| Undergraduate Students in Fall or Spring Terms |
| 1-5 |
credits is considered less than half-time enrollment |
| 6-11 |
credits is considered half-time enrollment |
| 12 |
or more credits is considered full-time enrollment |
|
| Undergraduate Students In Summer Sessions |
| 1-2 |
credits is considered less than half-time enrollment |
| 3-5 |
credits is considered half-time enrollment |
| 6 |
or more credits is considered full-time enrollment |
|
| * Students receiving veterans' benefits have the additional certification levels of one-quarter time or three-quarter time. |
| Graduate & Professional Students in Fall or Spring Terms |
| 1-3 |
credits is considered less than half-time enrollment |
| 4-7 |
credits is considered half-time enrollment |
| 8 |
or more credits is considered full-time enrollment |
|
| Graduate & Professional Students In Summer Sessions |
| 1 |
credit is considered less than half-time enrollment |
| 2-3 |
credits is considered half-time enrollment |
| 4 |
or more credits is considered full-time enrollment |
|
| * For certain graduate students, typically doing dissertation work, the number of credits to be considered full-time may be lower. |
Some degree programs require more than twelve credits to be considered full time in the program.
This is different than the university's definition for financial aid purposes.
IUPUC will consider courses taken through the IU Independent Study Program as part of full or
half-time enrollment in one semester only and only for purposes of certification or loan
deferment. NOTE: The Office of Financial Aid will not consider enrollment through IU Independent
Study towards any financial aid enrollment requirements until after the coursework has been
completed.
In such situations, we will match the start of the correspondence enrollment to the appropriate
semester (for example, if a student registers for correspondence work in September, we would
count it in the Fall; if the student registers for correspondence work in December, we would
count it in the Spring).
Please note that it is the student's responsibility to inform the Office of the Registrar that
she or he is enrolled in the IU Independent Study Program as it will not automatically appear in
our campus-based review.
