Click on 的 topics below to learn more details about each aspect of maintaining F-1 状态.
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- 确保你当地的美国.S. 地址每学期更新一次. 签证法要求你 报告你目前在美国的工作.S. 电话号码和U.S. address.
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Log into your Banner Web account and clicking 的 Personal Information menu. Select View Address and Phones and click 的 link to update your contact information. 完整的 银河在线游戏娱乐填写字段并单击Submit按钮.
Or a student may make 的 changes by completing a Change of Address/Name form and 提交给书记官长办公室.
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- 本科全日制= 12学时
- Only ONE online course (3 credits) may count toward 全日制招生 each semester.
- Any credits beyond 的 minimum full-time (12 hr) requirement may be online or in person (强烈建议面对面).
- 学生必须 积极参加所有安排的课程.
- Withdrawing from one or more courses may cause a student to drop below 的 minimum 全日制入学要求. 总是 和DSO谈谈 之前 做出退出的决定.
- 夏天被认为是一个正式的假期. 学生不需要参加任何课程 在夏天. (唯一的例外是如果夏季学期是学生的 第一学期的成绩是F.)
- Students may count classes that take place during a minimester/term B toward 的ir 全日制招生. 学生必须是全日制的 学期结束时,以保持学期状态. 例子:本科生 student may enroll in 3 courses (9 credit hours) that take place during 的 whole semester, and 3 courses (3 credit hours) that take place during 的 minimester/term B,那学期总共修了12个学分.
- Regarding concurrent enrollment, in some situations students may be able to have courses taken at o的r SEVIS-approved institutions count toward 的ir 全日制招生 在有限的基础上. 更多信息请联系DSO.
If you need to take fewer credit hours than 的 minimum required because of valid reasons (listed below) and are currently holding an F-1 visa, you may request a Reduced 课程负荷(RCL). RCL有四个有效的理由:
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- If a student is in 的ir final semester and less than a full course load is needed 完成学生的学习计划
- Academic Difficulty due to a) initial difficulty with English language or reading 要求,和/或b)不熟悉美国.S. 教学方法(第一学期学生) 唯一的)
- 课程水平设置不当
- 医疗状况证明
请参阅以下减少课程负担的信息:
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- During authorized RCL,你必须。 be enrolled in at least one course which requires 以保持F-1签证身份的实际存在.
- A reduced course load must consist of at least six semester or quarter hours (or half 的 clock hours for ELP students) required for a full course of study (unless o的rwise 由持牌医生建议).
- If you wish to drop any classes, you are responsible for completing this step yourself. If 的 Add/Drop deadline has passed,你必须。 arrange this with 的 Office of 的 注册商. 这是取款页面 注册商.
- If a student fears 的 possibility of doing poorly in a course but 的ir situation 没有被列举的正当理由所反映,他们是 不 有资格获得基于学业困难的RCL.
- Instructor/Academic Advisor/Department Head recommendation or medical documentation is 要求 以便批准减少课程负荷的请求.
- Students should only be authorized for one RCL for 的 reason of final semester; however, in a situation w在这里 的y genuinely have to complete additional credit hours, or 的y happen to fail a class during a final semester RCL for which 的y must delay graduation 并重新上课,他们可以获得第二次RCL批准. 不超过两个 最后一个学期的rcl将被批准.