Registration and Policies for W
Registration and Policies for W&L Summer WorkSummer 2025
Note: Approved W&L summer courses are listed below upon approval of the faculty's Committee on Courses and Degrees.
See Workday report "W&L Course Offerings" under the Academics app for active summer credit classes. The filter will need to be changed to "2024-2025 Undergraduate Summer." W&L does not teach regular courses or independent study courses during the summer. Credit is only for work like research, internships, fieldwork, etc.
REGISTRATION: (opens May 1)
Students register for summer courses beginning May 1. All courses require instructor consent. No adviser authorization is required for registering into W&L summer work. Students are responsible for the accuracy of their registration record and must follow the drop/add deadlines below.
LACOL students (DCI 100 and 103, DS 200) follow the registration schedule outlined by the LACOL program. Questions can be addressed to registrar@wlu.edu .
DROP/ADD:
To petition the Faculty EC for a change, please see details at https://www.wlu.edu/university-registrar/policies-and-procedures/petitioning-faculty-committees/faculty-executive-committee/student-petition-to-fec.
| Action | Petition Faculty EC? | Signatures Required |
|---|---|---|
| ADD: between May 1 to August 9 | no | Instructor consent and registration online |
| LATE ADD: after August 9 | yes | Paper form, instructor signature, Faculty EC approval |
| DROP: May 16 to June 15 | no | Instructor consent via email to registrar@wlu.edu |
| DROP: June 16 to August 9 | no | Instructor consent via email to registrar@wlu.edu, W grade is assigned |
| LATE DROP: after August 9 | yes | Paper form, instructor signature, Faculty EC minute, W grade assigned |
Miscellaneous Summer Policies
- All courses require instructor consent.
- No adviser authorization is required for summer courses.
- The registration drop and add dates for CPD-451: Career and Professional Development Summer Internship are unique and student should carefully review the syllabus for deadlines. See the CPD internship credit website.
- Students may register for 1-6 credits ('full-time' is 3-4).
- There is no student-declared Pass/Fail option for summer courses, though some courses are Pass/Fail only or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
- Courses graded WIP (Work-in-Progress) at the end of the summer must have their work completed during the fall term on the schedule outlined by the instructor. Additional time may be granted by the instructor upon written request of the student.
- No change in registration is official until the instructor consent notification or, the proper form, bearing the required signatures (after a Faculty EC petition) have been received, approved, and recorded by the University Registrar's office. Until that time, students are advised to attend all class meetings and complete all work for the classes they seek to drop or add.
Approved Summer Courses
- ACCT 454: Internship (4) (summer, winter) (P-F grading)
- ARTH 453: Internship in Arts Management (3) (all terms - including summer)
- ARTS 453: Internship in Studio Art (3) (all terms - including summer)
- BIOL 421: Directed Individual Research (1) (all terms - including summer)
- BIOL 422: Directed Individual Research (2) (all terms - including summer)
- BIOL 423: Directed Individual Research (3) (all terms - including summer)
- CBSC 453: Internship (3) (all terms – including summer)
- CHEM 431: Summer Directed Individual Research (1) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- CHEM 432: Summer Directed Individual Research (2) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- CHEM 433: Summer Directed Individual Research (3) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- CLAS 434: Archaeological Fieldwork in Greece (4) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- CPD 451: Career and Professional Development Summer Internship (1) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- DCI 100: Introduction to Critical Data Science (taught online by LACOL faculty) (A-F grading)
- DCI 103: Digital Humanities: Social Justice Collections and Liberal Arts Curricula (taught online by LACOL faculty) (A-F grading) (pilot Summer 2021 only)
- DS 200: Applied Machine Learning (taught online by LACOL faculty) (A-F grading)
- EEG 421: Directed Independent Research (1) (all terms - including summer)
- EEG 422: Directed Independent Research (2) (all terms - including summer)
- EEG 423: Directed Independent Research (3) (all terms - including summer)
- ENGN 421: Directed Individual Research (1) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- ENGN 422: Directed Individual Research (2) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- ENGN 423: Directed Individual Research (3) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- FREN 451: Internship Abroad (1) (summer only)
- FREN 452: Internship Abroad (2) (summer only)
- FREN 453: Internship Abroad (3) (summer only)
- GERM 451: Internship Abroad (1) (summer only)
- GERM 453: Internship Abroad (3) (summer only)
- GERM 456: Internship Abroad (6) (summer only)
- HIST 421: Directed Individual Research (1) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- HIST 422: Directed Individual Research (2) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- HIST 423: Directed Individual Research (3) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- HIST 451: Internship in History (1) (all terms – including summer) (S-U grading)
- HIST 453: Internship in History (3) (all terms – including summer) (S-U grading)
- HIST 456: Internship in History (6) (all terms – including summer) (S-U grading)
- INTR 453: International Internship (3) (summer only) (P-F grading)
- JOUR 451: News Internship (1) (summer only)
- JOUR 452: News Internship (2) (summer only)
- JOUR 453: News Internship (3) (summer only)
- JOUR 461: Communications Internship (1) (summer only)
- JOUR 462: Communications Internship (2) (summer only)
- JOUR 463: Communications Internship (3) (summer only)
- LACS 451: LACS Practicum (1) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- LACS 452: LACS Practicum (2) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- LACS 453: LACS Fieldwork (3) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- LACS 454: LACS Fieldwork (4) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- (MUSIC students should take CPD 451)
- MATH 291: Directed Summer Research (1) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- MATH 292: Directed Summer Research (2) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- MATH 293: Directed Summer Research (3) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- NEUR 422: Directed Individual Research (2) (all terms - including summer)
- NEUR 423: Directed Individual Research (3) (all terms - including summer)
- NEUR 453: Neuroscience Internship (3) (summer only)
- PHYS 421: Directed Individual Research (1) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- PHYS 422: Directed Individual Research (2) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- PHYS 423: Directed Individual Research (3) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)
- POL 285: Contemporary Britain (3) (summer only)
- POL 286: Contemporary South Africa Politics (3) (summer only)
- POL 453: Internship (3) (all terms – including summer)
- POL 456: Internship (6) (all terms – including summer)
- POV 453: Shepherd Summer Internship (3) (summer only) (S-U grading) (authorized 2nd instance as POV 450 (0 cr)
- SOAN 421 : Directed Individual Research (1) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- SOAN 422: Directed Individual Research (2) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- SOAN 423: Directed Individual Research (3) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- SSIR 481: Student Summer Independent Research (1) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- SSIR 482: Student Summer Independent Research (2) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- SSIR 483: Student Summer Independent Research (3) (summer only) (S-U grading)
- THTR 453: Internship (3) (summer only)
- WGSS 451: Internship (1) (all terms - including summer) (S-U grading)