Add/Drop
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 University drops for full refunds must be made on the first day of class by calling the Office of Continuing & Distance Education/Summer University 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.
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modified on
2/27/09
