Chapter 2
REGISTRATION
[Additional regulations regarding Enrollment and Registration Procedures are located in Chapter 478-160 WAC. Among the topics included are admission categories, application forms, residence classification, enrollment periods, enrollment procedures, enrollment in courses on other UW campuses, enrollment service fees, credit categories, withdrawals, and information on special programs.]
Section 1. Registration for Residence Courses
A. Registration Required. No person, other than faculty members participating informally with the approval of the instructor, may take part in a University course in which she or he has not been registered.
B. Medical Examination. All students entering the University in the resident credit program for the first time, or returning to the University after an absence of more than two calendar years, shall be required to submit a completed health history form.
C. Credits Allowed per Quarter:
S-B 173, April 6, 2007 with Presidential approval.
Section 2. Methods of Registration
A. Students register by using MyUW. This is a continuous registration system that is organized into three distinct priority periods that are referred to as periods 1, 2, and 3. Undergraduates cannot enroll in more than 19 credits prior to the beginning of the quarter so that all students will have a chance to develop basic programs. Credits beyond 19 can be added, subject to college restrictions, after the quarter begins.
B. Registration period 1 is designed primarily to accommodate currently registered matriculated students. It occurs during the latter half of the quarter preceding that for which the student is registering excluding Summer Quarter. Registration priority dates are assigned according to the following sequence: disabled students, graduate students, freshmen, seniors, juniors, and sophomores.
C. Registration period 2 occurs just prior to the beginning of the quarter and is intended primarily to accommodate new and former students, returning, students from other UW campuses, nonmatriculated, and ACCESS students, and tuition exempt faculty and staff.
D. Registration period 3 occurs during the first seven calendar days of the quarter and is intended for registration changes. Students registering for the first time during or after period 3 will be assessed a late registration fee.
Section 3. Cross-Campus Enrollment
A. Credits required on home campus before cross-campus enrollment is allowed. Once admitted, freshmen are required to have completed 25 credit hours on their home campus before enrolling in courses on other UW campuses (UW Extension courses are not considered home campus courses). Newly admitted undergraduates above the freshman level of class standing must have completed 15 credits on their home campus before cross-enrolling.
B. Maximum credits allowed per academic year on a campus other than the home campus. A maximum of 15 credits per academic year may be taken on a campus other than the home campus.
C. Maximum number of credits acquired from other UW campuses allowed toward degree. A maximum of 45 credits from a UW campus other than the home campus may be counted toward the degree.
D. Individual petitions for waivers of the credit requirements may be considered by the chancellor, dean, or dean-designee of the degree-granting unit. However, the approval of such a waiver does not obligate the campus unit listing the desired course(s) to grant special consideration for course admission.
Any student who registers for the first time after period 2 will be charged a late registration fee.
Section 5. Change of Registration
A. Information on dates and procedures for registration changes is printed in the quarterly Time Schedule.
B. Courses may be dropped during registration periods 1, 2, and 3 without charge. A drop/add fee will be assessed after registration period 3. No add/drop fee will be assessed for a University withdrawal.
C. Courses dropped through the first fourteen calendar days of the quarter will not be recorded on the University transcript.
D. Courses dropped after the fourteenth calendar day through the seventh week of the quarter will be recorded with a grade of W to be followed by a number representing the week of the quarter in which the drop occurred.
E. No courses may be dropped after the seventh week of the quarter unless approved as hardship withdrawal exceptions by the Registrar's Office. (See this Volume, Part III, Chapter 13, Section 3)
F. Courses added after registration period 3 through the third week of the quarter require instructor or departmental approval as determined by departmental policy. After the third week of the quarter the student must have the permission of both the department chair and the instructor. Approval is granted only in very unusual circumstances.
G. A course is officially dropped only when transacted through MyUW or when accepted by a representative of the Registrar's Office. An academic department can request a student to drop a course if the student does not meet publicized departmental attendance requirements.
H. Students dropping courses may receive some refund of tuition and fees depending upon the number of credits dropped and the time of the quarter. Students adding courses may be required to pay additional tuition and fees as determined by the fee schedule.
I. Proportional schedules will be publicized in the Time Schedule for Summer Quarter a and b terms.
AI, June 1976. S-B 150, March 1990; S-B 167, November 26, 2001; S-B 175, June 23, 2008 all with Presidential approval.
