Registration
Pages 17-18
The detailed instructions for advance registration and final
registration as well as the course offerings are published in the
Class Schedule which is available for a nominal fee from the
University Center Bookstore or the Bookstore in the College of
Technology. Students must complete their registration during the
scheduled registration period or be subject to payment of a late
registration fee if they are allowed to register. Registration is
not completed nor is any credit awarded until all fees have been
paid.
Students in the College of Technology who do not enroll for a
semester or more (excluding summer) must reapply for admission
through the College of Technology. Other students who plan to
attend a summer session or an academic year semester and were not
in attendance during the immediately preceding 12 months, must
reapply for admission through the Registration Center in the
Lodge. Students should reapply for the autumn semester by July 1
and for the spring semester by November 1. Students who have
never attended before or who are changing admission status must
apply to Admissions & New Student Services or the College of
Technology. See the Admissions section of this catalog.
All students currently enrolled for an academic year semester and
students readmitted to the University may advance register for
the subsequent semester except advance registration is not
planned for College of Technology courses.
Students with Disabilities
Students with disabilities may obtain assistance with the
registration process and the relocation of classes through
Disability Services in 28 Corbin Hall, (406) 243-2243 VOICE/TDD.
Adding Courses
To add courses students must obtain a drop/add form from the
Registration Center in the Lodge or the Registrar's Office in the
College of Technology, obtain the signature of the instructor on
the form and return it to the Registration Center or the
Registrar's Office within the first fifteen instructional days of
each semester. A drop/add becomes effective the day the form is
returned and not the day when attendance in class begins.
Students may not add courses after the first fifteen
instructional days unless very unusual circumstances exist. In
such cases they must obtain the approval of the advisor, the
instructor, the instructor's chair or dean, and their own
academic dean on a petition form available from the Registration
Center in the Lodge or the Registrar's Office in the College of
Technology.
Touchtone telephone registration, adding courses, and dropping
courses will be implemented during the 1995-96 year. Adding
courses will be allowed by phone through the first week of
instruction except in the College of Technology. The sixth
through the fifteenth instructional days, an add form, with
instructor signature will be required.
Dropping Courses or Changing Sections, Grading or Credit Status
To drop courses, to change sections of the same course, to
change from regular credit to audit or the reverse, or to change
from the pass/not pass grading option to letter grades or the
reverse, students must obtain a drop/add form from the
Registration Center in the Lodge or the Registrar's Office in the
College of Technology, obtain the instructor's signature on the
form and return it to the Registration Center or the Registrar's
Office within the first twenty-five instructional days of each
semester. Although courses may be dropped during the first
twenty-five instructional days, students will be charged the full
amount for courses dropped after the fifteenth instructional day.
A drop/add becomes effective the day the form is returned and not
the day when attendance ceases. Courses dropped within the first
twenty-five days do not appear on student transcripts.
Students may not drop courses, change sections or change grading
or credit status after the first twenty-five days unless very
unusual circumstances exist. In such cases they must obtain the
approval of their advisor, the instructor, the instructor's chair
or dean, and their own academic dean on a petition form available
from the Registration Center in the Lodge or the Registrar's
Office in the College of Technology. Courses dropped after the
first twenty-five days appear on student transcripts with a grade
of W for withdrawal.
Touchtone telephone registration, adding courses and dropping
courses will be implemented during the 1995-96 year. Except in
the College of Technology, courses may be dropped by phone
through the twenty-fifth instructional day. Students will be
charged the full amount for courses dropped after the fifteenth
instructional day.
See the School of Law section of this catalog for the add and
drop deadlines for law courses.
Class Attendance and Dropping Courses
Students who are registered for a course but do not attend the
first two class meetings may be required by the instructor to
drop the course. This rule allows for early identification of
class vacancies to permit other students to add classes. Students
not allowed to remain must complete a drop form or drop the
course by phone to avoid receiving a failing grade. Students who
know they will be absent should contact the instructor in
advance.
Withdrawal from the University
Students who withdraw from the University while a semester is in
progress must complete withdrawal forms which are obtained from
the University College or the Registrar's Office in the College
of Technology. Drop/add forms cannot be used to withdraw from
school.
When withdrawal forms are completed in University College or the
Registrar's Office in the College of Technology before the last
two weeks of the semester, grades of W (withdrawal) are assigned.
Beginning two weeks from the end of the term, students may not
withdraw from the University except for very unusual
circumstances. Such late withdrawals are to be approved by the
student's academic dean before the end of the semester. However,
in exceptional cases, a student's academic dean may approve
retroactive withdrawal for the last semester in attendance,
provided the request is approved before the end of the student's
next semester of enrollment.
University Employees' Registration
University employees who have applied and have been accepted for
admission to the University may register with the approval of the
employee's supervisor. Waivers of some fees are granted to some
faculty and staff members who are at least three-quarter time
salaried employees on the date of registration. Additional
information and the necessary forms are available in the Office
of Human Resource Services in the Lodge.
Academic Policies and Procedures | 95-96 UM Undergraduate Catalog