Faculty Assignments and Continued Enrollment

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Maximum Course Load

Students who wish to seek a course overload in a given term must consult with the program director or designee for approval. Overload must be approved for each additional course the student wishes to add to their load beyond the limit. Current limits per program are as follows:

Student Program Maximum Credit Limit per term

Doctoral programs and Respecialization certificate 16 credits

Clinical psychology post-baccalaureate certificate 10 credits

All other programs 8 credits

In all cases, this limit does not include incomplete work from prior terms or ongoing practice activities that are transcripted after completion (e.g., clinical or research practica, dissertation steps).

Individual programs may add additional conditions or restrictions.

Continuous Registration

All students at Fielding Graduate University are expected to register for courses and pay tuition and fees by the deadlines posted to the university master calendar for each of the three terms per academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer) until graduation.

The only alternatives to continuous registration are either a leave of absence or withdrawal from the university. Students who do not register for classes by the deadline published in the university master calendar are subject to unofficial withdrawal. The deadline will be the 7th day of the term except when this date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, in which case the deadline is the first business day following.

For all students, beginning with the Spring 2016 term, leaves of absence are reported to the federal government as periods of withdrawal whenever the student is not registered in any coursework for that leave period.

See the Leaves and Withdrawal policy for more information.

Re-enrollment

A student who was unofficially withdrawn by the Registrar's Office may wish to apply for reenrollment. See the Re-enrollment policy for more information.

Policy Revision Effective 02/01/2021

Students in the doctoral and other individualized, multi-modal study programs must have an assignment to a faculty advisor/mentor at all times during their active enrollment. Either students or faculty may withdraw from such assignments. Ideally, students will negotiate a replacement faculty advisor/mentor within 30 days of such a change. If not, the school administration will assign a faculty advisor/mentor to the student.