Full-Time Student Status

Entry-Level Pathways

In general, entry-level students in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions are expected to be full-time. The following guidelines will be used in determining enrollment status for students pursuing the Doctor of Occupational Therapy, the Doctor of Physical Therapy and the Doctor of Pharmacy degrees: 

Enrollment status definitions for Fall and Spring semesters: 

  • Full time = 12 or more credit hours
  • Three-quarter time = 9 - 11.990 credit hours
  • Half-time = 3 - 8.999 credit hours
  • Less than half-time = up to and including 2.99 credit hours 

Enrollment status definitions for Summer semester: 

  • Full time = 8 or more credit hours
  • Three-quarter time = 6 - 7.999 credit hours
  • Half-time = 3 - 5.999 credit hours
  • Less than half-time = up to and including 2.99 credit hours

Semester course loads are based on the expectation that students will register for all required and elective courses as prescribed by the pathway’s curriculum. A student may not take less than a full-time course load per semester or more than 21 credit hours for any given semester unless permission is granted by the Assistant Dean in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. The student’s academic advisor will communicate with the Assistant Dean in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs if a semester hour load greater than 21 hours is planned. The student will need the approval of the academic advisor and the Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs. The student will be responsible for additional tuition charges above 21 hours.

Students are responsible for full-time tuition for all semesters in which they are enrolled and completing required didactic or clinical course work, including summers. Tuition for entry-level students is assessed for each semester of required study (including summers) on a flat-rate basis.  

No entry-level student will be allowed to pay tuition on a per-credit-hour basis without the written permission of the Assistant Dean in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs. Only in unusual circumstances will part-time status be approved by the Assistant Dean in the Office of Academic and Student Affairs, which allows the student to pay tuition on a per-credit-hour basis.