Enrollment Status: Full Time/Part Time and Overload Status
Fall/Spring/Summer Enrollment Status:
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Status
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Credits
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Full Time
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12 or more credit hours
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Three-quarter Time
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9 to 11 credit hours
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Half-Time
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6 to 8 credit hours
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Less than Half-Time
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5 or less credit hours
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Full-time student status for most employer sponsored or family health insurance plans is normally considered 9 credit hours. Some health insurance carriers require enrollment in a minimum of 12 credits. Check with your employer or family health insurance company for their minimum enrollment requirement.
Full-time undergraduate student status for financial aid purposes and enrollment verification is 12 credit hours or more. Enrollment in 9 to 11 credits is classified as three-quarter time. Enrollment in 6 to 8 credit hours is classified as half-time. Less than half-time or part-time is 5 credit hours or less.
Note: For students enrolled in UNC’s Intensive English Program (IEP), please refer to the IEP guidelines pertaining to enrollment status.
Overload Enrollment
An overload is more than 18 credit hours for Fall and Spring terms and more than 15 total credit hours for the Summer term.
The Interim Winter Session has a 4 credit hour limit; no overload will be permitted.
A student with a GPA of 3.0 or higher may take up to 3 additional credit hours beyond the respective term overload limit without advisor approval. Exceeding 3 additional credit hours for the respective term for overload requires advisor approval. Please contact the Office of the Registrar by phone at 970-351-4UNC (4862); email at registrar@unco.edu; or in person at the Office of the Registrar, 1051 22nd Street, Campus Commons to process the overload request.
During Fall and Spring terms, a student with a GPA lower than 3.0 may take credits beyond the 18 credit hour limit course load only with the signature of their academic advisor and the Department Chair or School Director. The Credit Overload Permit form must be submitted to the Registrar's Office,1051 22nd Street, Campus Commons or faxed to 970-351-1870. See www.unco.edu/registrar/forms.aspx for forms.
Business students and student teachers require approval of both their academic advisor and Department Chair or School Director for ANY overload, regardless of GPA.