Credit Overload
Purpose: Used by all students requesting approval to exceed the maximum credit load of a college/school.
Student Instructions:
1. Register via CheckMarq for the maximum number of credits you are allowed before completing this form.
2. Complete Section 1 & 2 of this form, using a computer.
a. a handwritten form will not be accepted.
b. an incomplete form or this form without your rationale letter, will not be processed and will be returned to you for completion.
3. Print the form using the 'Print Form' button.
4. Sign the form in Section 3; a digital signature is not acceptable.
5. Obtain the signature of your adviser in Section 4, if required.
6. Write a rationale letter explaining your need for the credit overload.
7. Submit this form along with your rationale letter to your college/school dean's office for review, before the last day of registration for the class listed below.
Note:
a. this approval will not apply if a class section is full. You must obtain a permission number to enroll in a full section.
b. if approved, you will be registered for the class. If denied, you will be notified by your college.
College/School Instructions:
1. Designate approval or denial, stamp the form in Section 5 and notify the student.
2. If before the Add/Drop deadline, register the student.
3. If after the Add/Drop deadline, OTR will register the student.
4. Scan the form to the Office of the Registrar via ImageNow.
Note: If this credit overload request is approved for enrollment in an Independent Study, this form must be sent with the Independent Study course form.
Section 1: Student Information
Email
Section 2: Course Information
@marquette.edu
Rev. 8/2017
I hereby request to be registered for a total of
credits, during
UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE
Arts and Sciences..................................................................................
Business Administration........................................................................
Communication......................................................................................
Education...............................................................................................
Engineering............................................................................................
Health Sciences.....................................................................................
Nursing...................................................................................................
Fall/Spring
20
19
19
20
20
19
18
GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Dentistry.....................................................................
Graduate School........................................................
TAs and RAs............................................................
Business Grad Programs.........................................
Direct Entry MSN.....................................................
Graduate Dental Studies.........................................
Health Sciences Professional....................................
Law............................................................................
Fall/Spring
27
13
10
13
16
18
21
18
MAXIMUM CREDIT LOADS
Signature of Adviser
Date
Section 4: Adviser's Signature
An adviser's signature is required for students in Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Health Sciences.
Section 3: Student Signature
I request to be allowed to exceed the maximum credit load of my college/school as indicated above and clearly understand the requirements and additional work needed to be
successful with this overload. I am attaching my rationale for this request to this form.
Signature of Student
Date
Date
College/School Stamp
Section 5: College/School Approval
Denied
Approved
MUID
College/School
Major/Program
(e.g. Philosophy)
Subject Code
(e.g. ENGL)
Catalog Number
(e.g. 1001)
Section Number
(e.g. 101)
Class Number
Associated Class Numbers
(for Lab, Quiz, Discussion, etc.)
Permission Number
(for Consent or Overrride, if necessary)
. If approved, please register me in the following course:
Term/Year
Expected Graduation Term
Name
Last name, First name, Middle name
*Summer
8/16
8/16
8/16
8/16
8/16
8/16
8/16
*Summer
19
7/13
7
7/13
16
18
18
12
*Summer term maximum credit load: UG 8 credits per session, 16 total credits for the term; GS & GSM 7 credits per session, 13 total credits for the term. Law School: students
may take no more that 7 credits during the first session and no more than 6 the second session.
