Student Class Standing
Class standing is determined according to the number of quarter hours earned by a student:
| 0-44 hours | Freshman |
| 45-89 hours | Sophomore |
| 90-134 hours | Junior |
| 135 and above | Senior |
Students with substantial college experience may be granted advanced standing after the proper assessment and evaluation of such experience by the appropriate faculty members and, in the case of foreign transcripts, a recognized outside evaluation agency. Students having foreign transcripts are responsible to pay such evaluation agency’s fee. Information and forms are available in the Registrar’s Office.
Students with substantial college experience may be granted advanced standing after the proper assessment and evaluation of such experience by the appropriate faculty members and, in the case of foreign transcripts, a recognized outside evaluation agency. Students having foreign transcripts are responsible to pay such evaluation agency’s fee. Information and forms are available in the Registrar’s Office.
Full Time/Part Time Status
Students attending 12 or more hours during a term are considered full-time. Those attending less than 12 hours during a term are part-time. Students are advised to take 16 credit hours of work per quarter if they wish to complete the associate or bachelor’s degree in two years or four years respectively.
Each credit hour is based on the equivalent of one hour of classroom instruction and other required work each week for eleven weeks of the quarter. Courses which include laboratory experience may include additional contact hours but not additional credit hours. Students have an overload if they are registered for more than 16 credit hours each quarter. Students who wish to register for an overload must be given permission by the relevant program director or academic advisor. Overload requires additional fees. The maximum load permitted is 20 credit hours