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- RA or TA Assistantship Appointment - 8 credit hours
- Full Fellowship - 12 credit hours
- Combined RA or TA Assistantship Appointment + Fellowship - 12 credit hours
Note: For PHD students who are required to register for 12 credit hours, we highly recommend that you sign up for a 4 credit hour CS 597, Independent Study, with a faculty member that you may want to have as a thesis advisor.
Selecting Courses
For your first semester, we recommend that you select courses that interest you and start to complete the "Breadth Requirement". In addition, we recommend that you choose a CS 598 Special Topics course with a professor that you might want to secure as your thesis advisor. Graduate students are free to register for any 400 or 500-level course. If there is a pre-requisite for a course, it is your responsibility to ensure you have the prior knowledge required for the course. In addition, 400-level courses are introductory graduate level courses and can be taken for either 3 or 4 credits. If you select the 4 credit hour 400-level course, the faculty will usually have you do a project or paper for the extra credit hour. All 500-level courses are taken for 4 credit hours.