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Enrollment Status

  • Undergraduates
    • Fall or Spring Semester: 12 or more credit hours in A-F option or P/F option
    • Winter: 5 or more credit hours in A-F option or P/F option
    • Summer terms: 12 credit hours combined for all parts of term
      • Example: Enrollment of 12 credit hours in the twelve week session.
      • Example: Enrollment of 6 credit hours in the first six week session and enrollment of an additional 6 credit hours in the second six week session.
  • Graduates
    • Fall or Spring Semester: 9 or more credit hours in A-F option or P/F option or equivalent credit
    • Winter: 3 or more credit hours in A-F option or P/F option or equivalent credit
    • Summer terms: 9 credit hours combined for all parts of term
      • Example: Enrollment of 9 credit hours in the twelve week session.
      • Example: Enrollment of 6 credit hours in the first six week session and enrollment of an additional 3 credit hours in the second six week session.

Audit hours will not be used in establishing minimum full-time enrollment. Neither the payment of full fees nor compliance with maximums established as a condition of employment or appointment is basis for deviation from the definition above.

The maximum number of hours a student may enroll in during a given semester is determined by whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student, as per below.

  • Both the Course Request and Drop/Add web process check for the defined maximum hours of enrollments.
  • Going above these maximums requires the academic dean's permission (graduate dean for graduate students).
  • Undergraduates may enroll without permission in 19 hours; graduates, 18 hours in a regular term.
  • Summer and winter maximums are 18 and 6 respectively.


Undergraduate, Professional & Associate Students

Fall/Summer/Spring Terms
Credit Hours Enrolled Enrollment Status
12 or more FT
9 to 11 3/4
6 to 8 HT
1 to 5 <HT
0 NE

 

Winter Term
Credit Hours Enrolled Enrollment Status
5 or more FT
4
3/4
3
HT
1 to 2 <HT
0 NE

 

Graduate Students

Fall/Summer/Spring Terms
Credit Hours Enrolled Enrollment Status
9 or more FT
6 to 8 3/4
5 HT
1 to 4 <HT
0 NE

 

Winter Term
Credit Hours Enrolled Enrollment Status
3 or more FT
2
HT
1 <HT
0 NE
  • FT=Full-Time
  • 3/4=3/4 Time
  • HT=Half-Time
  • <HT=Less than Half-Time
  • NE=Not Enrolled
  • Co-Op=Full-Time