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  Rutgers Law School 2019-2021 Academic Policies and Procedures Registration and Course Information Matriculation Requirements  

Matriculation Requirements



Matriculated Students

a. Minimum credit load: A full-time student must register for a minimum of 12 credits in both the fall and spring semesters. A part-time student must register for a minimum of 8 credits in both the fall and spring semesters. A part-time student who needs fewer than 8 course credits to fulfill the course credit requirements to graduate may enroll for less than 8 course credits in a semester if the student is in good standing.

b. Maximum credit load for full-time students: A full-time student can register for a maximum of 16 credits in a semester. However, with the permission of the dean, a full-time student may register for 17 credits in a semester.

c. Maximum credit load for part-time students: A part-time student may not register for more than 11 credits in any semester, except that with the dean's permission, a student may register for 12 credits.

d. When a course or other credit program extends over two semesters, half of the credit shall be allocated to each semester. Pending the completion of the second semester, a student enrolled in such a course shall receive a grade of N for the first semester. Such a grade carries no course credit. At the end of the second semester, a grade of Pass or No Credit shall be substituted.

e. Summer Sessions: A student may earn up to 11 credits during Summer Sessions, if offered.

Nonmatriculated Students

Nonmatriculated students, defined as a student who is not a degree candidate at Rutgers, may, with the dean's permission, take fewer than 8 course credits in any semester.
 
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