Add/Drop Policy

In Fall and Spring semesters, all matriculated graduate students will have through the 14th calendar day of the semester (or the next business day if the 14th calendar day lands on a weekend or a campus observed holiday) to add or drop a course with no record. All other students may add a course or drop a course with no record through the 7th calendar day of the semester (or the next business day if the 7th calendar day lands on a weekend or a campus observed holiday; see Academic Calendar for specific dates). Starting the calendar day after add/drop until the last day to withdraw or drop as specified on the Academic Calendar, students will receive a "W" (Withdrawn) or a "DR" (Dropped) grade as appropriate. 

Students cannot be penalized for activity missed before their official enrollment begins in the class (i.e., an instructor cannot take off attendance points for missed classes or deduct graded points for missed/late assignments prior to the student’s official enrollment in the class). Instructors must provide the student an opportunity to start the class on their first official day of enrollment with 100% graded work, attendance, participation points available and provide reasonable accommodations for the student to make up missed assignments without penalty that were due prior to the student’s official enrollment day in the class.

Source: Sen. Doc. No. 23-025