Course Add and Drop Policies
(Proposal 27-05)
(Proposal 27-04)
(Proposal 17-02)
(Proposal 18-12)
Senate Policy 301.1
Adding Courses
Signature requirements for permission to add a course are:
First-year students:
Through the first five business days of the semester*, signature approval must be
obtained from
the student’s academic advisor.
After the fifth business day of the semester*, signature approval must be obtained
from the
student’s academic advisor and course instructor. Section changes for the same course
do not
require an academic advisor approval signature.
All other students:
Through the first five business days of the semester*, no signature approval is required.
After
the fifth business day of the semester*, students must obtain signature approval from
the course
instructor to add a course or change a section.
* Or the same percentage of the time if a course is offered in a time module other
than a
fourteen week semester.
The last day to officially add a full semester course is the Wednesday of second week.
Dropping Courses
During the first three weeks of the semester, courses dropped will not be recorded
on the
student’s permanent record. Beginning the fourth week through the end of the tenth
week of the
semester, courses dropped will be indicated by a grade of 'W' on the student's permanent
record.
Signature requirements to drop a course are:
First-year students:
During the first three weeks of instruction*, signature approval must be obtained
from the
student’s academic advisor. Students must be made aware of how dropping a course affects
their progress toward graduation. After the third week of instruction*, signature
approval must
be obtained from the student’s academic advisor and course instructor.
All other students:
During the first week through the end of the tenth week of instruction*, no signature
approval is
required to drop a course.
* Or the same percentage of the time if a course is offered in a time module other
than a
fourteen week semester
After the tenth week, a student may request a late drop from Student Affairs, which
will only
consider those requests that clearly involve extenuating circumstances beyond a student’s
control. Comments from the academic advisor and instructor will be requested prior
to final
approval. The registrar will show the course on the student’s permanent record with
the grade
of W.
Students that drop all of their courses will be withdrawn from school as of the date
the last
course was dropped.
Proposal 27-05:
Adopted by the Senate: 13 April 2005
Approved by President Mroz: 20 April 2005
Proposal 27-04:
Adopted by Senate: 10 March 2004
Approved by Administration: 10 April 2004
Proposal 17-02:
Adopted by Senate: 30 January 2002
Approved by Administration: 7 February 2002
Proposal 18-12:
Adopted by Senate: 18 April 2012
Approved by Administration: 08 May 2012