BB. Add/Drop and Course Withdrawal Policy

• Student signs to affirm and commits to follow the conditions for return Program Director/Faculty:

• Advise and counsel students on LOA options and implications; Review program plan • Approve LOA request • Generate LOA letter with conditions for return and updated program plan, sends letter to

Student Affairs for processing • Program Director signs LOA DocuSign letter, along with student

Student Affairs:

• Student Affairs sends LOA letter, based on conditions set by faculty, via DocuSign • Submits Change of Status form to Registrar/Bursar/Financial Aid to update student status • Manages process in Maxient and keeps records for the Student File • Reminds students of LOA return deadline • Submits Change of Status form to Registrar/Bursar/Financial Aid to update student status for student return • Assists in registering student for next set of courses according to LOA letter and updated program plan

LOA letters should include a bullet point list of the following information:

• Program: • Reason for request: • Start date of the requested leave: • Return date of the requested leave: • Proposed revised program plan of study: • Conditions students must meet for return clearance: • Deadline dates:

Add/Drop and Course Withdrawal Policy Approved by Faculty Assembly on 5/9/2013

A student may add or drop courses anytime up to 10 days after the beginning of a course by notifying the Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursing Assistant Dean of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management in writing, who will in turn notify the Registrar’s Office. No entry will be made on the student's permanent record of any courses dropped within this time frame. No course may be added after 10 days from the beginning of a course.

After these ten (10) days, if a student wishes to withdraw from a course, they must notify the faculty of record in writing. Faculty of Record will notify the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs & Enrollment Management in writing with notation of the grade to be given. If the student withdraws before one-third of the course has been taken, a grade of ‘Withdrawal’ (W) will be

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