POL 6.015 Credit Hour Limit

A full-time student is defined as a student who is enrolled for 12 or more credit hours during the fall or winter semester or 6 or more credit hours during the summer session.

A part-time student is defined as a student who is enrolled for 11 or fewer credit hours during the fall or winter semester or 5 or fewer credit hours during the summer session.

Students enrolling for more than 18 credit hours for the fall or winter semester, or more than 10 credit hours for the summer session, must receive permission from the Vice President of Academic Affairs, or a designee thereof.
If the college catalog lists more than 18 hours as a suggested semester load, students may register without additional permission.

Replaces POL 6.015, Class Load; Adopted June 9, 1988
Revised November 11, 1993
Revised January 8, 1998
Revised July 6, 2016
Reviewed and Revised November 20, 2025

To view the procedure, go to PRO 6.015 Credit Hour Limit