Excess Credit Hour Surcharge

Yes, graduate courses are included in your Excess Credit Hour counter if they are being used towards your baccalaureate degree. Credit that is only used for the graduate degree will be excluded.

Your Excess Credit Hour counter is determined after completion of a review of your incoming transfer credit and a determination of what is applicable to your declared major or degree program. Since you do not have a declared major, almost everything or everything will count. Once you declare a major, any additional credits that can apply towards the major will be determined and added to your Excess Credit Counter.

When you elect to change your major, it is possible that your new major selection will change which courses are degree applicable. Important Note: Once the original Excess Hours review has been completed, the courses that are determined to be degree applicable will always be included in the Excess Hour Counter even if you change to a major in which they are no longer degree applicable. In most cases like this, everything that was used in the initial review will remain in your counter. Those new courses that are NOW degree applicable will be added to your counter.

The baseline will not be increased for a double major or double degree. It is possible that the student will exceed the baseline and be required to pay the excess hours surcharge prior to graduation. Once the double major or double degree has been awarded, the credit hours that apply to the second degree or second major in excess of the baseline will be refunded by Student Account Services.

The baseline will not be increased for a minor. It is possible that a student will exceed the baseline when pursuing a minor in addition to the coursework for their major and will be required to pay the excess hours surcharge

All UCF courses count towards Excess Hours.

Once you graduate, you will receive a refund in the following term after your graduation for assessed excess hours fees as a double major or dual degree. For example, if you graduate in the spring term, you will receive a refund by the end of the summer term.

Once you graduate, you will receive a refund in the following term after your graduation. For example, if you graduate in the spring term, you will receive a refund by the end of the summer term.

No, there is not an application you need to submit once you graduate for the excess hours fee refund. Your student record will be checked automatically by the Registrar’s Office.

No, there is not an application you need to submit once you graduate for the excess hours fee refund. Your student record will be checked automatically by the Registrar’s Office.

Data in your excess hours counter does not include future term enrollment. Your excess hours counter is updated at the end of each term’s drop/add deadline to reflect new term enrollment.

No, the Registrar’s Office cannot tell you since we have to wait for the excess hours counter updates at the end of each term’s drop/add deadline.

After the excess hours counter has been updated after the drop/add deadline each term, you will receive an email from the Registrar’s Office informing you to check your excess hours counter.

Yes, per the state legislation, all students pursuing a second bachelor’s degree are exempt from excess hours fees.

Yes, per the state legislation, all students pursuing a second bachelor’s degree are exempt from excess hours fees.

Yes, if you are also pursuing a bachelor’s degree, an Undergraduate Certificate is considered a complementary program to your bachelor’s degree. The classes for a certificate do count towards excess hours.

Yes, any credits taken at another institution after you have started at UCF are included in your excess hours credit counter. This includes courses taken as a transient student while still enrolled at UCF.

Yes, any credits taken at another institution after you have started at UCF are included in your excess hours credit counter. This includes courses taken as a study abroad student while still enrolled at UCF.

No, a term unit load registration error message signifies that you have attempted to exceed your available registration units.

The unit registration limit in the Fall and Spring terms is 17; the Summer term is 14. To enroll in more than the maximum units allowed, you will need an approved override from your major advisor.

Excess Hours refers to In 2009, the Florida Legislature implemented Section 1009.286, Florida Statutes to encourage students to complete their baccalaureate degree as quickly and efficiently as possible and established an Excess Credit Hour Surcharge.  Please visit your personal Excess Hours Counter at myUCF > Student Self Service > Student Center > “Other Academic” (via select menu) > Excess Hours.