Registration Procedures

The Office of the Registrar is the principal source of information about registration procedures.

Students who are admitted to the College are required to pay a $350 enrollment and security deposit, which is held until graduation or withdrawal from the College in accordance with the policy outlined in the section on Expenses.  The deposit is refundable prior to May 1.

Registration entry is based upon competed course credits.  The procedure for adding and dropping courses is available from the Registrar; the faculty have established the following policies concerning changes in registration:

1. A student is officially registered only after the student’s name appears on class lists and the student has confirmed his/her registration with the Office of the Registrar on return to campus each semester.  Failure to confirm registration will result in a late fee of $50.
2. A student may add a course only during the first two weeks of the semester and only with the permission of the faculty member teaching the course and the approval of the faculty adviser.
3. With the approval of the faculty adviser, a student may drop a course before the end of the sixth week of the semester.  Students should take care that at no time their registration exceeds or falls below a normal course load — see Degree Requirements.
4. A student must declare the S/NC grading option with the approval of the academic adviser and course instructor no later than the end of the fourth week of classes in any semester.
5. Students are expected to be on campus when classes begin.  Students who do not attend the first meeting of a class may be dropped from the class by the instructor.  In this event the Registrar will drop the students from the class, notify the student, the instructor, and the academic adviser.  The add/drop form is not necessary for this single transaction.
6. Students who are given permission to make changes in their course schedules after the stated deadlines are subject to a late registration fee of $100 for each course change transaction.
7. Each student is assigned a faculty adviser to supervise his or her academic program at the College.  However, it is the student’s own responsibility to make final decisions about his or her education and academic program.