Navigate Graduate Education With Support

Courses with variable units may default to one unit. Students are responsible for updating the number of units when required.

Before updating units:

• Get permission from the instructor or enrollment manager when required.
• For BIEN or CEE graduate courses without prerequisites, email the instructor and copy your Graduate Student Affairs Officer.
• For upper-division undergraduate BCOE courses, use undergraduate enrollment assistance.
• For courses in other colleges, contact the appropriate enrollment manager.

To update units in R’Web:

1. Open Schedule Options in the schedule tab.
2. Find the variable-unit section.
3. Click the underlined unit number.
4. Enter the number of units you wish to take.
5. Submit the change.

Undergraduate Enrollment Assistance

Students should clear any holds that may affect enrollment. A Graduate Student Affairs Officer cannot remove holds placed by another department.

Students must work directly with the department or office that issued the hold.

Students should update enrollment as soon as possible and review registration deadlines each quarter. Full-time enrollment requirements may affect academic standing, funding, visa status, employment eligibility and other graduate student processes.

Contact your graduate advisor if you are unsure how many units you should enroll in for your program, appointment or academic status.

Filing Fee status may be an option for students in their final quarter who have completed all degree requirements except final filing, defense, exam or related final steps.

• Ph.D. students must have completed all requirements except filing the dissertation and final defense.
• Master’s students must have completed all requirements except filing the thesis, field report, project or completing an exam.
• Master’s students must have an Application for Candidacy filed with or before the Filing Fee petition.
• Filing Fee status is generally allowed for one quarter only.
• Students on Filing Fee status are not enrolled in coursework and may have limited access to student privileges and employment eligibility.

Students should review current Filing Fee procedures and deadlines before submitting a request.

Graduate students who are eligible for reduced nonresident supplemental tuition after advancement should review current Graduate Division procedures and deadlines before applying.

Requests are initiated through R’Grad and routed for review. Extensions are requested one quarter at a time and should be submitted before the quarter in which the reduction is needed.