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CLASSIFICATIONS, COURSE LOADS AND STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

The typical fall/spring semester schedule includes 18 academic credits. Students who wish to take more than the usual 18 credits per semester are required to get the approval of the relevant Program Chair, the Registrar and the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs. During the summer semester, students may enroll in a maximum of 9 credit hours.

Only senior-level students are allowed to exceed the 18 credit limit, and they can take a maximum of 3 extra credits per year. 

To take extra credits a student is expected:

• to have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA
• to have earned 105 credits by the beginning of the fall semester

Students who do not successfully complete 36 credits each academic semester may not be on track to graduate in four years. Students may need to complete a fifth year of study or take summer school classes to earn the required 144 credits towards graduation. This also applies to students who participate in programs abroad. Please note that Financial Aid/Scholarships are awarded for eight semesters only, and that Financial Aid/Scholarships are not awarded during summer terms.

Moreover, if a student participates in any program abroad (UGRAD, Work and Travel, etc.) it is still his/her responsibility to complete all requirements of AUCA programs, even if it means that the student must extend their studies beyond four years.

Students must have:

• 33 credits to advance from the first year to the second year
• 69 credits to advance from the second year to the third year
• 105 credits to advance from the third year to the fourth year

One credit generally means students are in class one hour and are expected to complete two hours of independent work each week of the semester. Some practical courses, labs, independent studies and other kinds of courses may use different ratios. Students should complete all the work assigned to them and not simply count hours.

To be considered full-time, an AUCA student must take a minimum of 12 credits per semester. Students typically register for 18 credits per semes­ter in order to graduate in four academic years. To graduate, a student must earn a mini­mum of 144 credits.

All active AUCA students are expected to:

• Activate and regularly check their AUCA email (all official communication will be delivered to this email account)
• Schedule regular meetings with their Academic Advisors and Program Chairs
• Review all graduation requirements and monitor their progress towards graduation every semester
• Meet all prerequisites for the courses in which they plan to register
• Pay current semester tuition fees prior to registration for the subsequent term
• Submit their Study Cards to the Office of the Registrar prior to the end of all registration periods
• Submit applications for departmental transfers, academic minors, and/or second majors (i.e. double majors) only after completing the first year of study



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