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CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
2. All graduate students are required to register and file a
program card in the Registrar's office at the beginning of each
term of residence whether they are attending regular courses of
study, or only carrying on research or independent reading, or
writing a thesis or other dissertation.
S. Before registering the graduate student should consult with
members of the department in which he is taking his major work
to determine the studies which he can pursue to the best advantage.
4. A student will not receive credit for a course unless he is
properly registered, and at the first meeting of each class should
furnish the instructor with a regular assignment card for the
course, obtained from the Registrar's office.
5. One term of residence shall consist of one term's work of
not less than 45 units in which a passing grade is recorded. If
less than 45 units are successfully carried the residence will be
regarded as shortened in the same ratio, but the completion of a
larger number of units in anyone term will not be regarded as
increasing the residence. Students who are permitted to carry
on research during the summer will be allowed credit therefor.
The student himself is charged with the responsibility of making
certain that all grades have been recorded to which he is entitled.
6. The number of units allowed for a course of study or for
research is figured on the basis that one unit corresponds roughly
to one hour a week of work in the laboratory throughout the
term, or a somewhat shorter number of hours of intensive study.
7. In registering for research, students should indicate on
their program card the name of the instructor in charge, and
should consult with him to determine the number of units to
which the proposed work corresponds. At the end of the term
the instructor in charge shall decrease the number of units for
which credit is given, in case he feels that the progress of the
research does not justify the full number originally registered.
8. Graduate students who are devoting their whole time to