ACADEMIC REGULATIONS
STUDENT LOAD
The unit of credit for work at UNK is the semester hour.
- Twelve to sixteen credit hours each semester is considered a normal class load during
the academic year for full-time undergraduate students. Up to eighteen credit hours may be
taken by undergraduate students without petitioning for an over-load.
- Undergraduate students wishing to carry more than eighteen hours must meet these
requirements: (a) students requesting nineteen or twenty hours must have at least a 3.0
cumulative GPA; (b) students requesting more than twenty-one-hour loads must have a
cumulative average of 3.2. Requests for exceptions to this policy must include the written
approval of the student's faculty advisor. The Registrar must approve all requests to
register for nineteen credit hours or more.
- Nine credit hours each semester is considered a full-time load for graduate students
during the academic year. Graduate students seeking a class load in excess of twelve
credit hours shall obtain an over-load approval from the Graduate Office prior to
registration. Requests for exceptions to this policy must be approved in writing by the
student's faculty advisor and the Graduate Dean.
- The following restrictions govern student course loads for the thirteen week summer
session. Students may enroll in:
- A maximum of 3 hours per each three week segment.
- A maximum of 6 hours per each five week segment.
- A maximum of no more than 15 undergraduate and 12 graduate hours during the thirteen
week summer session.
Approval for credit loads in excess of normal limits shall require a minimum 3.2
cumulative GPA, and shall be confirmed by written authorization from the appropriate
faculty advisor, Academic Dean, Graduate Dean, or the Office of Student Records and
Registration. All in all, a graduate student may earn no more than twelve hours of credit
during the summer session.
16 May 2005
