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
Six credit hours: full-time
Three to five credit hours: half-time
One to two 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, eligible undergraduate 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.