Course Overload

In the Fall or Spring semester full-time undergraduate students may take any four courses regardless of their until value, or five or six courses that total no more than 4.75 units, without additional tuition charges.  An overload consists of five or six courses totaling more than 4.75 units or more than six courses.  During Summerterm, an overload consists of more than 2 units of credit per term.

Eligibility for Course Overload
Students must be full-time.  Students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.5 (except as noted in #2 below).  Course overload registration is by petition and is done during the first seven days of the Fall and Spring semesters.  Course overload during Summerterm must be approved by the Director of Summerterm.  See section below for direction regarding the cost of additional courses. First-year students and transfer students in their first semester at St. Lawrence are not eligible for a course overload.

Course Overload without additional charges
Full-time students with a 3.2 overall or 3.2 prior semester gpa and making normal progress toward their degree, may register for up to 5.75 units without additional tuition charges during the fall or spring semesters.  See Guidelines for normal academic progress in the University Catalog. 

Once during their undergraduate career, all students in good academic standing may take one course as an overload, with no additional tuition charges.

A student who fails to convert all incomplete (E) grade to final grades by the end of the drop/add period may not take the fee overload course privilege when other conditions are met.

Full-time students registered for more than six courses or for five or six courses totaling more than 4.75 units and not meeting criteria for a course overload without additional charges will be changed an overload fee (currently $4,420 per unit).

Example: If a student is registered for 5 courses with a total unit value of 5 units and does not qualify for exception 1 or 2 above, the student will be billed an overload charge of $1,105 ($4420*25%).

Students taking fewer than four courses or 3.0 units will be billed for full tuition with the following three exceptions:

1. A second semester senior who needs less than four courses (regardless of number of units) to complete his/her academic program will be billed on a per course basis. A petition requesting less than full tuition must be received within five business days of the course drop/add deadline.
2. Employees and dependents using tuition remission benefits will be billed on a per course unit basis.
3. Special situations for billing on a per course basis may be approved by the Vice President for Finance.

If a student elects to take fewer than fours courses or 3.0 units their financial aid my be reduced.  The State of New Your will disallow TAP for students enrolled in less than 3.5 units.