May 17, 2025  
Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Dallas College Catalog 2024-2025 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Classification of Students


Full-time:
A student carrying 12 or more semester credit hours in a Fall or Spring semester.

Part-time:
A student carrying fewer than 12 semester credit hours in a Fall or Spring semester.

Freshman:
A student who has completed fewer than 30 semester credit hours.

Sophomore:
A student who has completed 30 semester credit hours but fewer than 60 semester credit hours

Junior:
A student who has completed 60 semester credit hours but fewer than 90 semester credit hours

Senior:
A student who has completed between 90 to 120 semester credit hours (or to completion of baccalaureate degree requirement).