Drop/Add Policies Concerning Undergraduate Registration Changes
Spring 2020
Note: When a dean's signature is required on the drop/add form, it must come from one of the following academic deans: Dean Hill, Dean LaRiviere, Dean Oliver, or Dean Straughan.
INITIAL: Two-day drop/add period (before 11:59 p.m. Tue. April 28)
Spring Option declaration (deadline March 1, 2019)
yes
$100
paper declaration, signatures, Faculty EC
Students unregistered or with unapproved course loads below 4 credits after the 2nd day of the term are withdrawn retroactive to the beginning of the term.
LATE: Through end of 1st week (before 4:30 p.m. Fri. May 1)
Paper Drop/Add Form
Action
Petition Faculty EC?
Late Fee
Signatures Required
drops, adds (1-credit course only)
no
$100
all instructor(s), adviser, dean
drops, adds (100- & 200-level PE)
no
$100
P.E. office
drops, adds (3- or 4-credit courses may not be changed at this point and Spring Option may not be declared. See academic dean with extenuating circumstances.)
yes
$100
all instructor(s), adviser, dean
LATE: After 1st week (after 4:30 p.m. Fri. May 1 to 4:30 p.m. Fri. May 8)
Paper Drop/Add (Drop with Record - W grade on all dropped courses)
Action
Petition Faculty EC?
Late Fee
Signatures Required
drops, adds
yes
$100
all instructor(s), adviser, Faculty EC
LATE: After 2nd week (after 4:30 p.m. Fri. May 8)
Paper Drop/Add (WP/WF grades on all dropped courses)
Action
Petition Faculty EC?
Late Fee
Signatures Required
drops, adds
yes
$100
all instructor(s), adviser, Faculty EC
After Last Day of Exams of Any Term
(WP/WF grades on all dropped courses) - Paper Drop/Add
Action
Petition Faculty EC?
Late Fee
Signatures Required
any registration change
yes
$200
all instructor(s), adviser, Faculty EC
Miscellaneous Spring Term Policies
Minimum full-time course load is 3 credits, including one three- or four-credit course. Students may enroll in up to five credits, with the provision that it not interfere with the schedule and obligations of the three- or four-credit course.
The maximum academic load is up to 5 credits, except for approved six-week courses. No other overloads or underloads are permitted.
Spring registration deadline: Students must be registered for at least one course, or turned in a Spring Option declaration form, no later than Friday, March 6, 2020 to avoid a late registration ($100).
Spring Option declaration firm deadline is Friday, March 6, 2020. Must petition Faculty EC for exceptions after this date, and pay $100 late fee if approved.
Course fees: students who drop courses with fees are responsible for those fees
Deadline to drop Spring 2020 domestic extra-fee course without being responsible for the fee: Friday, March 6, 2020.
No late charges during the same term for circumstances beyond student's control (medical or departmental convenience changes after appropriate Faculty EC action)
Section switches during the same term after the initial drop/add (1st week) require only appropriate instructor approvals and charge (no Faculty EC action or adviser or dean signature necessary)
No pass-fail grading option during spring term
No change in registration is official until the proper form, bearing the required signatures, and any required petitions 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.