Schedule Changes after Registration (Add/Drop)

The University of Maine allows students to add courses, to drop courses, to change sections within a course
or to alter the grading option for a course (see below) through the first five class days of each semester (the
add/drop period).

Courses may be dropped over a much longer period, but students will receive no tuition refund for courses
dropped after the tenth day of classes each semester. During the first ten days of the semester students may
change the grading option for courses between the Grade option and the Pass/Fail option. No conversions
between the Grade option and the Pass/Fail option normally are allowed after this period. During the first third
of the semester, a student may drop courses without academic penalty. All such dropped courses are deleted
from the student's academic record.

During the second third of the semester, a student may withdraw from a course if the student's advisor and
dean approve. Courses dropped will show on the student's academic record, with a grade of "W". The grade
will not be computed into the semester average.

During the final third of the semester, any courses dropped will normally carry a grade of "WF", unless
extenuating circumstances prevail. This grade will show on the student's academic record and will be
computed into the semester average as a failing grade.

Course registrations may be changed from the Grade or Pass/Fail option to the Audit option during the first
two thirds of a semester, but changes during the second third can be made only with the approval of an
academic advisor and the student's dean.

Add-Drop Refunds

Students will be given financial credit for courses, which are dropped during the Add-Drop period only (the first
two weeks of the semester). No financial adjustments will be made to students' accounts for courses dropped
after this period.

Summer Session Drop Policy

May Term & Summer Session drops for full refunds must be made on the first day of class by calling the Office
of Continuing & Distance Education/Summer Session at 207-581-3143 or by visiting our office at 122
Chadbourne Hall. No refunds are processed after attending the first class.

Please note that registrations are not automatically dropped when a student fails to attend class and does not
personally or officially notify the CED Office. Informing faculty that you are dropping a course is not an official
withdrawal. The date a course is dropped dictates both academic and financial penalties that may affect
student standing.