2006-10-30 06:52:08 · 7 answers · asked by Ω Nookey™ 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Studying Abroad
These terms refer to how many credit hours of classes a person is taking for the coursework he is studying.
Every class is worth a certain amount of credit hours. Each credit hour means one hour in a classroom or lab setting at the school. You pay the school per credit hour for tuition.
A full-time student is paying for at least 12 credit hours per semester. Anything less is a part-time student, and 6 credit hours is half-time. Many insurance companies require a student be full-time in order to receive coverage under their parent's or the school's policies.
Of course, 12 hours is not all the time a student spends in the classroom or lab. Many schools expect a minimum of 2 or 3 hours of study outside the classroom for each credit hour taken.
2006-10-30 07:00:43 · answer #1 · answered by Mmerobin 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
this term is used for all students...students taking 12 credit hours are full time, half is 6 credit hours (usually only 2 classes)
2006-10-30 06:54:00 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A 'full time' student in the US takes 12 or more credit hours per semester. 'half (or part) time' students take less than 12 hours a semester.
2006-10-30 06:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by wvucountryroads 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that half time student is a student who works at the same time, and a full time student is someone who just studies
2006-10-30 06:56:20 · answer #4 · answered by Mella 87 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
depends if its a semster or quarter system . .
in a semester system 6 credits is half time and 12 is full time, although 15 is typical to graduate in 4 years.
2006-10-30 06:54:44 · answer #5 · answered by a_blue_grey_mist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
half time = less than 12 hours per semester
full time = 12 or more hours per semester
2006-10-30 06:53:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
8 credits and 16 credits
2006-10-30 06:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