A student may enroll in up to sixteen units with permission of the designated faculty adviser. Students seeking to take more than sixteen units must submit the Request to Exceed Regular Academic Unit Load form to the major adviser, college graduate coordinator, and Dean of the Graduate Division or designee for approval. After appropriate signatures have been obtained, the form is to be forwarded to the Registrar's Office. Under no circumstances will a post-baccalaureate student be given permission to exceed eighteen units in any semester. Students attempting to do so will be administratively dropped from their excess units.
Graduate students are limited to sixteen units for the total summer.
It is possible for enrolled post-baccalaureate students to change the graduate major under certain circumstances. Only students who have a cumulative 3.0 grade point average in all course work taken while in post-baccalaureate standing at San Francisco State University are eligible to change from one degree program to another. Consult the graduate major adviser in the proposed field of study. If initially accepted by the new department, the student should obtain from and file with the Student Services Center an Advancement to Classified Graduate Standing or Credential Standing application form. The student receives from the Student Services Center a copy of the application indicating the action taken.