Semester Courseload

Full-time graduate students typically enroll in 9 to 12 credit hours per semester. Specialist and doctoral students should normally carry no more than 12 credit hours per semester; master's and licensure students may be able to carry 15 credit hours per semester. The maximum allowable course load for graduate students is 16 credit hours in a fall or spring semester. At Bloomington, the maximum load in Summer Session I (six weeks) is 6 hours. The maximum load in Summer Session II (eight weeks) is 9 credit hours. At Indianapolis, each summer session is six weeks long, and the maximum allowable course load for each session is 7 credit hours. A maximum of 3 credit hours may be earned in each summer intensive session.

Graduate students holding appointments such as associate instructor, graduate assistant, and research assistant for 15 hours per week (37.5 % full time equivalency) or more must be registered for 6 credit hours during each semester (no registration is required during summer sessions). Fellowship holders must enroll in a minimum of 8 credit hours per semester. International students must enroll in at least 8 credit hours per semester in order to meet visa requirements. Students holding government guaranteed student loans must be enrolled in at least 8 credit hours per semester.