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The Undergraduate Calendar

 

 

Arts Academic Regulations and Advice

Course Selection and Course Load

Course Add/Drop Deadlines
  1. Online courses may be added up to the end of the first week of classes.
  2. On-campus courses may be added up to the end of the second week of classes, apart from the summer session.
  3. Course drops during the first three weeks of any term, apart from summer session, will be without penalty (Drop/Delete Period).
  4. Course drops during the period of week four to week ten will automatically receive a grade of WD (Drop Penalty 1; no effect on the average calculations).
  5. Course drops during the final weeks of the term (week eleven to end of lecture period) will automatically be assigned the grade of WF (Drop Penalty 2; 32% is recorded in the average calculations).
  6. For summer or block course sessions, the free drop/withdrawal period covers the first three days of the session. Thereafter, course drops will be subject to the imposition of either Drop Penalty 1 or 2 depending on the point in the session.
  7. Students wishing relief from the consequences of Drop Penalty Periods must petition the Examinations and Standings Committee. The student is expected to supply supporting documentation with the petition.
  8. Where a student drops a course after an allegation of an academic offense in that course has been made, the University will re-enrol that student in that course until the allegation has been resolved.
  9. See Calendar of Events and Important Dates for specific dates.


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