Academic Calendar 2006
(New Academic Choices)

Courses may not normally be added and dropped after the specified deadline dates. In exceptional cases and on presentation of evidence of medical or compassionate grounds or other extenuating circumstances, the Dean (or designate) of the faculty of registration may grant a petition to waive the regulation.

The Office of the Registrar, in consultation with the academic community and appropriate administrative offices, will determine all applicable sessional dates which will be maintained on the Registrar's Office Website in the Academic Calendar.

Once classes begin, a course may be added or dropped only with the joint approval of the Dean (or designate) of the Faculty in which the student is registered and the Chair (or designate) of the Department concerned.

A course that has been dropped by the last date specified for adding a course shall be expunged from the records. A course that has been dropped after the last date specified for adding a course but before the last date for dropping a course without academic penalty (or subsequently, if a petition is granted by the Dean) shall be recorded as "WDN".

A course that has not been dropped in accordance with the above regulations and that has not been completed satisfactorily by the student shall be recorded as "F".

Once classes begin, the adding or dropping of courses requires the permission of the Department and Dean. Courses may be added after the specified deadline only by special permission of the Dean.

It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that examination conflicts are not created through the addition of second-term courses. Resolution of examination conflicts (resulting from course additions) must be approved by the Dean of the student's Faculty. A course that has been dropped by the last date specified for adding a course will be removed from a student's record. Any course that has been dropped after the last date specified for adding a course but before the final day for dropping a course will be recorded as "WDN" (withdrawn).

Students are required to drop those courses for which they have not successfully completed course prerequisites.

Students who withdraw from all their courses after classes begin but before the deadline for adding a course, will have their courses deleted; however, the date of withdrawal will be recorded.

Courses dropped after the deadline are recorded as failures. In exceptional cases and upon presentation of evidence of medical or compassionate reasons, the Dean may grant exemption from this regulation.

Refer also to the WITHDRAWALS AND REFUNDS.