Normal Progress. Students are expected to graduate in 12 quarters (four years). To do this, students should plan to complete an average of 15 units per quarter (15 units per quarter for 12 quarters totals 180 units). It is understood that for various reasons students will occasionally need to take fewer than 15 units per quarter. However, students must meet the minimum progress requirements of the campus.
Minimum Progress Requirements. Minimum progress is defined as a total of 39 units (including workload units) passed, calculated at the end of every quarter for the preceding three quarters of enrollment. Undergraduate students falling below this requirement will be subject to academic disqualification. Under minimum progress, a student will earn the 180-unit minimum degree requirement within 14 quarters of enrollment. Normal progress would achieve 180 units in 12 quarters (four years).
Minimum progress requirements do not apply to students who have been granted part-time status or to students who have their dean's approval to carry less than the minimum progress load because of medical disability, employment, a serious personal problem, a recent death in the immediate family, or a serious accident involving the student.
Certification of Full-Time Status. Undergraduate students must carry a study load of at least 12 units (including workload units) each quarter in order to be certified as full-time students for insurance and financial aid purposes or to compete in intercollegiate athletics. Graduate students must carry a study load of at least 12 units each quarter in order to be certified as full-time students for insurance and financial aid purposes.
Course Load Limits in the College of Letters and Science. Freshman students in their first year and transfer students in their first quarter of residence may not take more than 17 units each quarter. For all other Letters and Science students, the study list may not exceed 21 units each quarter. These unit limitations include non-credit remedial courses and repeated courses, but not make-up work to remove incomplete grades.
Course Loads in the College of Engineering. Because of the large number of units in some of the double-major programs, students must take more than 15 units per quarter to finish in four years.
If, for reasons of occupation, family responsibility, health or, for one term only, graduating senior status, you are unable to attend the university on a full-time basis, you may qualify for enrollment in part-time status. Students may change status between full-time and part-time as their circumstances change. To be considered eligible, undergraduate students must be registered in 10 units (including workload units) or fewer by the tenth day of instruction that quarter, and graduate students must be registered in 6 units or fewer by the tenth day of the instruction. Minimum progress requirements are waived for part-time students. Undergraduate petitions are available at the Office of the Registrar and require approval by the Registrar. Graduate petitions are available at Graduate Studies and approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies. Part-time students have use of the same facilities and are eligible for the same services, including Student Health Services, as full-time students.
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