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verload Approval
OVERLOAD APPROVAL
Full time enrollment for graduate students is 9-16 credits. Graduate students must obtain the appropriate approvals below for
registration in excess of 16 credits in a term (graduate and undergraduate credits combined). Computer Science and Electrical &
Computer Engineering graduate students have a lower maximum registration limit of 10 credits; these students must obtain approval
to register for 11 or more credits.
Name _______________________________________________________________ PSU ID# _______________________________
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SU Email (
PRINT CLEARLY) ______________________________________________ Day phone ___________________________
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egree (MS, PhD, etc.) ______________________ Major ____________________________________________________________
Overload Request for Term ______________ Year ______________ Requested number of credits ________________________
Please explain the reason(s) for the proposed credit load:
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tudent Signature___________________________________________________________________ Date____________________
A. Approval to register for 17 to 19 credit hours or 11 or more credits for CS and ECE majors (and you are not a Graduate Assistant)
Department Chair or Adviser _____________________________________________________ Date_____________________
Routing: Must be signed by student and department, then submitted to the Registrar’s Office for processing.
B. Approval to register for 20 or more credit hours (and you are not a Graduate Assistant)
Department Chair _______________________________________________________________ Date____________________
Dean of Graduate Studies _________________________________________________________ Date____________________
Routing: Must be signed by student, department, and OGS, then submitted to the Registrar’s Office for processing.
C. Approval to register for more than 16 credit hours if you are a Graduate Assistant
Adviser ________________________________________________________________________ Date____________________
Chair of student’s academic department ______________________________________________ Date ____________________
Dean of Graduate Studies __________________________________________________________ Date ____________________
Routing: Must be signed by student, adviser, department, and OGS, then submitted to the Registrar’s Office for processing.
