2.07 Credit Hour Load

Course Load

The most common full-time course load is 15 credits per semester. Students who carry fewer than 12 credits are part-time students. A student who desires to carry more than 18 credits in a given semester must have demonstrated his or her ability to do so by having maintained a "B" average for the preceding semester, and the student must obtain the approval of his or her faculty advisor for override of the 18 credit limit. Students working part or full-time should make allowances in their college program for outside work.

For many students an 18-semester hour course load will be an extremely heavy schedule. New students should consider taking a lighter load for the first semester. In unusual circumstances it may also appear necessary for a student to carry more than the normal course load. Permission to carry such a course load may be granted to individual students by the VPAA, depending on the excellence of the previous course work and attendance.

Full-time career/technical students will normally register for the number of credits indicated for that semester in the curriculum outline. Students may not take a course for more or less credit than assigned in the college catalog or the schedule of classes.