Students enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs may take up to 18 credits per semester. Students enrolled in the master’s degree programs may take up to 12 credits per semester. Increased loads require the prior approval of the Chief Academic Officer or designee. Students are expected to spend 1 hour of instruction and 2 hours of outside preparation for every credit hour enrolled, in accordance with the widely accepted Carnegie model of instruction.

A student may drop a course and add another course during the first two weeks of class using the Course Add/Drop Form. Requests are reviewed on an individual basis and a final decision is made based on the student’s academic record. Courses dropped through this process will not have a record in the student’s academic transcript. Students who wish to drop a course without adding a new course to their program should consider the impact of the additional semesters that may be required to complete the program.