Graduate Programs.

For graduate students taking undergraduate courses, full-time status will be determined without regard to the level of the course (one undergraduate hour equals one graduate hour).

Any student enrolled for a minimum of 3-credits in a designated full-load course will be considered full-time by Florida Tech. Please note students should confirm with their advisors, ISSS and/or Financial Aid if only a 3-hour registration in one of these courses meets their needs. Please also confirm that such registration meets the registration requirements of any other agency that may impose minimum registration requirements on students.

Full-Load Courses

Course	Course Number	Description
AEE	5999	Thesis
AEE	6999	Dissertation
AHF	5999	Thesis Research
AVM	5199	Advanced Aviation Management Internship
AVM	5999	Thesis
AVS	5999	Thesis
AVS	6900	Research Practicum
AVS	6999	Dissertation
BEH	5025	Intensive Practicum in Professional Behavior Analysis
BEH	5026	Practicum in Professional Behavior Analysis
BEH	5250	Intensive Practical Training in Applied Behavior Analysis
BEH	5251	Intensive Practical Training in Behavior Analysis
BEH	5261	Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork 1
BEH	5262	Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork 2
BEH	5263	Concentrated Supervised Fieldwork 3
BEH	5290	Capstone Project in Applied Behavior Analysis
BEH	5490	Capstone Project in Organizational Behavior Management
BEH	5999	Thesis
BEH	6999	Dissertation in Behavior Analysis
BIO	5537	Applied Biotechnology
BIO	5995	Biological Research
BIO	5997	Industrial Internship
BIO	5999	Thesis
BIO	6999	Dissertation
BME	5999	Thesis
BME	6990	Research in Biomedical Engineering
BME	6999	Dissertation
BUS	5999	Thesis
BUS	6999	Dissertation
CHE	5998	Graduate Project in Chemical Engineering
CHE	5999	Thesis
CHE	6990	Research in Chemical Engineering
CHE	6999	Dissertation in Chemical Engineering
CHM	5095	Chemical Research Projects
CHM	5999	Thesis
CHM	6095	Chemical Research
CHM	6999	Dissertation
CIS	5999	Thesis
COM	5990	Design Project
COM	5999	Thesis
CSE	5999	Thesis
CSE	6990	Research in Computer Science
CSE	6999	Dissertation
CVE	5095	Special Projects in Civil Engineering
CVE	5999	Thesis Research
CVE	6991	Research in Civil Engineering
CVE	6999	Dissertation
CYB	5999	Thesis
ECE	5999	Thesis in Electrical or Computer Engineering
ECE	6999	Research and Dissertation in Electrical or Computer Engineering
EDS	5081	Research 1
EDS	5999	Thesis
EDS	6010	Research Practicum
EDS	6999	Dissertation - Science Education
ENM	5999	Thesis Research
ENS	5009	Internship
ENS	5995	Environmental Science Research
ENS	5999	Thesis Research
ENS	6993	Research in Environmental Science
ENS	6999	Dissertation in Environmental Science
FTE	5999	Thesis
HCD	5999	Thesis
HCD	6999	Dissertation
ISC	5999	Thesis
MAR	5995	Biological Research
MAR	5999	Thesis
MAR	6999	Dissertation
MEE	5999	Thesis
MEE	6999	Dissertation
MET	5995	Meteorological Research
MTH	5999	Thesis
MTH	6050	Research in Applied Mathematics
MTH	6999	Dissertation Research
OCE	5995	Ocean Engineering Research
OCE	5999	Thesis Research
OCE	6993	Research in OCE
OCE	6999	Dissertation Research
OCN	5995	Oceanography Research
OCN	5996	Internship
OCN	5999	Thesis Research
OCN	6993	Research in Oceanography
OCN	6999	Dissertation Research
ORP	5999	Thesis Research
ORP	6095	Preparation for Candidacy/Operations Research
ORP	6999	Dissertation Research
PHY	5999	Thesis
PHY	6090	Research
PHY	6999	Dissertation
PSY	5496	Practicum in I/O Psychology
PSY	5595	Practicum
PSY	5999	Thesis
PSY	6595	Internship
PSY	6998	Doctoral Research Project
PSY	6999	Dissertation
SPC	5999	Thesis
SPS	5999	Thesis
SPS	6090	Research
SPS	6999	Dissertation
SWE	5999	Thesis
SYS	5999	Thesis Research in Systems Engineering
SYS	6999	Dissertation