.What is my Enrollment Status?

Enrollment status for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students is determined by the following :
12-18 credits full time
9-11 credits three-quarter time
6-8 credits half time
1-5 credits less than half time

The term “academic load” refers to the schedule of studies for which the student is registered. Twelve to 18 credits are considered a regular academic load for undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students. Although Summer Session consists of more than one session, to be considered full-time a student must be registered for at least 12 credits within the entire Summer Session. To facilitate academic success and aid in the transition from high school to college, the University does not allow freshmen to register for more than 18 credits.

By special permission from the University registrar, undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students who maintain a high scholarship standard may be permitted to register for as many as 20 credits. Under no circumstances will any student be allowed to register for more than 20 credits including music, physical education and all fractional credits. It should be noted that there is an additional tuition charge for 19 or more credits.

Courses taken concurrently by distance learning, correspondence or extension in another institution, and non-credit courses count as part of the academic load. These courses do not count in regular undergraduate tuition and may not count in financial aid. The University will not transfer credits taken elsewhere if the joint total of those credits combined with credits taken at SPU exceeds 20 credits in any given term.

Students who are registered for less than a fulltime academic load are not eligible to be rated for scholarship honors. To participate in extra-curricular activities, students must maintain a satisfactory cumulative grade point average. Consult the Office of Student Life for specific requirements.

Enrollment status for graduate degree and certificate students is determined by the following:
6 or more credits full time
4-5 credits three-quarter time
3 credits half time
1-2 credits less than half time

A graduate student may, with prior permission, take courses concurrently elsewhere, provided his or her combined load does not total more than the number of credits permitted as a normal graduate load for the registration period. No more than 15 credits of 6000-level work may be taken in one quarter without permission of the University registrar. Unless granted permission in advance by the director of graduate studies of their degree program, master's students may take no more than 12 credits during the Summer Quarter and no more than 6 credits in any four-week period.

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