Graduate Continuous Enrollment Policy
- Policy Number: KC-ACA-3724
- Date Issued: Prior to 2010
- Date Revised: 1/26/2024
- Last Modified: Jun 18, 2024
- Effective Date: 2024-25
- Sponsor(s): Provost
- Responsible Office(s): School of Graduate Studies
Policy Statement
Graduate continous enrollment requirement
After completing all courses included in the planned programs or plans of study for degrees, all degree-seeking graduate students must remain continuously enrolled in each regular semester up to and including the semester in which their degrees are awarded. This requirement applies also to the summer term for students whose degrees are being awarded at the end of a summer term. This continuous enrollment must be for a minimum of one-hour credit in research and thesis, research and dissertation, or other work designated by the department or school. When no suitable credit registration is available, or when students have previously enrolled in at least the minimum number of 5599 (thesis) or 5699 (dissertation) or equivalent credits required on their programs or plans of study, students may fulfill the continuous enrollment requirement by registration in continuous graduate enrollment (5899) for no academic credit. Interruption of continuous registration due to failure to comply with this requirement will result in the need for readmission under requirements then in effect. Academic units may require retroactive enrollment as a condition of readmission.
UMKC's Leave of Absence policy provides a means for students to take an approved Leave of Absence from a degree program for one or two semesters for a maximum of two semesters (e.g. Fall and Spring or Summer and Fall). Interruption of continuous registration and the lack of an approved Leave of Absence will constitute failure to comply with this requirement and will result in the need for readmission under requirements then in effective at the time of readmission.
Continuous graduate enrollment (5899)
Courses designated as 5899, Continuous Graduate Enrollment, are charged at the rate established for one credit hour. Registration, by mail or in person, must be completed by the end of the first week of a regular semester or of a summer session. Students may obtain a reference number for 5899 from the schedule of classes.
Graduate students in good standing who have not enrolled for one or two semesters may utilize a shortened Readmitted Student Application Process (some exclusions apply). Students who attend other schools in the interim must submit transcripts of such work from each institution attended. Graduate students are considered inactive after a lapse of one regular semester of enrollment. Subsequently, inactive graduate students who want to continue and do not qualify fo the readmitted Student Application Process must follow the same admission procedures as those required for new applicants. All students will enter under requirements effective at the time of readmission.