![A Message from the Director: Fall 2023 Course Enrollment Guidance](/_resources/images/blogs/2023/isss/fall-2023-course-enrollment-guidance-2023.png)
This message is to inform all international students with an F-1 & J-1 visa status about the change to the number of online classes students can enroll during the academic year. The academic year consists of Fall, Spring and Summer (if summer is the student’s first semester in their program or their final semester.) I ask that you read the entire message as it is important and may require planning and working closely with academic advisors. On March 2020, the U.S. government issued a guidance allowing schools and students to engage in online classes more than what is allowed due to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. This allowance continued until the end of Summer 2023. On May 12, 2023, the U.S. government announced that it will no longer view COVID-19 as a Public Health Emergency and will end the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) guidance.