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Academic Regulations
Course Registration Changes
Add/Drop Deadline: Students may add a course
or drop a course with no record through the 14th calendar day of the
semester (Monday, September 15).
From the 15th calendar day (Tuesday, September 16) through the
Mid-semester date (Monday, October 27), courses dropped will be
recorded with a grade of ‘W’ (Withdrawn).
After the Mid-semester date (Monday, October 27) the student is
responsible for completing the course. Failure to do so will result in
a grade of ‘F’. If compelling extenuating circumstances exist, the
student may petition his or her undergraduate dean for late withdrawal
from the course; if approved, a ‘W’ would be recorded.
Withdrawal From The University
Policies and procedures regarding withdrawal from the university may be
found in the Academic Regulations
handbook.
Pass/Fail Option
Undergraduate students may take one course each semester using the
pass/fail grading option. Restrictions regarding use of this option may
be found in the Academic Regulations
handbook.
Repeated Courses
Effective for courses repeated during or after the Fall 1993 semester,
students may repeat up to five courses for which they have received
grades of C-, CD, D+, D or F, and only the last grade received in the
course is included in the computation of the cumulative grade point
average. The grades received in both the original course and the
repeated enrollment remain on the student’s record. Students may not
enroll in a course more than twice without the approval of their
academic advisor or undergraduate dean. This repeat policy applies only
to courses taken at University of Massachusetts Amherst.
See the Academic Regulations handbook
for the full explanation of this policy.
Attendance Policy
Please note the following excerpt from the University attendance
policy, as published in the Academic
Regulations handbook. "Students are expected to attend all
regularly scheduled classes at the University for which they are
registered...faculty members are allowed to drop students who are
absent from the first two class meetings and have failed to make
special arrangements with the instructor. However, students should be
aware that non-attendance is not a means of automatically dropping a
course..."
Coursework From Another Institution
Students planning to take courses at another school to transfer back to
their University of Massachusetts record are urged to complete a Prior
Approval Form BEFORE undertaking the course work. That form is
available, with the pamphlet "Quick Tips: A Guide for Selecting
Transferable Courses," at the Registrar's Office and all undergraduate
deans’ offices. The "Quick Tips" guide should be reviewed carefully
before the course work is attempted, as it describes which courses can
be transferred from other schools and counted toward a degree program
at the University.
Note: Seniors planning to take transfer courses to complete their
University degree (i.e., seniors not planning to return to the
University after attending another school) must complete the Senior
Prior Approval Form, available from the Registrar’s Office, instead of
the standard form, and should be sure the courses they plan to take
meet the transfer standards described in the "Quick Tips" guide.
The "Quick Tips" guide is available through the Web on our Transfer Credit page. |
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