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Catalog and Student Handbook 2018-2019 > Academic Information > Course Load

Course Load

The normal course load for full-time students is twelve to fifteen credits per fifteen-week semester and no more than eight credits per seven-week semester*. Part-time is classified as anything under 12 credits. Half-time is six to eight credits, while three-quarter time is nine to eleven credits.

Permission from the Program Chair is required if a student wishes to carry more than fifteen credits in a fifteen-week semester and eight credits in a seven-week semester. Normally, this request is granted only to students demonstrating a high level of academic performance.

*Summer Course Load

Summer is composed of sub-terms: Summer All (12 to 15 weeks, May - August), Summer Session 1 (6 to 7 weeks, May - June), and Summer Session 2 (6 to 7 weeks, July - August). Students must not exceed more than eight credits in either Summer Session 1 or Summer Session 2.

To determine course load, Summer All credits are split between Summer Sessions 1 and 2.

For example: if a student is taking MIC 2010 (4 credits) in Summer All, THE 2050 (3 credits) in Summer Session 1, and RES 1010 (1 credit) in Summer Session 2, then the course load total would be 5 credits for Summer Session 1 and 3 credits for Summer Session 2.