If the course section number is "DEPT" you will need to contact the department offering the course in order to register for it. If it is research hours or an "SOS" course, you can come to 106 Newell Hall and Rhiannon will help you register. You can also email her with your request. Be sure to check that you do not have any holds, first.

Log into ISIS and using the menu on the left, navigate to "Holds." Follow the links to view, pay, and obtain more information on your holds.

If you are on an assistantship, living in Gainesville, using the Employee Education Program, or working/taking classes at an REC, you should pay your fees through ISIS or in person at S-107 Criser Hall. If you do not meet any of the above conditions, you are considered "off-book" and will need to pay your fees through the CALS Distance Education Portal. Click on the "Soil and Water Science Distance Education" link in red.

If the administrative office has proof that you registered and/or paid your part of the tuition and fees before the deadline, we can determine whether the late fees are a result of your assistantship waiver not processing correctly. In this case, we can petition to waive late fees. Fees will not be waived for any reason other than departmental, system, or administrative error.

The International/Graduate Admissions Office places a hold on all international students who have not yet shown physical, official (stamped) proof of all previously earned degrees. It means you will need to bring a certified copy of your diploma or finalized transcript to Admissions before they will allow you to continue to register for classes. If you have additional questions or problems, you can contact the Graduate School or the UF International Center.

The Proposed Plan of Study is a complete outline of the courses you intend to take during your graduate program. You will need to work with your advisor, your committee, and the lists of course offerings to complete this requirement. A signed version of your Plan of Study is due before you have completed 18 credits towards your degree or a hold will be placed on your record. The Plan of Study is understood to be a tentative outline, but you should endeavor to adhere to it as closely as possible when choosing your courses. A Final Plan of Study is required to be turned in along with your Final Exam Form before you are allowed to graduate.

Plan of Study Forms (pdf): PhD, MS, Professional

The semester before you graduate, you need to request a "graduation check" from Rhiannon, to ensure that plans are made to resolve any "I" grades, register correctly for your final semester, and obtain information on deadlines for the graduating semester (there are many!). A detailed list of graduation requirements and important deadlines can be found at the Graduate School website. In short, you will need to 1) apply for graduation through ISIS, 2) register for at least 3 credits of appropriate research (or just 3 credits, if you are non-thesis), 3) schedule your final exam/defense and notify Rhiannon of the date and time and obtain the necessary forms, 4) fulfill all Editorial Office deadlines, 5) take the final exam/defend your thesis or dissertation, 6) complete the Final Plan of Study Form, 7) schedule an exit interview with the department chair, Dr. Reddy.

Clearing priors means that you have completed all requirements for your degree in the semester you intended, but you failed to meet either the Final Exam, grade change, or thesis/dissertation deadlines. Clearing priors allows you to graduate in the subsequent semester without having to register for the minimum number of credits that would normally be required. Students exempt from final semester registration and qualifying for "cleared prior" status must meet all of the following conditions before the start of the first day of classes for the semester following the one in which they met all graduation requirements:

• He or she must have been correctly registered in the preceding semester.
• He or she must have completed all degree requirements, including final submission of the dissertation, thesis or project and the final examination report.
• He or she must have submitted a final examination form, if receiving a nonthesis degrees.
• He or she must have cleared up all I (Incomplete) or other unresolved grades on his or her transcript.
• He or she must have filed a new degree application for the upcoming semester with the UF Office of the Registrar.

Graduate students on assistantship or fellowship must be registered for the appropriate number of hours, based on their appointment, in order to qualify for the assistantship/fellowship funding and tuition waiver. If the student leaves the assistantship or fellowship during a semester, the tuition waiver does not apply and the student must pay tuition and fees for that semester.

Assuming you have obtained permission from your major advisor, you may be allowed one semester in which you are not registered. The policy states, "a student must not have two consecutive semesters when s/he is not registered for the minimum credits, or the student must submit a Readmission Application to UF. For distance education students it may be common to register for fall and spring semesters, but not register for summer." (Graduate Student Guide, p. 18-19)

CALS has a great resource page for Travel Funds here.

While normally restricted only to students who are not physically located in Gainesville, under special circumstances on-campus students may be permitted to take distance education courses. If you believe you have a situation which warrants distance registration, contact student services or the instructor of the course for permission and subsequent registration.

All Seminars are normally recorded and archived online at the SWSD Distance Education Portal. You can also visit our Seminars & Examinations page for links to and announcements of upcoming seminars and public student examinations.