Course Load/Credit-Hour Overload

A student taking at least 12 credit hours of undergraduate work during the course of a regular fall or spring semester will be considered a full-time student. The normal load for undergraduates is 15 to 18 hours. Graduate students taking at least 8 credit hours per semester are considered full time. Full time for undergraduates during summer session is considered 5 credits per each of the summer 1 or 2 sessions, or 10 hours for the summer 12-week term. Graduate students are considered full time at 3.25 credits per each summer 1 or 2 session, or 6.5 hours for the summer 12-week term.

To be eligible for a course overload (more than 18 credit hours in a regular term or 9 hours in a summer term), a student must have a “B” average (3.0) cumulative GPA and a “B” average (3.0) in the term immediately preceding the term for which the credit overload is requested. Students taking a minimum of 12 credit hours in fall or spring and making a “B” average (3.0 GPA) or better will be permitted to register for an overload (no more than 21 hours) the next regular term with appropriate approval. If the “B” average is maintained, that student may then register for a maximum of 21 hours the following regular semester and may continue to do so as long as the “B” average is maintained. Credit hours taken over 18 during a regular term will be charged at the per-credit rate.

A “B” average in the previous term also is required for permission to take a credit overload in a summer session. Summer session credits are charged at a per credit rate.

Education students in the Final Student Practicum are limited to 18 credit hours.

Students wishing to register for more than 18 credit hours must go to the University Academic Advising Office to obtain a credit-hour overload form. This form must be signed by an adviser in the Academic Advising Office, verifying that the student is academically eligible for credit-hour overload. The approved form should then be taken to the Registrar’s Office.