To apply awarded financial aid to your student account, you must be registered for at least 6 undergraduate hours or 6 graduate hours in a given term. If you are taking more than 1 course per start date, this requirement should be easily met. However, if you are only taking 1 course at a time, you must register for future courses in that term to qualify. Only courses that are required for your degree may be taken; courses that are not in your degree plan will not receive financial aid. If you drop a course(s) or are dropped from a course(s) by Lamar University in a semester for any reason after the disbursement date, a portion or all of the aid may be required to be returned. If a student drops prior to the disbursement date for any reason, the student may not be eligible for the full amount of aid awarded.