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Registration and Course Assignment

Registration Procedures

You must register for courses in accordance with procedures and guidelines prescribed by the registrar.

Your initial registration for each term must occur according to the timetables for registration established for each semester/session and published in the Schedule of Classes. In most cases, you will register for classes at your school/division or department office, the registrar’s office, or via the OASIS Web registration system.

Academic Load

The following maximums apply to your enrollment at IPFW:

Limit with Special Permission

Your academic load may not exceed 18 credits in a regular semester or 8 credits in a summer session unless unusual circumstances exist and you have been granted special permission by your academic advisor.

Absolute Maximum in Any Academic Session or Intensive Course

You will not be allowed to register for a class, or combination of classes, that generates more than 1.5 credits per week (e.g., more than 24 credits in a regular fall or spring semester or more than 9 credits in a normal summer session). You will not be allowed to register for more than one intensive course at a time. Courses for which you register as an auditor are included in the calculation of your academic load.

Enrollment Status

For most purposes, undergraduate students are considered to be full-time students when enrolled in 12 or more credits during a regular semester, or 6 or more credits during a summer session; and part-time students when enrolled in 11 or fewer credits during a regular semester, or fewer than 6 credits during a summer session.

Course Prerequisites and Corequisites

Before you begin a course, you must have satisfied all prerequisites and corequisites or secured the instructor’s or sponsoring division/department permission. At the request of the instructor or the division/department through which a course is offered, the registrar may withdraw you from a course for which you have not satisfied all prerequisites and corequisites.

Auditing

You may enroll as an auditor by noting “Auditor” (A) in the appropriate space on your registration form, and by completing the normal registration procedures established by your division/department. You may not enroll as an auditor if you have been dismissed from IPFW.

You will be assigned a grade of W or NC and will not receive academic credit for a course in which you enrolled as an auditor. However, under the rules of a division/department examination, you may later be allowed to earn credit for a course you have audited.

Schedule Revisions and Late Registration

After your initial registration, you may revise your schedule in accordance with the policies listed below. In all cases, you must submit the completed schedule-revision (drop/add) form with appropriate signatures to your division/department or the registrar’s office. All schedules and deadlines are prorated for courses not meeting for an entire fall or spring semester. An academic advisor’s approval may be required to process a course addition or withdrawal at the registrar’s office.

Addition of a Course

You may add a course after your initial registration by submitting a completed schedule-revision (drop/add) form with appropriate signatures to your division/department, to the registrar’s office, or via the OASIS Web registration system.

Weeks Restrictions
Through Week 1 of classes School/division policies determine whether an academic advisor’s approval is required.
Weeks 2–4 Approval of the instructor is required. School/division policies determine whether an academic advisor’s approval is required.
Weeks 5–9 Approval of the instructor and of your dean or division director is required. School policies determine whether an academic advisor’s approval is required. Approval will normally be given only when extenuating circumstances are involved.
Weeks 10–16 Courses cannot normally be added during this time.

Withdrawal from a Course

Subject to the time limits below — and in the absence of any allegation that you are guilty of academic dishonesty in the course — you may officially withdraw from a course by presenting a schedule-revision (drop/add) form to your department.

Weeks Restrictions
Through Week 4 of classes School/division policies determine whether an academic advisor’s approval is required; the course is not recorded on your record.
Weeks 5–9 School/division policies determine whether an academic advisor’s approval is required; a grade of W is recorded on your record.
Weeks 10–16 Courses cannot normally be dropped during this period. If a drop is approved, the course is recorded with a grade of W on your record.

During Weeks 10–16, a course may be dropped and a grade of W assigned if you receive approval of your academic advisor and your dean/division director, after the latter has consulted with the instructor. Such drops will not be approved if sought because of your poor performance in the course.

After the end of the Week 16, a course may be dropped only by following the change-of-grade procedure.

Change of Pass/Not-Pass (P/NP) Option

Prior to the end of the fourth week of an academic semester (or equivalent period during a summer session), you may add or remove the P/NP option for a course by obtaining the signature of an academic advisor next to the appropriate notation on the schedule-revision (drop/add) form, and by processing the form in the prescribed manner.

Change of Auditing Option

Prior to the end of the fourth week of an academic semester (or equivalent period during a summer session), you may change from audit to credit status by obtaining the signature of an academic advisor next to the appropriate notation on the schedule-revision (drop/add) form, and by processing the form in the prescribed manner. Prior to the end of the ninth week of an academic semester (or equivalent period during a summer session), you may change from credit to audit status in the manner specified above.

Withdrawal from the University

Withdrawal from the university is accomplished by withdrawing from each course in which you are enrolled.

Withdrawal for military service. Any student called to active military duty may present a copy of their military service orders and

  1. withdraw from all courses and receive a 100 percent refund of tuition and fees at any time during the semester through the end of final examinations or
  2. with the permission of each instructor, receive an Incomplete or final grade in the courses taken.

Such requests and documentation may be presented by the student or other responsible party who has the student’s permission to make the request. Refunds of fees will not be made if the student receives a grade and credit for the course, and all refunds will be adjusted as required by financial aid regulations. If a withdrawal is processed after the fourth week of classes, the grade of W will be assigned.

Withdrawal for Personal Circumstances

Students who seek to withdraw from IPFW after the ninth week of classes based on personal circumstances should contact the dean of students for guidance about the process.

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