2015-16 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

To finalize their registration, students must make financial

arrangements for payment of the amount due listed on their billing

invoice (see the financial section of the catalog for information

concerning costs and payment plans).

Adding and Withdrawing From a Course

Students are responsible to verify the accuracy of their course

registration at the beginning of each semester. All registrations

must be finalized by the end of the second week of the semester.

No courses may be added after this time unless approval is

granted from the course instructor, and the associate/assistant

dean or chair of the department that offers the course. In the

absence of the associate/assistant dean or department chair, the

dean of undergraduate studies may approve a late registration. A

late registration fee of $50 will be charged to process a registration

or add a course after the deadline.

Changes in a student’s course schedule must be made through

the drop/add process. This may be completed online within three

calendar days after courses begin. After this time, a drop/add form

is required to complete a schedule change. Forms for course

changes are available in the Office of the Registrar and must be

signed by both the course instructor and the student’s academic

advisor. The student is required to make up any work missed due

to late entrance. Changes in a schedule caused by cancellation of

courses will not result in financial penalty.

When a course is dropped, the action is recorded as follows:

Week Course Is Dropped

Action

Before the end of the first full

No record on transcript

calendar week

During second full calendar week W – Withdrawn

through ninth calendar week

10th and 11th calendar weeks

WP – Withdrawn Passing

WF – Withdrawn Failing

Week 12 through the end of

Drops not permitted

the semester

Course changes are complete when the Office of the Registrar

receives the completed drop/add form. The effective date of the

course change is the date the Office of the Registrar receives the

completed form. Failure to properly drop a course will result in a

grade of “Z”, which counts the same as an “F”.

Refund information is listed in the financial information section

of the catalog. This information is also available on the Registrar’s

webpage.

Auditing

Auditing involves attending and participating in a course without

earning credit. A course may be changed from credit to audit

before the end of the first full week of the semester. Courses may

be changed from audit to credit, with permission of the instructor,

before the end of the first full week of the semester. A student may

not test out of a course already audited. Registration to audit a

course will not be processed until the first day of the semester to

accommodate students requiring regular registration status.

Independent Study

Independent study allows students to develop a high degree of

independence in their ability to choose and investigate problems.

The objectives of the program include providing opportunities to

explore areas not covered in normal course structure, recognizing

foreign travel experiences, rewarding self-motivated students, and

encouraging joint study by faculty and students on specialized

projects.

Individual students and faculty members develop the specific

criteria that must be met for the successful completion of specific

independent study projects. However, the following guidelines

govern the independent study program:

1. Only one independent study project may be undertaken in

an academic term, unless permission is granted from the

department chair or the associate/assistant dean of the

school of the student’s primary major.

2. The maximum credit that may be earned for an

independent study project is three semester hours.

3. The faculty member supervising the independent study,

the student’s advisor, and the associate/assistant dean or

the department chair must sign the student’s independent

study form. Registration for the independent study must

occur at the beginning of the semester in which the work is

to be completed.

4. No more than six semester hours in independent study

may be counted toward the major field, no more than three

semester hours toward a minor field, and no more than

12 semester hours toward graduation. Independent study

taken outside major and/or minor fields must be approved

by the associate/assistant dean or the department chair of

the supervising faculty member.

5. Supervising an independent study is a privilege a faculty

member may extend to a student. It is not a right that a

student has.

6. Supervising faculty members determine the grade (letter

grade or credit/no credit) for the independent study.

Internships

Many of the major fields of study include opportunities to

receive credit for supervised, on-the-job activities. Interested

students should contact the respective department for details.

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