Academic Policies ADDING OR DROPPING COURSES Adding Courses For fall and spring semester students may add a course to their schedule up to the first day of class. Adding a course after the first day requires consultation and permission from the Director of Graduate Education. No courses may be added after the Add/Drop Date Deadline. (see Calendar) Candidates are required to make up any coursework missed due to late enrollment.
For summer semester students may add an online course only up to the first day of instruction. Adding an online course after the first day of instruction requires consultation and permission of the Director of Graduate Education. Students may add a face-to-face course to their schedule, if it meets later in the summer, up to the Add/Drop Date Deadline – which is typically the Friday of the first week of online course instruction. Dropping Courses For fall and spring semesters, students may drop a course up to the Add/DropDeadline (see Calendar) This is done by the student via the Student Information System but it is strongly recommended that students consult their advisor before making changes in their schedule. • Students may drop a course with no tuition penalty if done so by the Add/Drop Deadline. • After the Add/Drop Date deadline there will be no refund of tuition and no change in Financial Aid decisions made according to the original registration. • Courses dropped before Add/Drop will not be reflected in the final transcript. • Courses dropped after the Add/Drop Deadline will be included on the transcript with a W grade. • Courses cannot be dropped in the last 2 weeks of class in order to avoid a low or failing grade. For summer semester, the same policies and practices apply even if the course is a 2-week intensive session scheduled for later in the summer and has not yet begun to meet. Appeals Candidates who have challenges or conflicts due to any of the policies of the graduate program can submit an appeal. The following is a list of steps that will be followed with each appeal: 1. Document in writing explaining the appeal 2. Appeal submitted to the Director of Graduate Education 3. Director of Graduate Education decisions may be appealed to the Dean and then to the Academic Council of the college. 4. The decision and recommendations of the Academic Council will stand in all academic appeals and petitions Auditing Courses Subject to the approval of the Director of Graduate Education, current students may audit courses from which they wish to derive benefit without fulfilling credit requirements. This must be established with the registrar at time of registration and a $50 auditing transcription fee must be paid. Candidates may not challenge or test out of a course that has been audited. The general public is not permitted to audit graduate courses. 194