If a student cannot enroll full-time, they must be approved by International Student Services for a Reduced Course Load before dropping below full-time. An Academic Reduced Course Load permits F-1 and ...

Initial difficulty with the English language or reading requirements (available only in a student’s first academic year of study in the U.S.). Unfamiliarity with U.S. teaching methods (available only ...

There are four situations in which a Reduced Course Load (RCL) may be authorized. Please review these RCL types below. Example: A student is about to enter into their last semester and will not be ...

The normal rate of work is defined as 16 credits per semester, counting toward the 128 credits required as the graduation standard. Students in their final year may work at the rate of 12 credits each ...

Tenure-track and tenured professors in the humanities and in some social science departments will be allowed to teach three courses per year as opposed to four, announced Provost Richard Locke P ’18 ...

International students must be enrolled full-time during Fall and Spring semesters. This means 9 credits for Graduate students and 12 for Undergraduate students. Students who do not intend to take a ...

A Medical Reduced Course Load permits F-1 and J-1 students to reduce their course load below full-time (or, if necessary, not enroll in any courses) due to a student's temporary illness or medical ...

F-1 students normally need to maintain a full course load until their final semester. There are exceptions: The final semester before graduating, you may take less than a full course load as long as ...

The primary purpose of F-1 student immigration status is to study! This is why all F-1 students are required to take a full course load each academic term. Each academic term (Fall, Winter, Spring) ...

Students seeking to enroll part-time must apply for a Reduced Course Load (RCL) in order to maintain legal status. There are only specific reasons that a student may be authorized by ISSS to enroll ...

ISSS may authorize a reduced course load or, if necessary, no course load, due to a student's temporary illness or medical condition for a period of time not to exceed an aggregate of 12 months per ...