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What is the difference between full-time, part-time and less than part-time status?

Every graduate student, except those with non-degree status, must be enrolled as a full-time, half-time, or less than half-time student each fall and spring term to maintain his or her status. All degree graduate students must enroll in either: adviser-approved course work; thesis, professional project, or dissertation credits; one of the continuous enrollment courses; or a combination of the above. Degree students who fail to enroll for every fall and spring term must apply for readmission to their program. (See Readmission

Full-time Student

A full-time graduate student is defined as one who:

a) registers for seven or more credit hours of cumulative course work in one or more modules of a fall term, spring term or summer term*, or

b) registers in the departmental 293 continuous enrollment course. 

Half-time Student

A half-time graduate student is defined as one who: a) registers for four or more but fewer than seven credit hours of cumulative* course work in one or more modules of a fall term, spring term or summer term, or b) registers in the departmental course 292, section 1002, continuous enrollment course. 

Less Half-time Student

A less-than-half-time graduate student is defined as one who:

a) registers for fewer than four credit hours of cumulative course work in one or more modules of a fall term, spring term or summer term* or

b) registers in the departmental course 292, section 1001, continuous enrollment course. 

* "Cumulative" means adding all credits taken in all modules within any one term.

Note: During fall and spring terms, the status attained is effective only for the module(s) in which the credits are taken. For the summer term, the status attained applies to the entire term regardless of the module(s) in which the credits are taken.

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