Read your acceptance letter from the Graduate Admissions Office.  Is your residency status correct?  If incorrect contact (813) 974-8800, before registering (http://usfweb2.usf.edu/admissions/).  If you wish to establish Florida residency, please go to http://www.registrar.usf.edu/Residency/General_Procedures.php for more information. Note that documents supporting the establishment of legal residence must be dated, issued, or filed 12 months before the first day of classes for the term for which reclassification is sought.

All USF doctoral students must complete training in the responsible conduct of research through the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) module most relevant to the student's program of study. The training is available at this page: http://www.grad.usf.edu/rcr.php.
  Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is a critical element in training for scholarship.  USF has information about RCR available online at:  www.grad.usf.edu/rcr.php    

Effective Spring 2013, Office of Graduate Studies requires all new doctoral students to have basic RCR training by completing the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) module most relevant to the student's program of study. The CITI modules have been designed to introduce researchers to various elements of research conduct ranging from research misconduct to data management to mentoring.   As this is a minimum requirement, specific doctoral programs may require training that goes beyond the basic components introduced in this module. Graduate Programs that have received Office of Graduate Studies approval for rigorous RCR training consistent with disciplinary standards and practices may exempt their students from the CITI requirement.  Students must complete the module, or provide evidence of previous qualified RCR training to their Program Director and Office of Graduate Studies, in the first semester enrolled in a doctoral program.  Previous RCR training should have been completed within the past year.  Students will be unable to register for courses in a future semester until successful fulfillment of this RCR requirement.  Once the training is completed, the Registration hold will be lifted.