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 trimester students is as follows: 

Graduate Trimester students

6 credit hours: full-time

3 credit hours: half-time

1-2 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.