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Class Standing

  2. Majors and Minors
  3. Departments and Units
  4. Courses
  5. LSA Degrees
  6. LSA Requirements
  7. LSA Academic Policies and Procedures
    1. Credit Policies
      1. Course Credit and Contact Hours
      2. Class Standing
      3. Residency Requirements
      4. LSA and Non-LSA Credit
      5. Graded and Non-Graded Coursework
      6. Credits Required Outside of Major Department
      7. Course Sequencing
      8. Repeating a Course
      9. Experiential and Directed Reading/Independent Study Coursework
      10. Test Credit (AP, IB, etc.)
      11. Transfer Credit Policy
    3. Registration and Enrollment
    4. Grading, Transcripts, and Academic Records
    5. Academic Standing
    6. Academic Integrity
  9. LSA Commitment to Academic Freedom
  10. LSA First-Semester Grade Covering Pilot
  11. Dates and Deadlines
  12. Academic Integrity
  13. Engaged Learning
  14. STEM
  15. Business
  16. What Will You Do with an LSA Degree?

Class standing is determined by the number of credit hours accumulated toward graduation (including test and transfer credit) at the end of a given term. 

Class StandingCreditsFor Tuition Purposes
First YearFewer than 25 creditsLower Division
Sophomore25 through 54 creditsLower Division
Junior55 through 84 creditsUpper Division
Senior85 credits or moreUpper Division

For information on tuition rates please see the Office of the Registrar. 

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