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COURSE LOAD REQUIREMENTS

To complete a bachelor’s degree program within eight semesters, the average course load for students is 15 to 17 credit hours per semester. Students must enroll in at least 12 hours for full time enrollment. Students must enroll in 12 to 19 hours in any regular semester with the following exceptions:

  • Graduating Students: Seniors in ECAS, in their final semester of study, may enroll in fewer than 12 hours or more than 19 hours (but no more than 22 hours) if those hours complete their degree requirements. This requires permission from the academic affairs office in each respective undergraduate school. In Oxford College, students in their fourth and final semester of study may overload if those hours complete their AA requirements. Oxford students who are enrolled beyond their fourth semester of study may enroll in fewer than 12 hours as needed to complete their AA requirements.

  • Underloads: Students must enroll in a minimum of 12 credit hours in a regular semester, except for students who have received credit load accommodations from the Department of Accessibility Services (DAS).

  • Overloads: Emory College students with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher may overload up to 22 credit hours. Students with outstanding incomplete grades at the start of a semester may not overload.

  • For Emory College of Arts and Sciences: Applied music and PE courses do not count toward the 19-hour limit, but are included in the 22-hour maximum for all courses.

All credit for academic work must be awarded in the semester in which the work is undertaken, including summer sessions, directed readings, and internships.

Summer Session Course Load Requirements

Students enrolled in summer courses in ECAS are subject to the following limits. Students may enroll in only one three-week Maymester course. Those students who enroll in a Maymester course are not permitted to enroll in courses in Summer Session I (with the exception of PE courses), but may enroll in Summer Session II. All students are limited to eight credits in Summer Session I, and eight credits in Summer Session II.

Approved by the Curriculum, Assessment, and Educational Policy Committee, September 12, 2022