Types of Enrollment

Types of Enrollment

Include:

  • Certificate-Seeking: A student who is enrolled in a credit or non-credit certificate program at the University.
  • Degree-Seeking: A student enrolled in any undergraduate or graduate degree-granting program at the University. Graduate degree-seeking students include those students enrolled in one of the University’s two professional schools (Law, Medicine).
  • Full-Time: A student who is enrolled for at least twelve (12) credits in a fall or spring term, six (6) credits in summer term, three (3) credits in January term, or a student who is enrolled in the School of Medicine and has been identified by the school as full-time (Medicine does not award credit for its courses).
  • Part-Time: A student who is enrolled at half-time or less than half-time. Students enrolled for three-quarter time must be approved for a reduced course load by their dean’s office and pay full-time tuition. References in this policy to part-time enrollment do not include three-quarter time enrollment.
  • Non-Degree-Seeking: A student who has received permission to enroll and is registered for coursework at the University but is not enrolled in one of the University’s degree-granting programs.
  • Research: A student who is enrolled for graduate research credits only. Research graduate students may be degree-seeking or non-degree-seeking.
  • Visiting: A non-degree-seeking student who is enrolled in a degree-granting program at another institution.
Policy # Policy Title
PROV-011 Student Enrollment