Graduate School of Management Credit Load Policy

The maximum academic course load for a graduate student is thirteen semester hours of course work for fall or spring term. Seven hours are the maximum permitted for each of the summer sessions but no more than 13 credits for the entire summer term. Assistants may register for a maximum of ten semester hours each fall or spring term and seven hours for each of the summer sessions. Overloads must have the approval of the Graduate School of Management. Overload requests must be in writing indicating all courses anticipated for the term and brief rationale for the overload along with their name and MUID number.

Graduate students, except those with non-degree status, must be enrolled as a full-time, half-time or less than half-time student each fall and spring term to maintain their status. All degree graduate students must enroll in either adviser-approved course work or one of the continuation courses; or a combination of the above. Degree students who fail to enroll for every fall and spring term must contact the Graduate School of Management and may have to apply for readmission to their program.

Full-time graduate students are defined as: a) registered for seven or more credit hours of cumulative¹ course work in one or more sessions of a fall term, spring term or summer term, or b) registered in the departmental full-time continuation course.

Half-time graduate students are defined as: a) registered for four or more but fewer than seven credit hours of cumulative¹ course work in one or more sessions of a fall term, spring term or summer term, or b) registered in the departmental half-time continuation course.

Less than half-time graduate students are defined as: a) registered for fewer than four credit hours of cumulative¹ course work in one or more sessions of a fall term, spring term or summer term, or b) registered in the departmental less-than-half-time continuation course.

1	Cumulative means adding all credits taken in all sessions within any one term. International students should confer with the Office of International Education for additional constraints due to additional federal regulations.