Maximum number of units allowed per semester at USC?

Colleges & Universities University of Southern California
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<p>What is the maximum number of units allowed per semester at USC?</p>

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<p>A multi-part answer:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>18 units is the maximum included with your standard tuition. Any units over 18 cost $1,360 each.</p></li>
<li><p>USC recommends undergraduates take a maximum of 18 units.</p></li>
<li><p>You can register for up to 20 without special permission. (Again, an extra $1,360 for each unit.)</p></li>
<li><p>To register for more than 20 units, you will need written permission from your school or department and clearance from your advisor.</p></li>
</ul>

<p>[Schedule</a> of Classes: Fall 2010: General Registration Information: Enrollment/Registration](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/academics/classes/term_20103/reg_info/]Schedule”>http://www.usc.edu/academics/classes/term_20103/reg_info/)</p>

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<p>you can take 20 units w/o penalty if you’re a renaissance scholar (double major or major/minor in 2 highly differently fields) and have a 3.75+gpa in both fields. i think you have to get some paperwork approved for that.</p>

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<p>^ It is The USC Academic Achievement Award. Here is the link for the paperwork: [USC</a> Academic Achievement Award | Undergraduate Education](<a href=“http://undergrad.usc.edu/renaissance/achievement_award.html]USC”>http://undergrad.usc.edu/renaissance/achievement_award.html)</p>

<p>**The program isn’t available to first-semester students <a href=“you%20have%20to%20have%20a%20USC-gpa”>/B</a>.</p>

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<p>does this unit-limit apply to summer sessions at usc?</p>

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<p>The 20-unit limit? Yes, you would still need written approval from your school or department to register for more than 20 units is the summer session. (It might actually be a lower limit in the summer, but I can not find anything that says so.)</p>

<p>The 18-units-included-in-the-tuition part does NOT apply to summer, though. For summer session, it is a per-unit charge of $1,360 each unit - so if you register for 8 units it would be $10,880, if you register for 16 units it would be $21,760, etc…</p>

<p>*the $1,360 is an increase of $61/unit from this summer when it was $1,299 per unit.</p>

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<p>@ alamemom</p>

<p>thanks for the info!! =)</p>

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<p>you do NOT have to be a rennaissance scholar to qualify for the academic achievement award. eg. business and accounting would not qualify for RS but would qualify for AAA</p>

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<p>will it be cheaper to take 16 units (paying per unit) during summer session 2011 at usc? or take 16 units (paying a flat fee for 12-18 units) during fall 2011 semester?</p>

<p>since tuition fee increases by each school year (2010-2011 then 2011-2012), would it actually be cheaper for me to complete my degree during summer 2011? or fall 2011?</p>

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<p>@alamemom, does the USC academic achievement award apply to incoming junior transfers as well?</p>

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<p>^^ it applies AFTER you have taken classes at USC AND have earned a cumulative USC GPA of at least 3.750.</p>