University of Louisville Undergraduate Catalog Summer 2011 – Spring 2012

Classification of Students
University Policy
Undergraduate students are
admitted to an undergraduate
enrollment unit and classified as
follows:
 Full-time students: those
who are registered for 12 or
more semester hours in a
regular school session.
 Part-time students: those
who are registered for fewer
than 12 semester hours in a
regular school session.
90 or more semester hours
credit but have not received
baccalaureate degrees.
 Post-baccalaureate:
students holding baccalaureate
degrees and taking further
undergraduate work.
 Auditors: students enrolled
in a class or classes on a
noncredit basis.

 Regular students: those

who have satisfied the
admissions requirements for the
academic unit in which they are
enrolled.
 Special students: those
who do not satisfy the
admissions requirements for the
academic unit in which they are
enrolled, but who are admitted
by special consent.
 Visiting students: those
regularly enrolled in other
institutions who desire to
register in one of the academic
units of the University for one
semester. Visiting students
must be in good standing in
their regular college or
university.

 Freshmen: students who

have fewer than 30 semester
hours credit.
 Sophomores: students who
have 30 or more, but fewer than
60 semester hours of credit.
 Juniors: students who have
60 or more, but fewer than 90
semester hours credit.
 Seniors: students who have

University Policies Classification of Students