# Aggie One Stop

**Source**: https://aggie.tamu.edu/registration-and-records/classes/enrollment-status-definitions/exceptions-to-full-time-enrollment-minimums
**Parent**: https://aggie.tamu.edu/financial-aid/types-of-aid/scholarships/international-student-scholarships

# Exceptions to Full Time Enrollment Minimums

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Per Student Rule 1.7, students may be certified as full time with fewer than the required hours under the following circumstances:

1. Participation in an authorized cooperative education (co-op) experience;
2. Fewer than 12 hours remain for an undergraduate student to complete degree requirements in the final semester before graduation;
3. Fewer than 9 hours remain for a graduate student to complete degree requirements in the final semester before graduation;
4. Participation in an approved internship that is equivalent to a full-time course load;
5. Enrollment in student teaching course sections;
6. Disability Resources approved accommodation (<https://disability.tamu.edu/process/>)

## Important Information regarding Financial Aid

- These exceptions may not apply to a student's eligibility for certain types of financial aid.
- **Enrollment reporting for student loan repayment purposes will be reported as actual hours enrolled.**
- **Cooperative education students are reported as full time for student loan repayment purposes.**
- Students who have questions about how exceptions to full time enrollment requirements will affect their scholarships, loans, grants, etc., should confer with their financial aid advisor.

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## Important Information for International Students

International students, in F-1 and J-1 status, requesting an exception to full time requirements must verify with International Student and Scholar Services that they are maintaining F-1/J-1 status if enrolling less than full time.  \

## Process

### Internships, CO-OPs, student teaching

When students are participating in courses that are coded as an internship, cooperative education (co-op), or student teaching (see the instructional method – INTRN, COOP, STDNT), the Office of the Registrar will automatically code them as full-time for enrollment purposes after the fifth-class day. \
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When students are participating in courses that are not coded as an internship, co-op, or student teaching, the academic department will need to submit a memo (signed by the Department Head and academic advisor) to the Office of the Registrar, [recordsadmin@tamu.edu](mailto:recordsadmin@tamu.edu), to request the student be considered full-time. It will be reviewed within seven business days upon receipt.\
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After the fifth-class day, status can be confirmed in Howdy. \
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### Graduation

Undergraduate students who have applied for graduation will automatically receive the full-time exemption applied to their record after the 6th class day of the semester. If the student's enrollment status has not been updated in Howdy by then, please contact [recordsadmin@tamu.edu](mailto:recordsadmin@tamu.edu).\
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Graduate students must request the full-time exemption via [recordsadmin@tamu.edu](mailto:recordsadmin@tamu.edu) after submitting their application for graduation. Their eligibility status will be reviewed by the Graduate and Professional School before the exemption is applied.\
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Degree Candidates who have their graduation application cancelled after receiving full-time exemption will have their enrollment status updated by Registrar staff.\
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F-1/J-1 international students are encouraged to inform ISSS, <https://global.tamu.edu/isss>, in advance if their graduation plans change.

## Contact Information

Please contact the Office of the Registrar at [recordsadmin@tamu.edu](mailto:recordsadmin@tamu.edu) or 979-845-2658 with questions or concerns.

##### Exceptions to Full Time Enrollment Minimums

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