Simultaneous enrollment in flexible learning courses or extension work at another college or university is counted when computing the maximum course load but not the minimum course load.
The minimum full-time load for undergraduate students is 12 credits. The minimum full-time load for a summer term is 12 credits. Postbaccalaureate students are considered undergraduates.
Students in the traditional degree track have unique opportunities to collaborate with faculty and peers on campus. UF is one of only six universities in the country with colleges of law, medicine, engineering, agriculture and veterinary medicine on one campus, giving students the opportunity to collaborate within multiple disciplines.
Non-degree students taking courses at the university will be required to register for and to attend classes under the university calendar. Non-degree students must pay appropriate UF fees based on course level, number of credits and residency status. Auditing a course is approved on a space-available basis.
What is a Full Course Load? In University Programs, a full course load is normally five courses per semester, or 15 semester credits. This may vary by program.
Maximum and minimum course loads Normal progress toward the degree in eight semesters is maintained by enrolling in an average of 15 credit hours per semester. The minimum course load required for full-time status is 12 hours.
A college student is considered to be enrolled on a full-time basis for student financial aid purposes if they are enrolled for at least 12 credits a semester. Since a class typically requires at least three credits, 12 credits will require four classes per semester. Half-time enrollment requires at least six credits.
30 credit hoursA total of 30 credit hours is required for the Master's degree. For the Master's degree with thesis degree option, this includes a minimum of 24 credits of graded coursework and a maximum of 6 credits of thesis research (EAS/EML 6971).
Though many people do take 18 credits in a semester, it is your individual experience and no one else's. An 18-credit semester may be worth losing some sleep over — but it's not worth losing your sanity. Pay attention to warning signs that you're doing too much and stop yourself short before it worsens.
Taking 12-15 credits is considered “full-time” in college lingo. That amounts to 4-5 classes, and for young students, that course load is really heavy (let's be honest, it's heavy for MOST students of any age).
Breaking it down further, most college courses at schools with semesters are worth three credit hours. So on average, you would expect to take five classes a semester. That's above the usual minimum, which is 12 hours, and below the maximum, which is normally 18.
The amount of hours a student should work during college is close to 15-20 hours per week. This will help students to stay afloat with payments such as housing, tuition, food, clothing, transportation, among other necessities.
A recent study reported that students studied who took 15 as opposed to 12 credits a semester did better in college/university than those who took the lower credit amount. According to the study, those carrying 15 credits had a higher overall GPA, higher 1st to 2nd year retention and more on-time graduation rates.
UF has developed a program for undergraduate students that allows those who qualify academically to obtain both a bachelor's and master's degree. Minimum qualifications for many programs include a 3.2 GPA and a competitive GRE score for admission to Graduate School.
36 unitsThe MAEd-EdAd program requires 36 units comprising of 540 hours of coursework and six (6) units of thesis writing intended to be taken in a two-year period.
The bachelor's program at UF was ranked #17 on College Factual's Best Schools for aerospace engineering list. It is also ranked #1 in Florida.