Adds and drops (including those for audited courses) are allowed at the discretion of the student (without instructor’s and graduate coordinator’s approval) for the first fourteen calendar days of a semester (the first three calendar days of a summer session). The Graduate College will not approve an add of a regularly scheduled class nor a change to or from audit after the fourteenth day. To drop a class after the fourteenth day, the Graduate College requires instructor's and Graduate Coordinator's approval.

Students may drop a course or withdraw from the University between the second and ninth week of a semester and be eligible for a WP (withdraw passing), contingent upon satisfactory performance in the course. To be eligible for a WP, a graduate student must be doing C work or better. The signatures of the instructor, the coordinator, and the Graduate College dean designate are required.

After the ninth week, students who withdraw from a course receive a WF (withdraw failing) unless a WP is authorized by the dean designate of the Graduate College for serious documentable contingencies such as an extended illness.

For summer terms, students may drop a course or withdraw from the University and receive a WP contingent upon satisfactory performance in the course if the drop or withdrawal occurs prior to the following deadlines: