The State of Texas
will not provide funds to state institutions of higher
education for excess semester credit hours earned by a
resident student. Because funding will not be provided
by the State, and as permitted by State law, Texas A&M
University will charge tuition at the non-resident rate
to all students who exceed the semester credit hour limit
for their program. Excess semester credit hours are those
which accrue after the student exceeds by 45 hours the
number of semester credit hours required for the completion
of the degree program in which the student is enrolled.
Thus, the student may accumulate up to 45 hours beyond
those required for the chosen degree program and not exceed
the limitation. The limitation on excess credit hours applies
only to those undergraduate students who first enter higher
education in the fall 1999 and thereafter. The semester
credit hours counted toward the limitation include all
hours attempted by the student except:
Semester credit hours earned by
the student before receiving a baccalaureate degree that
has been previously awarded.
Semester credit hours earned by the student by examination
or other procedure by which credit is earned without registering
for a course for which tuition is charged.
Credit for remedial education courses, technical courses,
workforce education courses funded according to contact
hours, or other courses that do not count toward a degree
program at Texas A&M University.
Semester credit hours earned by the student at a private
or an out-of-state institution.
