Credit Load

A full-time student should register for no less than 12 credits and no more than 16 (18 for engineering students) credits in any regular (fall and spring) semester.  A student may register for up to 18 (19 for engineering students) credits after securing the approval of the Administrative Committee in the College, or if it is required by a Department in specific terms.  Approval is normally granted by the Administrative Committee if the student has a cumulative average of at least 80.  As for the summer semester, a student’s regular load is 6 credit hours, and a student may not register for more than 9 credit hours.  All exceptional cases require the approval of the respective Administrative Committee.

The credit load of a student who is in his/her first semester on probation shall not be less than 12 and shall not exceed 16 credit hours.  The load of a student who continues to be placed on probation shall be 12 or 13 credits, and may not be less.  This applies to students who are placed on probation again after a previous probationary period.