Undergraduate students are classified as follows:

• Full-Time - Students who carry 12 or more credit hours over each 18-week academic term. An academic term consists of three 6-week sessions determined as Fall Term (Sessions 1, 2, and 3) and Spring Term (Sessions 4, 5, and 6).
• Part-Time - Students who carry fewer than 12 credit hours over each 18-week academic term.
• Non-Degree - Students who already hold a degree and are taking further undergraduate work, and/or students who have fulfilled admissions requirements but are not pursuing a degree.
• Auditing - Students who do not wish to earn academic credit.
• Visiting - Students who are regularly enrolled in another college or university but taking one course at Spalding University.

Students enrolled in summer programs should consult with the Registrar office concerning full- and part-time status.

Undergraduate student academic classification levels* are as follows:

• Freshmen - Students who have completed fewer than 30 credit hours.
• Sophomores - Students who have completed at least 30, but fewer than 60, credit hours.
• Juniors - Students who have completed at least 60, but fewer than 90, credit hours.
• Seniors - Students who have completed at least 90 credit hours.

*Student academic classification levels are based only on official grades and transcripts received and processed by the university registrar.

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