Adding, Dropping, or Withdrawing from Online and Weekly Courses
Weekly, online, and independent studies may be added or dropped during the first week of the semester. For half-term courses, students may only add classes during the first week of the semester's first half-term. However, half-term courses may be dropped during the first week of their respective terms. Courses dropped during these initial periods will be removed from the student’s transcript.
For full-semester courses, withdrawals occurring during the second, third, or fourth week of the term will result in a grade of W. For half-term courses, the W grade period is limited to the second and third week of that term.
Following the initial withdrawal period, grades of WP or WF will be assigned at the instructor's discretion. This applies to full-semester courses from the fifth through the twelfth week, and to half-term courses from the fourth through the sixth week. Please note that WF grades are calculated into the GPA as F grades. Any withdrawal occurring after the twelfth week of a semester, or after the sixth week of a half-term, will result in an automatic grade of F.
Clinical courses are subject to specific oversight. If a student withdraws from a clinical course while carrying an IP or X grade from a previous term, that grade will be reconciled to a W, WF, or WP. Furthermore, the Office of Clinical Training may retroactively award a WP or WF if a withdrawal is triggered by significant dispositional or clinical skill concerns raised by the faculty or the clinical site.
During the abbreviated summer semester, on-ground weekly courses follow a quarterly schedule. Withdrawals during the first quarter receive a W; the second and third quarters result in a WP or WF; and the final quarter results in an F. Online weekly classes during the summer follow the standard half-term withdrawal schedule used in the fall and spring. All specific deadlines are published in the official Academic Calendar.