Registration and Course Enrollment
Every resident, post-resident, and continuation student must register at the beginning of each term, whether attending regular courses of study, carrying on research or independent reading, writing a thesis or dissertation, or utilizing any academic service or facility of the university. Registration requires enrollment in a course—whether a regular course, independent research, or a status course for post-resident and continuation students.
Some programs require summer registration. Consult the appropriate program sections of this Bulletin for details.
All students in the school of business and economics who are on semester abroad must register and enroll in ECON 290a for that semester.
Students enrolled in full-time degree programs are required to enroll in and maintain a minimum academic load of 12 credits per semester, except for their last semester (see Residency Requirements section for further details).
Please refer to the Academic Calendar for specific deadlines for adding and dropping courses. In order to drop a class after the end of the registration period, a student should receive permission from the instructor and Program Advisor. A full-time student cannot drop below 12 credits as this could change your student status and impact your visa for international students.
Late Enrollment
Requests to add classes after the end of the registration period are subject to approval and are granted only in exceptional circumstances.
Graduate students may petition for a late add through their program advisor or program administrator, who will then consult with the Office of the University Registrar.
Instructors are not authorized to override enrollment deadlines, hence permission of an instructor is not sufficient for late enrollment. Similarly, the desire to drop a class, or to maintain a particular rate of work for a term, is not grounds for late enrollment in another class.
Dropping Courses
Students who wish to drop a course may do so, provided they adhere to the rate of work policy applicable to their programs, on or before the deadline announced in the university calendar (normally the 50th day of instruction for semester courses, or equivalent for shorter academic periods). Students who drop a course before the posted deadline may drop without record.
Petitions to drop a course after the deadline are subject to approval and are granted only in exceptional circumstances.
Graduate students may petition for a late drop through their program advisor or program administrator, who will then consult with the Office of the University Registrar.
During an academic integrity investigation students are not allowed to drop the course in question. If a sanction of failure in the course is imposed, then students will not be allowed to drop the course and a failing grade will be recorded.