Register online only when you have reviewed the information links below. Understanding the impact of credit loads, holds, grades, and special permissions could save you time and money.

Credit load

As a University student, you make the most of two essential resources--time and money--by planning your registration carefully each semester. The number of credits you take impacts your student status, financial aid eligibility, the cost per credit you will pay, your ability to graduate in four years, and many other aspects of your academic life. The topics below will help you make well-informed decisions each semester.

13-credit policy

If you are a degree-seeking undergraduate student, you are subject to a flat-rate tuition charge based on 13 credits.

Enrollment certification

Official data on certification of half-time and full-time status for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.  

Financial aid eligibility

Credits requirements vary and may change the amount you are eligible to receive from scholarships, grants, work-study, and loans.  

Maximum semester credits

Maximum credit loads for undergraduate and graduate students.  

Satisfactory academic progress for financial aid recipients

Be familiar with GPA and timeline standards to ensure qualifying until you complete your degree.   

Hold resolution

A hold may be imposed on your student account if you are financially indebted to the University (e.g., for unpaid tuition, fees, fines, or delinquent health service payments) or for disciplinary or scholastic reasons. You will usually be notified of an existing or impending hold by the department or office authorizing the hold.

Consequences

If a hold is on your record, you may not register or, in many cases, obtain transcripts or your diploma until that hold is cleared with the office imposing the hold. Use the hold application for your current hold information, including the name of the department or office where your specific hold may be cleared.

Resolving holds

To remove a hold from your student record, you must first pay the debt owed; correct the scholastic deficiency; or be cleared by the Office for Student Conduct and Academic Integrity. For most debts, you will receive a billing statement that you may pay online, or you can submit with payment at the Bursar Office. In some cases, presenting the billing statement receipt as proof of payment to the department or office that authorized the hold may be sufficient to release the hold.

When you clear any hold, the unit imposing the hold will electronically remove the hold from your record. Units may, on occasion, issue temporary hold releases that allow you to either receive one transcript or to register during the semester in progress.

If, in order to register, you pay a Student Financial Collections (SFC) hold for a previous semester with a personal check that is returned for insufficient funds, you will be sent a notice by SFC. Your current registration may be canceled, if you fail to respond to this notice and pay your debt.

Grade basis

Grading options for varying needs  

Closed classes

Permission numbers, procedures for getting into closed classes