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Here's the skinny on students registering for courses and the 16-credit limit.</div>
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<li>Students should NOT register for more than 16 credits. If you do, you will have to pay for anything over 16 credits. If you have a specific reason to do this and are willing to pay for the additional credit/s - talk to your advisor about it. GEs, grants,
fellowhsips will not cover an "overload" of more than 16 credits per term.<br>
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</li><li>If it helps, you do not have to register for CPSY 601: Research if this puts you over 16 credits on that given term. You do need to meet your advisors' expectations, however, such as continuing to attend your advisor's docsem.<br>
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</li><li>Graduate courses generally have this formula: 1 credit = 4 hours work. But in a long and complex doctoral program your work is really multi-year. Some terms you will be heavily involved in research, some terms not so much. The CPSY 601 Research credits
reflect multiple terms and years of work - and do not need to follow this specific formula on a term-by-term basis.-- It's a marathon, not a sprint.</li><li><br>
</li><li>There are other options to solve the heavy credit-load per term problem as well. For instance, sometimes I allow students to sit in on or audit the Bilingual supervision practicum so they can have the experience but not go over the 16-credit limit. You
have to meet certain conditions to do this however, but there are some degrees of flexibility.<br>
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<div>I hope this is helpful - let me know if you have any questions.</div>
<div>Benedict</div>
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Benedict T. McWhirter, Ph.D.<br>
Professor, Counseling Psychology and Prevention Science<br>
Program Director, Counseling Psychology Program<br>
College of Education<br>
University of Oregon<br>
Eugene, OR 97403-5251<br>
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benmcw@uoregon.edu<br>
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