Over-Crediting

Full-time students may choose to take 12-18 credits per term. With some conditions and restrictions, full-time students may take more than 18 credits. This situation is referred to as “over-crediting”, and is an option available to students, although it is typically not recommended in most academic situations. Students should be aware that they enroll for more than 18 credits, they will be charged $100 for each additional credit. These conditions apply only to credits attempted during the same academic term; credits from different academic terms are not added for the purposes of determining over-crediting.

To take more than 18 credits, an Over-Crediting Petition must be submitted to the registrar before the end of the ninth week (Friday, 5:00 pm) of the regular term—Fall, Winter, or Spring—before the term of the intended over-crediting. Students should note that there must be a compelling and coherent academic rationale as to why the over credit request should be granted. In the event of denial of over-crediting, the Registrar will notify the student, and students may appeal to the Academic Policy and Review Committee (APRC), whose decision is final.

The following conditions and restrictions upon over-crediting exist:

1. Students must have the permission of their academic advisers.
2. Students may not take more than 22 credits, under any circumstances.
3. Students within their first term at Antioch College may not over-credit, regardless of past history, transfer status, etc.
4. Students must be in good academic standing; the sole exception is if a student must over-credit as part of the terms of academic probation.
5. Students must be in good financial standing.
6. Students must not have any outstanding incomplete grades or unresolved academic integrity or no grade indicators.
7. Students must have earned all attempted credits in the last term (work or study).
8. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
9. Students may not over credit in any term during which they are also enrolled in either ENG 101 English Composition Plus or MATH 090 College Math Skills.
10. Students may petition the Academic Policy and Review Committee (APRC) for an exception to restrictions 1-9. Students should note that the academic rationale for such a request is paramount, and that the decision of APRC is final.
11. Credits for audited classes count towards determining over-crediting.
12. Over credit petitions from students with third- or fourth-year standing will not be approved unless the student has an up-to-date, approved degree plan on file in the Registrar’s Office.
13. Students may not take more than a total of 18 over-credits during their Antioch career.

Students who over-credit during any term solely because of enrollment in courses through the SOCHE consortium will not be charged over-credit fees.

Over-Crediting Petitions are available in the Registrar’s Office.