Housing Requirements

Criminal History Record Check Requirement

A student applying to live in college housing must allow the college to obtain criminal history record information. Applicants with a pending charge or a conviction for a felony, Class A misdemeanor, and/or Class B misdemeanor may have their housing application declined.

Semester Hour Requirement

Students living on campus must enroll for a minimum of 12 semester hours and remain enrolled in 12 hours for the duration of the semester. A student who drops or is dropped below 12 semester hours will have 3 class days to complete the academic reinstatement process. If the appeal is unsuccessful the resident will have 48 hours to move out of housing. The move-out date determines if a room rent refund is appropriate. The balance of the resident’s meal account is refundable. The room deposit is nonrefundable.

GPA Requirement

No student with less than 1.0 (.99 or less) cumulative grade point average (GPA) after any semester will be allowed to live in student housing. Contact the Housing Department for information about the appeal process for exceptions due to extreme circumstances.

Bacterial Meningitis Vaccination Requirement

In compliance with HB 4189, a first time student attending an institution of higher education, including a transfer student, who has been approved to reside in an on-campus student housing facility, must provide written documentation of having received the bacterial meningitis vaccination. Evidence of the student having received the vaccination from an appropriate health practitioner must be received by the Director of Student Housing. The student must have received the vaccination at least 10 days prior to the student taking up residence in on-campus housing.  A student, or a parent or guardian of a student, is not required to submit evidence of receiving the vaccination against bacterial meningitis under the following circumstances, the student, or a parent or guardian of a student submits one of the following to the institution: 1) an affidavit or a certificate signed by a physician who is duly registered and licensed to practice medicine in the United States, in which it is stated that, in the physician’s opinion, the vaccination required would be injurious to the health and well-being of the student; or 2) an affidavit signed by the student stating that the student declines the vaccination for bacterial meningitis for reasons of conscience, including a religious belief. A conscientious exemption form from the Texas Department of State Health Services must be used. https://webds.dshs.state.tx.us/immco/affidavit.shtm