ACADEMIC
POLICIES
AND
PROCEDURES
R
EGI
S
TRA
TI
ON
Regi
str
ati
on
foll
ows
pr
ocedures
publis
hed
by
t
he
Registrar
.
Pr
e-
registr
a
tion
f
or
t
he
following
s
eme
st
er
is
a
vai
labl
e
to
currently
enroll
ed
students.
Students
who
pre-register
m
ust
submit
the
appropr
iat
e
tui
tion
and
fees
by
the
published
deadli
ne
s
to
secure
their
enrollmen
ts.
S
tudent
s
mus
t
re
gis
ter
or
pre-regis
ter
at
the
t
imes
designate
d.
Students
plan
their
class
schedules
in
c
onsul
tat
ion
with
thei
r
academic
advisers
prior
to
registr
a
ti
on
or
pre-registration.
Clear
a
nces
by
the
a
ssi
gned
a
ca
demic
advi
s
er
and
the
Business
Of
fice
a
r
e
required.
Classes
must
then
be
s
ec
ure
d
via
the
a
pproved
r
egi
str
ati
on
process.
If
a
student
f
a
ils
to
submit
paymen
ts
by
the
de
adl
ine,
t
he
s
tudent’
s
pre-regis
tration
may
be
canceled
and
the
student
must
re-register
.
Lat
e
r
egis
tra
tion
i
s
pos
s
ible
in
emer
gency
situations
through
the
fir
st
week
of
cla
sses,
but
is
not
rec
omme
nded.
A
ny
abs
ences
incurr
ed
due
to
late
registration
(or
late
add)
may
be
counted
agai
nst
the
st
udent’
s
attendance
recor
d
for
the
course,
and
any
work
missed
mus
t
be
made
up
to
the
sa
tis
fa
ct
ion
of
t
he
faculty
member
involved.
Furt
her
,
the
student
is
required
to
pa
y
a
fee
for
late
re
gist
ra
tion.
F
acult
y
mem
ber
s
have
the
privilege
of
limiting
late
enrollment
s
in
their
classes
afte
r
t
he
thi
rd
c
las
s
day
.
C
HA
N
GE
O
F
C
LAS
S
S
CHE
DUL
E
Ac
a
de
mic
advis
e
r
a
p
proval
is
required
for
the
initial
registration
or
pre-registrati
on.
Once
regis
te
re
d
or
pr
e-r
egist
er
e
d,
s
tudents
may
modify
their
schedu
les
with
the
approp
riate
approvals
–
s
ignat
ure
s
or
other
means
as
s
pecif
ied
by
the
Registrar
.
Addition
of
courses
is
subject
to
approva
l
by
the
inst
ructor
or
ac
ademic
depa
r
tment
of
fering
the
course.
Students
may
dr
op
a
cla
ss
t
hrough
the
10th
class
day
without
any
approvals.
After
the
10th
class
da
y
,
approvals
from
the
ins
truc
tor
and
a
cademic
advi
ser
are
required.
See
the
Re
gistrar
’
s
W
eb
page
for
specif
ic
ins
tr
ucti
ons
for
drop/add
procedures.
Change
of
R
egi
str
ation
(drop/add)
cards
are
available
in
the
Registrar
’
s
Of
fice.
Online
adds
and
dr
ops
a
re
als
o
ava
ila
bl
e
withi
n
certain
periods
of
ti
me.
S
tuden
ts
who
s
top
attending
a
course
without
foll
owi
ng
the
procedures
outlined
a
bove
receive
a
gr
ade
of
F
for
the
course.
S
tudent
s
ma
y
add
c
ours
es
thr
ough
the
s
econd
week
of
classes
.
S
tude
nts
may
dro
p
courses
without
re
cor
d
entr
y
(or
change
graded
courses
to
or
from
P
ass/D/F
or
audit)
through
the
end
of
the
fi
fth
w
e
ek
of
cla
ss
es.
Fr
om
the
begi
nning
of
the
sixth
week
thr
ough
the
end
o
f
the
10th
week
of
cla
ss
es
,
st
udents
may
drop
cours
es
with
a
record
entry
of
“W
.”
The
“W”
will
appear
on
the
s
tudent
’
s
t
ra
nsc
ript
but
will
not
be
counted
as
part
of
his
or
her
aca
demic
grade
p
oint
average.
Aft
er
the
l
as
t
day
of
the
10th
week
of
classes,
students
may
n
ot
drop
courses.
Al
l
deadlines
are
at
5
p.m.
on
the
de
signated
days
.
NOTE
:
Cour
ses
may
be
less
than
a
semester
in
duration.
Drop
da
te
s
for
thos
e
c
ourses
are
proporti
onate
to
the
length
of
the
cour
se
in
relation
to
a
regular
15-
we
ek
s
eme
st
er
.
A
CA
DEMI
C
A
DVIS
I
NG
Advis
ing
at
Southw
es
tern
Univers
ity
not
only
involves
choosing
a
c
our
se
of
stud
y
and
selecting
appropr
iat
e
c
ours
es
each
s
em
es
ter
to
complete
each
student’
s
degree
plan
in
a
timely
manner
,
but
a
ls
o
provide
s
s
tudents
an
opport
unity
to
discuss
and
review
their
academic
and
lif
e
plans
with
a
n
inte
re
st
ed
a
nd
exper
ienced
member
of
the
campus
community
.
The
University
af
firms
the
impor
ta
nce
of
the
advis
er
-advis
ee
relationship
by
requirin
g
at
least
one
meeting
between
eac
h
st
udent
a
nd
a
dvis
er
each
s
emester
.
T
he
Dir
ector
of
Acad
emic
Success
and
A
dvising
assigns
an
ac
ade
mic
a
dvise
r
to
each
new
s
tudent
who
ent
er
s
the
University
.
After
the
firs
t
semester
,
a
s
tudent
may
r
eque
st
a
change
in
adviser
by
completing
the
“Change
of
Academic
Adviser”
form
avai
labl
e
in
t
he
R
egistr
ar
’
s
Of
fice
or
on
the
Registrar
’
s
W
eb
page.
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