These policies apply to
undergraduate students only. Any
requests by graduate students for withdrawal after course conclusion are
subject to the policies of the specific school.
This
policy refers to requests for withdrawals following the conclusion of the
course and not issues of grade discrepancies or
disputes that would be addressed under the policies of the academic units.
Undergraduate units will
not consider grade change petitions for withdrawal from concluded courses older
than 5 years. Units may choose to use a
shorter time period than the campus limit.
Units may make an exception only if an extremely serious and documented
circumstance (e.g., coma, unmanageable schizophrenia, etc.) literally prevents
the student from filing the petition within the 5-year period.
Other
options, such as forgiveness, grade replacement and probationary readmission
are possible alternate methods that students can use to continue their
education.
Schools will not consider
requests for withdrawal when the student has completed the course.
The
deletion of a course from the academic record at the request of an undergraduate
student is done only when the university has made an error. The student’s failure to withdraw from a
course, even if the student never attended the course, is not sufficient reason
for the course to be deleted from the record.
This also holds for grades of W, whether the result of a
student-initiated withdrawal or an administrative withdrawal.
(Approved
by Academic Affairs Committee
(Approved
by Faculty Council October 3, 2002)