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Important Excess Hours Advisory
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. It established what is commonly referred to as an "Excess Credit Hour Surcharge." The bill requires universities to add a surcharge to each credit hour taken in excess of the total number of credit hours required to complete the degree being pursued. The amount in excess of the total hours is calculated based on a percentage defined in law.
For the 2019 summer term and thereafter, "excess hours" are defined as hours that go beyond the 120 percent of the hours required for a baccalaureate degree program. For example, if the length of a program is 120 credit hours, the student may be subject to an excess hour surcharge for any credits attempted beyond 144 credit hours (120 percent x 120).
Under Florida law, the following credit hours count toward Excess Credit Hours:
- Failed courses
- Hours dropped after the university's drop/add period
- Courses from which a student withdraws
- Repeated courses. Exception: repeated courses for which the student has paid the repeat course surcharge as provided in Section 1009.285, Florida Statutes
- All credit earned at another institution and accepted for transfer and applied toward the baccalaureate degree program
Under Florida law, the following credit hours do not count toward Excess Credit Hours:
- College credit earned through articulated accelerated mechanisms such as Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate (IB), College Level Examination Program (CLEP), Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) or dual enrollment classes.
- Credit hours earned through internship
- Credit hours required for certification, recertification or certificate programs
- Courses from which the student withdraws for reasons of medical or personal hardship
- Credit taken by active-duty military personnel
- Credit hours taken to achieve a dual major while pursuing a baccalaureate degree
- Remedial and English as a Second Language (ESOL) credit hours
- Credit hours earned while participating in a Reserve Officer's Training Corps (ROTC) program