Academic Load
All academic credit is stated in semester credit hours. Student enrollment status is determined by the number of credit hours in which a student is enrolled during a given term. In credit hours, the academic load for quarter students is as follows:
Undergraduate Quarter Students
Nine credit hours: full-time
Eight credit hours: three quarter-time
Six to seven credit hours: half-time
One to five credit hours: less than half-time
Graduate Quarter students
Nine credit hours: full-time
Six to eight credit hours: half-time
One to five credit hours: less than half-time
Course extensions (including culminating project extensions and thesis extensions) are not considered a part of “hours enrolled” for purposes of this policy and are therefore less than half time.
For purposes of a Missouri Student Grant, students must be enrolled in nine hours in the quarter system both at the time the funds are requested and at the time the funds are received.