Academic Load
The recommended credit load for persons fully employed during the academic year is six hours per trimester. A full-time graduate student is one who takes nine or more hours in a trimester. The maximum is 16 hours in a trimester with no more than seven hours in a four-week summer session. Workshop credits are counted in the academic load. (For financial aid purposes, a student must take five hours during a trimester to be considered a part-time student.)
Students working on an assistantship are subject to regulations stipulated by that award concerning minimum enrollment requirement and maximum credit load to be taken.
Graduate Assistants in their last trimester of study, requiring six hours of graduate coursework to complete their degree, may petition the Graduate Dean to retain their assistantship position, provided they are completing the comprehensive examination/assessment during their final trimester.
Courses taken for audit are included in the academic load.