<p>Oh - here is a good spot to put in some financial aid info in terms of units-per-semester. Students receiving financial aid must have at least 12 units per semester freshman year, but after freshman year must average more than that to continue to receive their financial aid:</p>
<p>Freshman year: 12 min per semester, 24 for the year
Sophomore: 14 min per semester, 28 for the year
Junior: 15 min per semester, 30 for the year
Senior: 16 min per semester, 32 for the year</p>
<p>These are Federal rules for financial aid recipients, not USC rules.
[USC</a> Catalogue: Undergraduate Education: Financial Aid : Satisfactory Academic Progress](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2010/undergraduate/fin_aid_sap.html]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2010/undergraduate/fin_aid_sap.html)</p>
<p>*Note: You can get ahead on these by taking more than the minimums freshman-sophomore-junior years so that you do not necessarily have to have 16 per semester during senior year. If you are receiving need-based financial aid it is important to be aware of Satisfactory Academic Progress rules.</p>