Students must enroll in at least two graduate credit hours during the semester in which they take the general or comprehensive examination, or when defending their thesis or dissertation. Thesis/dissertation students must maintain continuous enrollment in two credit hours of 5980 or 6980 until the final copies are deposited with the library.
Undergraduate juniors or seniors at the University of Oklahoma who have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or greater may enroll in graduate level courses. Approval is required from the advisor, department, and the Graduate Dean.
In that all courses at the HSC require special permission, Norman campus students are advised to secure that permission from the HSC instructor before beginning the enrollment process. Once permission has been obtained, Norman campus student should contact the Office of Admissions and Records, Buchanan Hall, Norman campus. HSC courses will be listed on the Norman campus student's transcript. For further information, contact the Office of Admissions and Records, in Norman, 325-5983.
To enroll in Norman campus courses, Health Sciences Center students must receive permission from their HSC college. The HSC Admissions and Records process all enrollments, adding and/or dropping courses. Norman campus courses will be listed on the HSC student's transcript. For further information, contact the HSC Office of Admissions and Records, 271-2359.
To prevent a conflict of interest between the role of student and the role of faculty or staff, specific policies apply to all OUHSC faculty and staff enrolled in graduate course work and programs at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
A faculty member may enroll in graduate course work as a Special Student. If the course work is in a department in which the faculty member has an appointment, the faculty member must enroll for audit. A faculty member may not enroll for credit and cannot be admitted into a degree program in a department in which he or she holds a faculty appointment or in an academic area of his or her faculty expertise unless certain conditions are met as described in the Graduate College Bulletin Section 2.9.4..
Staff may enroll in graduate course work as Special Students. A staff member may be admitted to a degree program within the academic unit in which he or she is employed if conditions are met as described in the Graduate College Bulletin, Section 2.9.4.
Audit enrollment is for non-credit and used by students who want to take a class for information, not to count toward a degree. Enrollment as an auditor is permitted in all courses, subject to the approval of the instructor(s) and the dean of the college in which the course(s) is offered. Enrollment as an auditor must be completed by the last day of enrollment in any term. Students enrolling as an auditor must meet course requirements as outlined by the instructor.