Registrar

Enrollment Status Definitions

Below are the required credit hours to be certified as a full-time (FT), half-time (HT), or less than half-time (LT) undergraduate, graduate, or doctoral student for a long semester (fall or spring), and for the summer terms.

Level	Term/Semester	Enrollment Status	Minimum Hours
Undergraduate	Fall/Spring	Full-time	12 hours
		Half-time	6 hours
		Less than half time	1 hour

	Summer**	Full-time	7 hours
		Half-time	4 hours
		Less than half time	1 hour

Graduate	Fall/Spring	Full-time	9 hours
		Half-time	5 hours
		Less than half time	1 hour

	Summer**	Full-time	6 hours
		Half-time	3 hours
		Less than half time	1 hour

Doctoral	Fall/Spring	Full-time	6 hours
		Half-time	3 hours
		Less than half time	1 hour

	Summer**	Full-time	6 hours
		Half-time	3 hours
		Less than half time	1 hour

**Enrollment status for the summer semester is determined by the total number of credit hours the student is registered for the entire summer term.

Questions

Anyone with questions regarding their enrollment status with the university should contact the Registrar's Office at 254-968-9510 or registrar@tarleton.edu.