In most universities, full-time status typically requires students to take at least 12 credit hours per semester. This equates to approximately four to five courses, depending on the credit allocation of individual classes. Learn how long college classes are to determine your credit hours.
Students cannot exceed full-time status while participating in CCP courses. Full time status is 30 college credit hours per academic year and not more than 120 college credit hours in high school.
Full-time: Student enrolls and participates in 12 credit hours or more per semester. Three-quarter (¾)-time: Student enrolls and participates in 9, 10, or 11 credit hours per semester. Half (½)-time: Student enrolls and participates in 6, 7, or 8 credit hours per semester.
What constitutes “full time” depends on whether the school is on the semester system or the quarter system. In general, you're looking at 4 or 5 classes per term. You might be able to cram all those classes into two days, or they might span the entire week. It will likely add up to 15–20 hours of class per week.
When dropping classes, you must officially do so during the refund period to be eligible for a refund. You can do this online using your Online Student Center or in person at your college's Admissions, Records, and Registration office.
To be considered a full-time student for any term, an undergraduate student must be enrolled in 12 units during that term.
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