Over Hours Request

This is the process for students who want to take between 18.5-21 credits during the fall or winter semesters, or 9.5-11 credits during the spring and summer terms.

Things to Consider:

• It is strongly recommended for students to have a graduation plan with all of their graduation requirements mapped out until they graduate. This will allow students to determine how helpful taking additional credits will be to their overall plan.
• A student should be in good academic standing to be considered.
• Some departments/schools require students to have completed a certain number of semesters within the major.
• Advisors can approve up to 21 hours in Fall/Winter and 11 in Spring/Summer.
• Students approved for Over-Hour requests are not able to add the extra classes to their schedule until the first day of classes.
• If a student wishes to request over 21 hours, they must first be approved for 21 hours by their advisor. After the first day of classes, they may go through a petition process through the University Registrar’s Office https://registrar.byu.edu/petitions (opens in a new tab) to add additional credit hours.

Process to add over hours:

• Fill out and submit the over hours approval form (opens in a new tab) to your advisor (opens in a new tab).  Your advisor will then contact you to let you know if your request has been approved, denied, or if more information is needed to make a decision.