Appendix F: General Definitions

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The following terms and definitions are currently in use at Norwich University relative to student status for all students enrolled in an online master’s or bachelor’s degree completion offering.

Full-Time
A student who is registered for twelve or more semester credit hours.

Part-Time
A student who is registered for fewer than twelve but more than zero semester credit hours.

Matriculant
A student who is a formal candidate for a Norwich degree.

Non-Matriculant
A student who is not a candidate for a Norwich University degree.

Enrolled
Students who have received academic, financial, and disciplinary clearance to attend the University during a specified period and who are registered for a schedule of seminars or courses. At the beginning of each semester, students shall follow the instructions issued to them concerning enrollment.

Registered
Students who have a schedule of seminars or courses for one semester.

Semester: Graduate
A graduate semester is comprised of a total of twelve credit hours of study taken in sequential seminars, typically as two, six-credit seminars. A semester begins with enrollment in the first seminar in the sequence and ends with enrollment in the second seminar of the sequence. The semester is twenty-four (24) weeks in duration.

Semester: Bachelor’s Degree Completion
A degree completion semester is comprised of a total of twelve credit hours of study taken in two sequential eight-week blocks. A semester begins with enrollment in the courses offered during the first eight-week block and ends with enrollment in the courses offered in the second eight-week block. The degree completion semester is sixteen (16) weeks in duration.

Official Grades
Those grades entered in the student’s permanent academic record at the University.