The Ohio Board of Regents has defined a full-time graduate student as one enrolled for l5 credits of coursework each quarter. The full-time load for any Geology graduate student is, therefore, l5 quarter hours of graduate level courses, special problems or projects, or thesis work until graduation. A student wishing to take more than l8 credits of coursework in any quarter must secure written permission from his/her advisor.

Academic Standards
    The minimum standard of work for Master's degree candidates is a grade-point average of 3.0 (B) on all coursework counted toward satisfaction of degree requirements. Therefore, all graduate course requirements must be taken for a grade. The Department will be notified by the Office of Graduate Student Services whenever a student's graduate grade-point average falls below 3.0. The Department then has the option to recommend whether or not the student should be retained on graduate status. If the Department recommends retaining the student, he/she will be required to achieve a cumulative graduate grade point average equal to or above 3.0 by the end of the following quarter, and maintain such an average for the remainder of his/her residence, or be dropped from the program. In addition, two grades below B- or one grade of "D" or "F" in graduate course requirements is cause for dismissal from the program.

Residence and Credit
    At least 33 quarter hours of graduate credit must be earned on the campuses of Ohio University (approval of the Dean is necessary to alter this requirement). At least one quarter or two summer terms must be spent in an institutional full-time status on the Athens campus. Students on financial support must be registered for 15 hours of graduate credit during the summer, and a student seeking the Master's degree must be officially registered for at least one quarter hour of credit during the quarter in which the degree is received.