Academic Catalog
Academic Load
University instructors assume two hours of outside study for each hour in class. Thus, a student carrying a fifteen credit academic load has a forty five hour work week. Students who must continue employment while attending college should, therefore, reduce their loads to maintain a manageable work week. A student working more than twenty five hours per week should limit his or her academic load to 13 credits. If the student is working more than 33 hours the academic load should be limited to 10 credits.
Student Category – Undergraduate Students
- Full-time 12 or more credits in a semester
- Part-time 1-11 credits in a semester
- ¾-time 9-11 credits in a semester
- ½-time 6-8 credits in a semester
- Less than ½-time 1-5 credits in a semester
- Student Category – Graduate Students
Student Category - Graduate Students
- Full-time 9 or more credits in a semester
- Part-time 1-8 credits in a semester
- ¾-time 7-8 credits in a semester
- ½-time 5-6* credits in a semester
- Less than ½-time 1-4 credits in a semester
*Exception: graduate students enrolled in their respective graduate program’s thesis or internship course will be considered as registered as a half-time student.
Students must have their advisor’s permission to enroll for more than 17 credits in a semester.
Academic Standing
Freshman: 1-29 semester credits completed satisfactorily
Sophomore: 30-59 semester credits completed satisfactorily
Junior: 60-89 semester credits completed satisfactorily
Senior: 90 + semester credits completed satisfactorily