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Enrollment guidelines chart

If you are a/an: Immigration requires you, at a minimum, to register for: If you ARE registered for that amount, you must take the following action(s): If you ARE NOT registered for that amount, you must take the following action(s):
Undergraduate Student 12 or more credit hours None Register for more credits.*
OR
Submit a Reduced Course Load form. Please review the form for eligibility requirements.
Graduate Student without an assistantship and you have not finished your formal coursework nor taken your comprehensive exam 9 or more credit hours None Register for more credits.*
OR
Submit a Reduced Course Load form. Please review the form for eligibility requirements.
Graduate Student with an assistantship and you have not finished your formal coursework nor taken your comprehensive exam 6 or more credit hours None Register for more credits.*
OR
Submit a Reduced Course Load form. Please review the form for eligibility requirements.
Graduate Student who has completed all formal coursework (with or without an assistantship) 1 or more credit hours (but MU may require more - talk to your academic adviser about MU requirements) Submit a Reduced Course Load form to the International Center, confirming you are finished with all coursework. Register for more credits.*
AND
Submit a Reduced Course Load form to the International Center, confirming you are finished with all coursework.
Graduate Student who has passed the Comprehensive Exam (with or without an assistantship) At least 2 credits in the fall and spring and 1 credit in the summer None Register for more credits.*

* Note: Please check the MU Academic Calendar for the last day you can add a class.