Advising and Registration
- Advising and Registration Procedures
- Dropping and Adding Course; Add/Drop Dates
- Withdrawing from a Course
- Placement Testing for New Students
Continuing Students: You are strongly encouraged to enroll during the Advance Registration dates, since some classes may become full prior to Final Registration, and others may be cancelled if advance enrollment is insufficient. See Advising and Registration Procedures below.
New Students: You will receive registration instructions in the mail.
Advising and Registration Procedures
Click on the appropriate link below to find instructions for advising and registration.
Academic Policies
First Class Meeting
If unable to attend the first class meeting, the student should contact the instructor or the department administrative assistant to secure a place in the class.
Dropping and Adding Courses
A change of registration becomes effective only when a Drop/Add form is signed by the major advisor and filed with the Registrar’s Office. Changes made after the start of classes also require the instructor’s signature. A student may not drop a course simply by discontinuing attendance. Undergraduate students who do not follow the required drop procedure will receive a final grade of F; graduate students will receive an AF.
NOTE: Instructors reserve the right to refuse late adds at any time after the start of classes.
Drop/Add Deadlines (See also Refund Policies)
Spring Semester 2008
Day and Evening 15-Week Courses
Add - Before the third class meeting
Drop - Tuesday, February 12
Evening 7-Week Accelerated Courses
Term 1
Add - Friday, January 25
Drop - Tuesday, February 12
Term 2
Add - Thursday, March 20
Drop - Monday, April 7
Summer Session 2008
Term 1
Add - Before the third class meeting
Drop - Monday, June 9
Term 2
Add - Before the third class meeting
Drop - Monday, July 28
Short Courses and Workshops
For courses less than three weeks in duration, adding and dropping must be completed prior to the first class meeting.
Withdrawing from a Course
Following the drop deadline, undergraduate day students may withdraw from a semester length course up to the Wednesday of the tenth week of the semester. No withdrawal will be accepted after that day. Such withdrawal requires the approval of the Student Finance Office, the instructor of the course, the student's academic advisor, the Coordinator of Immigration Services in the case of international students, and the Registrar.
Graduate student have up to but not including the last class to withdraw.
Failure to Drop or Withdraw
Students are responsible for enrollment in and withdrawal from their classes, and for attending all classes in which they enroll. Undergraduate and Graduate students who remain enrolled in a class after the deadline to withdraw must be given an evaluative grade (A through F), unless the university determines that the grade of "AF"(Failure for Non-Attendance) is appropriate.
Placement Testing for New Students
Competency/placement testing in English is required of all new undergraduate students. For freshman students, the tests determine placement. For transfer students, the tests validate competencies required for graduation from Notre Dame de Namur University. Competency/ placement testing in English as a Second Language (ESL) is required of all new International undergraduate and graduate students. Competency/placement testing in mathematics is required of all new undergraduate students who will be taking any NDNU math course. The test is a computerized, adaptive test that is based upon each student’s math background.