the Dean of Graduate Studies. Before enrolling in transfer courses, the graduate student must file an approved Program of Work listing the proposed transfer work or a Request to Change Program of Work if the transfer work represents an amendment to the approved Program of Work on file with the Dean of Graduate Studies.
   All work submitted for transfer credit must have been completed no more than five years before enrollment in a graduate program at The University of Texas at Arlington.
   Transfer work is not accepted in doctoral programs; however, formal graduate-level course work completed in the student's major area of doctoral study at other institutions granting doctoral degrees in the student's major may serve to establish the student's competency in those subject areas and may provide a basis for waiving some U.T. Arlington course requirements. Such waivers must be shown on the Program of Work, recommended by the student's advisory committee, and approved by the Committee on Graduate Studies of the student's major and by the Dean of Graduate Studies.

Extension Work, Correspondence Courses and Credit by Examination
   Extension —Work done in extension classes may be applied toward an advanced degree under the same conditions that apply to transfer work, except that credit for extension work is limited to six credit hours.
   Correspondence Courses—Correspondence courses are not accepted for graduate credit.
   Credit by Examination—Credit by examination may not be used for graduate credit and no such credit, graduate or undergraduate, may appear on graduate student transcripts.

Registration and Orientation for International Students
   International graduate students are required to purchase The University of Texas at Arlington Student Health Insurance Plan. After the initial semester of enrollment, the insurance premium will be added automatically during the registration process. However, a student may be waived from this requirement if the student has health insurance coverage through 1) employment of the student, spouse or parents, or 2) government-sponsored insurance, either the U.S. or home country sponsorship. If an outside health insurance policy is used to waive the purchase of the Student Health Insurance Plan, the coverage must provide benefits of repatriation and medical evacuation or a supplemental policy must be purchased to provide these benefits. Students who wish to apply for the waiver must come to the International Office prior to registration to show proof of outside coverage with documentation regarding benefits provided by the outside coverage.
   All entering international graduate students must attend an orientation at the beginning of their initial semester at The University of Texas at Arlington. Those who do not attend the International Student Orientation on the Monday before registration will not be allowed to register during the regular registration period and must attend a makeup orientation before registering during late registration.

Registration Requirements and
Credit for Thesis and Dissertation
   Students may not register for dissertation or thesis if they are not in good standing academically. After initial enrollment in the thesis or dissertation course, a student must maintain continuous enrollment in thesis or dissertation courses (summers excluded unless summer enrollment in thesis/dissertation is required by student's program) until the thesis or dissertation has been accepted by the Dean of Graduate Studies. Failure to maintain continuous enrollment may invalidate previous thesis or dissertation work.
   A student receiving advice and assistance from a faculty member in preparation of a thesis or dissertation must register for the appropriate course even if the student is not on campus. Each semester after consulting with their Graduate Advisor, students must register for the amount of thesis or dissertation credit commensurate with the effort to be expended by the student and the thesis or dissertation advisor in preparation of the thesis or dissertation.
   Thesis and dissertation courses will be graded on a pass/fail basis. A grade of R (research in progress) will be given for thesis or dissertation courses prior to the semester in which the thesis or dissertation is accepted by the Dean of Graduate Studies. The grade of R is a permanent grade that does not carry any credit value; therefore, since all master's programs require six credit hours of thesis and doctoral programs require nine credit hours of dissertation, the student must register for a six-semester hour course in thesis or a nine-semester hour course in dissertation for the semester in which the student expects to submit and defend the thesis or dissertation. (See Credit for Research, Internship, Thesis or Dissertation Courses.)

Graduation Procedures
Graduation
   Each graduate student must complete degree requirements in accordance with the Graduate Catalog in force at the time the student entered the graduate program in which the degree will be awarded or, at the student's option, the catalog of any subsequent year in which the student was in residence. If a student chooses to complete degree requirements in accordance with the catalog of a year subsequent to that in which he/she entered the graduate program, the student must indicate that intention by filing a petition with the Dean of Graduate Studies before the beginning of registration for the semester in which the student expects to receive the degree. A special petition form is available in the Graduate School Office.
   Changes in Graduate School regulations and policies become effective for all enrolled students in the year for which the catalog is in force, regardless of the year of initial enrollment. Therefore, each candidate for graduation must observe Graduate School regulations and follow graduation procedures prescribed in the Graduate Catalog in force in the intended semester of graduation.
   Degrees are awarded at the end of the fall semester (December), spring semester (May) and summer session (August). Formal commencement ceremonies are held within the college or school in which the degree is earned. Candidates should contact the office of the dean of the appropriate unit for instructions concerning participation in the commencement ceremonies.
   No honorary degree will be conferred by U.T. Arlington.