Chemistry 698 (Pre-Dissertation Research) and 699 (Dissertation Research) do not count
toward the residency requirement of 24 credits, so graduate students should not register
for them until the residency requirement is fulfilled. (The same applies to Chemistry
598 and 599 in a Master's program.)
You can register for one credit of Chemistry 698 once the residency requirement is
met and when you reach Course Complete (CC) status. As defined by the graduate school
at Binghamton University, to qualify for "CC" status, a graduate student must have
completed all coursework required for the degree by the first day of classes of the
semester in which the student is to be designated as "CC." Coursework can be considered
complete only when a grade has been assigned for each course; coursework is not complete
when the grade recorded is "Incomplete."
In order to qualify for one credit of Chemistry 698 registration and yet be certified
as full time for loan or visa purposes, the graduate school requires also following
criteria to be met: The student's supervisor and program director must certify that
the student is making a full-time investment in work toward their degree. Domestic
PhD students must be within one academic year. International PhD students must have
reached CC-status.
Ph.D. students may not register for Chemistry 699 until they have been admitted to
candidacy and have ABD status. Once ABD status is reached, students register for one
credit of Chemistry 699. Until that time they should register for Chemistry 698 (Pre-Dissertation
Research).