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According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), students generally should not be allowed to enroll for more than semester credit hours than the number of weeks in a in a semester /session. For a 16-week Fall or Spring semesters, students with a minimum of 12 semester credit hours are considered full-time students, and they may enroll in more than 19 hours only by permission of the appropriate academic dean.
Students may enroll in a maximum of eight (8) semester credit hours during the eight-week Flex session, and six (6) semester credit hours the six-week Summer session. Students simultaneously enrolled in terms of different lengths may enroll in a maximum number of credit hours equal to the number of weeks in the longest term. And, students enrolled in such special block programs as English as a Second Language and the Fire Academy, which requires enrollment in credit hours beyond the maximum normally allowed, may be exempt from these limitations.
Students may petition the appropriate academic dean for additional hours providing the following criteria are met:
1. The students submits an official college transcript to the Admissions and Records Office (in room 216 of the Fletcher Administration Building), or, along with the petition, the student submits the transcripts to the respective Administrator.
2. The student completes a minimum of 12 semester credit hours of college-level work with a cumulative GPA of 2.75.
3. The student maintains satisfactory academic progress.
The College reserves the right to limit the number of semester hours attempted by students who are employed. As a general rule, for each class hour, a minimum of two hours of preparation is expected. Three hours of laboratory work are considered the equivalent of one hour of classroom recitation.