The deadline to add a class with department approval, drop a class without school/college academic Deans’ approval or change honors status was moved to week 12 of the semester in Spring 2020, Fall 2021 and Spring 2021 to provide students with more flexibility during the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the circumstances differed considerably from routine circumstances, the shift in timing supported student decision making and well-being, and the experiment generated enthusiasm from the perspective of academic advising/academic deans and from instructors.
In addition, the following points support the recommendation to a permanent change:
Policy change is effective for students in all careers. As a result of this approval/change, the university will move the fall/spring-term deadlines from the current ninth week of instruction to the twelfth week of instruction for all future terms, starting in Fall 2021. For other fall/spring sessions and sessions in the summer term the deadline will be proportionally later than current deadlines.
The university will move the fall/spring-term deadlines from the current ninth week of instruction to the twelfth week of instruction for all future terms, starting in fall 2021. This policy is for students in all careers. For other fall/spring sessions and sessions in the summer term the deadline will be proportionally later than current deadlines. This will impact the following deadlines/actions: