Academic Load

Registration for 12 or more hours during fall or spring semester constitutes full-time standing. A normal academic load is 14 to16 hours per term. Students with at least a 2.00 grade point average (GPA) may take 17 hours. A 3.00 GPA is necessary to carry 18 hours, 3.30 for 19 hours, and 3.60 for 20 hours. An additional charge exists for each semester hour over 17.

Registration for three to four hours is considered a normal load for January interterm. Five hours is the maximum load for this 17-day term and requires a 3.00 GPA. An additional charge exists for the fifth hour.

The first summer session is a full term lasting the entire summer (approximately 12 weeks) in which all practicums, independent studies, and directed research studies are offered. A normal academic load for the second summer session (18 days) is three to four hours; a 3.00 GPA is necessary to carry five hours. A normal academic load for the third summer session (24 days) is three to six hours; a 3.00 GPA is necessary to carry seven hours, a 3.60 GPA is necessary for eight hours. Registration for 12 hours over all three summer terms constitutes full-time standing.

Graduates

The MBA program has three terms to an academic year.

Registration for nine or more hours during a term constitutes full-time standing. A normal academic load for graduate students is six to ten hours per term. An additional fee will be charged, and the student’s program director’s approval is required, for each term hour over twelve.