Funding of excess undergraduate credit hours is limited as follows:
(1) Universities and health-related institutions may not submit
for formula funding hours attempted by an undergraduate student who has previously
attempted 45 or more semester credit hours or its quarter hour equivalent
beyond the minimum number of hours required for completion of the degree program
in which the student is enrolled.
(2) An undergraduate student at a four-year institution who
is not enrolled in a degree program is considered to be enrolled in a degree
program requiring a minimum of 120 semester credit hours.
(3) Students who enroll on a temporary basis in a university
or health-related institution and are also enrolled in a private or independent
institution of higher education or an out-of-state institution of higher education
are considered to be enrolled in a degree program requiring a minimum of 120
semester credit hours.
(4) For the purposes of the undergraduate limit, an undergraduate
student who has entered into a master's or professional degree program without
first completing an undergraduate degree is considered to no longer be an
undergraduate student after having completed the equivalent of a bachelor's
degree or all of the course work normally taken during the first four years
of undergraduate course work in the student's degree program.
(5) For the purposes of the undergraduate limit, students are
treated for funding purposes as having whatever major they had on the official
census day of the term in question. If a student changes majors during a term,
that act does not retroactively change their eligibility under the limit.
(6) The following types of credit hours are exempt and do not
count toward the limit:
(A) hours earned by the student before receiving a baccalaureate
degree that has been previously awarded to the student;
(B) hours earned through examination or similar method without
registering for a course;
(C) hours from remedial and developmental courses, technical
courses, workforce education courses, or other courses that would not generate
academic credit that could be applied to a degree at the institution;
(D) hours earned by the student at a private institution or
an out-of-state institution; and
(E) any hours not eligible for formula funding.
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