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  1. Please see Professor Balvers [B&E Rm. 418; Phone: 293-7880, E-mail: rjbalvers@mail.wvu.edu] for specific questions about your Registration not covered below.
  2. Before you register you must clear with Professor Balvers any intended deviations from the regular course sequence. The regular course sequences for the Ph.D. and M.A. programs in Economics are described in the WVU Graduate Catalog. If you have any doubts about which courses to register for, or under which grading option, you must contact Professor Balvers.
  3. You may then register on the web or by phone according to the specific guidelines of the STAR system [For specific instructions, see the Course Schedule]. You do not need a signature.
  4. Inform Professor Balvers by e-mail [rjbalvers@mail.wvu.edu] within 24 hours of registering (or changing your registration) of exactly which courses you are signed up for and with which grading options. Do not forget!
  5. Mind the deadline for making changes in your registration. If you wish to change your registration less than 48 hours before the deadline you must clear this with Professor Balvers first.
  6. Comments on registration for special courses:
  • Registration for Econ. 795 requires prior consent of the faculty member you will be working with on this course. When you e-mail Professor Balvers your registration you must include the faculty member=s name. You must also fill out a "contract" form [available from Professor Balvers] that outlines the intended outcomes for the independent study. This form must be signed by you and the supervising faculty member and must be in the hands of Professor Balvers before the start of the semester. The grading option must be Anormal@ (option 2 in STAR) for this course; the number of credits is three. Normally you will sign up for Econ. 795 in the fall semester of your third year.

  • To register for Econ. 797 you must have: (a) a dissertation topic, and (b) a dissertation advisor, and (c) you must have passed all comprehensive exams. The grading option is S/U for this course. Note that, you must select the Anormal@ grading option in STAR to enable the S/U option.

  • Full-time Ph.D. students must sign up for Econ. 709 every semester after the first year. The grading option is S/U (choose the Anormal@ grading option in STAR); the number of credits is one.

  • A typical full-time Ph.D. student working on the dissertation must sign up for eight credits of Econ. 797 and one credit of Econ. 709.