A course may be added without obtaining approval during the first week of classes. Thereafter, a student may add a course only with the permission of the instructor and the assistant dean for student services.
An upper-class student may drop a course without approval up until the examination for the course has been distributed, provided that the student has not seen the examination questions and that the student is not thereby in effect withdrawing from school. A course with a take-home examination may be dropped until the day on which the take-home examination first becomes available. In a course or seminar with a small enrollment where student participation is relied upon, the instructor's permission is required and the course must be dropped by the last official meeting of the course or seminar. With the instructor's permission, a clinic may be dropped up until the final official meeting with the class, and Independent Research may be dropped up until the last day of classes for the semester. A student may not drop a required course.
After 10 class days, the transcripts of students who withdraw from a course reflect the grade of W. Add/drop forms are available in the academic services office, Room 174.
