Introduction       Graduate Study       Admission and Registration          Admission          Enrollment Deposit          Readmission          Exchange Students          Registration          Adding and Dropping Courses          Evaluation          Withdrawal from the University       Degree Requirements       Fields of Study       Members of Graduate Studies Committees       Appendix

• Introduction
• Graduate Study
• Admission and Registration
  • Admission
  • Enrollment Deposit
  • Readmission
  • Exchange Students
  • Registration
  • Adding and Dropping Courses
  • Evaluation
  • Withdrawal from the University
• Degree Requirements
• Fields of Study
• Members of Graduate Studies Committees
• Appendix

Adding and Dropping Courses

Before classes begin, a student who has registered may add or drop a course online as described in the Course Schedule. The student may also add or drop a course online during the first four class days of a long-session semester. From the fifth through the twelfth class day, he or she may add or drop a course with the approval of his or her graduate adviser and of the department in which the course is given. After the twelfth class day, the student may add a course only under rare and extenuating circumstances approved by the graduate dean.

In each summer-session term, the student may add or drop a course online during the first two class days. On the third and fourth class days, he or she may add or drop a course with the approval of his or her graduate adviser and of the department in which the course is given. After the fourth class day, the student may add a course only under rare and extenuating circumstances approved by the graduate dean.

A student may drop a course with the required approvals through the last class day of a semester or summer term. He or she receives a refund for courses dropped by the twelfth class day of a long-session semester or by the fourth class day of a summer term. From the thirteenth through the twentieth class day of a long-session semester, and from the fifth through the tenth class day of a summer term, the student may drop a course with no academic penalty; the symbol Q is recorded. If the student drops a course after that time, the instructor determines whether the symbol Q or a grade of F should be recorded.

If the student is in a warning status because of failure to maintain a grade point average of at least 3.00, he or she may not drop a course without the recommendation of the graduate adviser and the approval of the graduate dean.

The student should note that dropping a course may cause his or her course load to drop below that required for full-time status.

Specific deadlines for adding and dropping courses are given in the academic calendar; procedures are given in the Course Schedule.