Current Student Resources


Here you’ll find all the information needed to advance through your graduate education, whether online or on-campus. 


Frequently Asked Questions


The main difference is the number of credits you must enroll in within a specific time period in order to maintain continuous enrollment. With full-time status, you have to register every fall and spring semester at a minimum of 6 credits, until your degree is awarded. With part-time status, you have to register for at least one 3-credit course each academic year.

The part-time status allows for taking the occasional semester off without breaking the continuous enrollment policy or completing the request to take a leave of absence.

Master’s degrees must be completed within a six-year period regardless of your enrollment status (full or part-time).

Doctoral degrees must be admitted into candidacy (successfully completed their comprehensive exams) within the first four years from the time of admission and the dissertation defended within four years of being admitted into candidacy for a total of 8 years maximum to complete a doctoral degree.


Graduate School Events

Camille Ross, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Oceanography will be defending her dissertation titled, “Modeling North Atlantic Right Whales and Their Prey.” Zoom meeting: For the Zoom link […]
Thomas Kiffney, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Marine Biology will be defending his dissertation titled, “Modeling growth of cultured shellfish in Maine with statistical and mechanistic methods” Zoom […]
Erin Dumville, a candidate for Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders will be defending her thesis titled, “Exploring Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Clinicians’ Understanding of Strategies for Language […]
Ahmed Almaghasilah, a candidate for Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Science and Engineering will be defending his dissertation titled, “Computational approaches to Understanding Complex Biological Systems.” Zoom meeting: For the […]