Registration - Reduced Course Load Requests

Rice undergraduate students are considered to have full-time enrollment status when they are enrolled in 12 or more credit hours. Sometimes circumstances warrant going below 12 credit hours (also known as a “reduced course load”, which equates to part-time enrollment status). Approval of reduced course loads is not automatic, to do so requires the student to formally seek university approval.

The Office of Academic Advising manages the approval process of reduced course load requests for undergraduate students. Information on the registration overload petition process can be found on the Office of Academic Advising Reduced Course Load Requests webpage.

Please note the need for timely submission and approval of reduced course loads. For additional information on the calculation of part-time tuition and fees, please reference the Tuition and Fees section of the General Announcements.

Student-athletes who anticipate completing their final semester at part-time status (enrolled in less than 12 hours) must contact the Office of Academic Advising (for Athletics) for information regarding the completion of the electronic Final Semester Exception to NCAA Full Time Enrollment form.