Courseload Regulations

Minimum Unit Requirements

You must be enrolled in at least one course to be considered a registered student at Berkeley (in addition to having paid registration fees and having no registration blocks). However, you are expected to be enrolled in at least the minimum number of units approved by your college or school by the end of the third week of instruction. Minimum unit requirements are as follows:

Normal Course Loads

Undergraduates A course load of 15 units per semester is considered a normal undergraduate course load, and you are expected to enroll in at least 15 units.

Graduate Students A course load of 12 units per semester is considered a normal, full-time graduate course load.

Reduced Study Loads

If you are an undergraduate and anticipate being enrolled in fewer than the minimum number of units required by your college or school, contact the dean's office of your college or school as soon as possible (preferably before the end of the previous semester, or at least well before the end of Phase II) for approval to be enrolled in a less-less-than-full course load.

Maximum Unit Limits

Tele-BEARS will not permit enrollment beyond the maximum number of units approved by your college or school. If you wish to enroll in more units than the maximum, you must seek approval from your college or school dean's office (declared majors in Letters and Science should go to their department for approval). Maximum unit limits are as follows: