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CLASSIFICATION OF STUDENTS
(College Rule 6Hx23-4.16) (2002)

Students are classified according to the number of semester hours of credit they have earned and the number of semester hours they are carrying. Listed below are the requirements for the respective classifications:

  1. Full-time student — An enrollee carrying 12 semester hours or more during a regular term (Term I or II) or 9 semester hours or more during Term III (summer).

  2. Part-time student — An enrollee carrying fewer than 12 semester hours during a regular session (Term I or II) or fewer than 9 semester hours or more during Term III (summer).

  3. Freshman — An enrollee who has fewer than 24 semester hours of earned credit.

  4. Sophomore — An enrollee who has between 24 and 59 semester hours of earned credit.

  5. Junior — An enrollee who has between 60 and 89 semester hours of earned credit meeting the admission requirements for admission into the upper division.

  6. Senior — An enrollee admitted into the upper division who has 90 semester hours of more of earned credit toward a bachelor's degree.

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