Texas Education Code § 54.014 establishes a maximum number of semester credit hours an undergraduate student may attempt while paying Texas resident tuition. A student who exceeds the maximum hours will be charged the non-resident tuition rate.
Hour limitations
- First term in TX public institution prior to fall 1999 – Exempt
- First term in Texas public institution from fall 1999 to summer 2006 – 45 hours over degree program
- First term in Texas public institution from fall 2006 to the present date – 30 hours over degree program
Attempted hours include
- Earned and unearned hours (including non-passing grades)
- Withdrawn courses (includes administrative/non-academic)
- Repeated courses
Hours excluded
- Credit hours excluded from the student record due to an election of admission under Academic Fresh Start
- Credit hours earned from courses taken before receiving a previously-awarded baccalaureate degree
- Credit hours earned by examination (AP, CLEP, IB, or SAT II)
- Credit from remedial and developmental courses
- Credit hours taken at a private institution or an out-of-state institution
- Credit hours taken as dual-credit prior to high school graduation
Double Major, Double Degree, Minors
Additional major/degree/minor does not extend the maximum attempted hours limit
Appeals Process
- Email written appeal to registrar@untdallas.edu
- Appeal deadline: Census day of the current term
- Appeals will be reviewed by the Excessive Hours Review Committee
- If an exception is granted, students may email registrar@untdallas.edu once grades have posted and degree audits have been verified
- Denied, approved, and conditional exemptions will be emailed to the student’s UNTD email address after the Census Day for the current term