Personal exemption (United States) This article is part of a series on. United States of America. Under United States tax law, a personal exemption is an amount that a resident taxpayer is entitled to claim as a tax deduction against personal income in calculating taxable income and consequently federal income tax.
Check the UIC Registrarâs website for complete details about registration. Full-Time Credit Hours. Undergraduate students must be registered for 6 credit hours in the summer to be considered a full-time student. Graduate students must be registered for 5 credit hours in the summer to be considered a full-time student.
Full time for graduate students is defined as registration in 9 hours in Fall and Spring Semesters (5 hours in Summer, although registration for Summer is optional in most situations). Students are required to register for more than 9 hours (5 in Summer) for a number of reasons, such as, but not limited to: