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Student Employment Handbook:

Credit Hour Enrollment Requirement

To work on campus during Fall and Spring semesters, students must be enrolled and maintain at least half-time enrollment (6 credit hours for undergraduate students and 4 credit hours for graduate students). Students must maintain enrollment at the minimum required credit hours the entire period in which they are working for Fall and Spring semesters. Audited classes are not considered degree-granting credits and do not count towards the minimum credit hour requirement.

To work on campus between Fall and Spring semesters (winter break), students must have completed enrollment for the upcoming Spring semester, or have been enrolled in the previous Fall semester.

Summer employment requires enrollment in the following Fall semester unless the student is enrolled (half-time) for summer or graduating in August. Enrollment in summer is not required for August graduates, or students enrolled in the Fall, unless the student wishes to waive a contribution to OPERS.

Students who are graduating (both university and federal work-study funded) are permitted to work through the Saturday (work-week end date) of the week in which they are scheduled to graduate. Students pursuing post-undergraduate or graduate work immediately following graduation will be required to be enrolled in the 6 credit hour or 4 credit hour minimum required for employment on-campus. Students may be asked to verify their enrollment status.

Dropping Below the Credit Hour Enrollment Requirement

During Fall and Spring semesters, students who drop below half-time enrollment status will lose their eligibility for employment, will be terminated immediately, and will be required to contribute to OPERS and Medicare effective on the begin date for the two-week, payroll period in which the student's employment is terminated.