Section 6. Registration for Graduate Courses
A. Courses open to Graduate Students: Courses numbered 500 and above are intended for and restricted to students in the Graduate School. Some courses numbered in the 300's and 400's are open both to graduates and to upper-division undergraduates. Such courses, when acceptable to the student's Graduate Program Adviser and the Graduate School, may be part of an advanced degree program. The Graduate School accepts credit in approved 300 courses for the minor or supporting fields only; approved 400 courses are accepted as part of the major.
B. Registration in Graduate Courses by Undergraduate Students: Undergraduate students of senior standing who wish to register for a 500 course must obtain permission from both the instructor of the class and the Dean of the Graduate School.
GSR, December 1956
Section 7. Continuous Enrollment of Graduate Students
A. Beginning with the time of first enrollment, every student in the Graduate School is required to be registered each quarter or be on-leave until the completion of all requirements for the graduate degree for which he or she is working, including the filing of the thesis or dissertation, the passing of the master's or doctoral final examination, and the awarding of the degree. Failure to maintain continuous enrollment constitutes presumptive evidence that the student has withdrawn and has resigned from the Graduate School. During Summer Quarter only, on-leave enrollment is automatic for all students who are either registered or on-leave the prior Spring Quarter. A graduate student must be enrolled and registered on campus or in absentia as a full-time student or a part-time student or in on-leave student status.
B. A graduate student enrolled and registered as a full- or part-time student pays the usual fees and is engaged in course work or research work on the campus or in absentia as a regular student and is supervised by the Graduate Program Adviser or the Graduate Program Adviser's representative in the student's field or by the Chairman of the student's Supervisory Committee.
C. If a graduate student in good standing plans to be away from the University and out of contact with the University faculty and facilities for a period of time, usually not to exceed four successive quarters, he or she must enroll and register as an on-leave student. A petition for on-leave status must be approved by the Graduate Program Adviser or the Supervisory Committee Chairman. The student must have registered for and completed at least one quarter of work in the University of Washington Graduate School to be eligible for on-leave status. This status maintains a place for the student as a member of the Graduate School and permits him or her to use the University Library and to sit for foreign-language competence examinations, but does not entitle the student to any of the other University privileges of a regularly enrolled and registered full- or part- time student. The student pays a nonrefundable fee of $5 to obtain on-leave student status, and this fee covers four successive academic quarters or any single part thereof. An on- leave student returning to the University on or before the termination of the period of his or her leave must file a former student enrollment application before the application deadline and must register in-person in the usual way as a full- or part- time student; this registration cancels any remaining leave period. If circumstances require a later leave of absence, the student must petition and must proceed again in the same manner as for an initial leave of absence.
D. Military on-leave status is available to a student whose degree program is interrupted by compulsory military service after the completion of at least one quarter of graduate work at the University of Washington. An approved on-leave petition and the payment of a $5 fee gives continuous enrollment status for up to five years from the date the on-leave status is granted or for up to one year after discharge from the armed services. Enlistment in a branch of the armed services in lieu of induction into the Army entitles the student to military on- leave status. Presentation of an induction document or affirmation on the on-leave petition with specifics as to notices and dates of induction is necessary to support this type of request. On-leave status is also available for class I-A-O and class I-O applicants.
In unusual cases, a graduate student may need to work in absentia at a place distant from the campus and yet actively continue in correspondence or conferences with professors at the University and proceed with the thesis or dissertation research. In this situation the student enrolls and registers as a full- time student in absentia or a part-time student in absentia and pays the usual fees for a full- or part-time student, after previously having had a petition for in absentia work approved by the student's Graduate Program Adviser or Supervisory Committee Chairman. Periods of in absentia registration are counted toward completion of the requirements for residence by graduate students on the campus of the University of Washington.
E. A student previously registered in the Graduate School who has failed to maintain continuous enrollment but who wishes later to resume his or her studies must file an application for readmission to the Graduate School by the regularly published closing dates in person or by mail. If the student is readmitted, registration will occur during the usual registration period. If the student has attended any other institution during the period when he or she was not registered at the University of Washington, official transcripts in duplicate of the student's work must be submitted. An application for readmission carries no preference and is treated in the same manner as an application for initial admission, including the requirement of payment of the application fee of $10.
Section 8. Registration for Independent Study by Correspondence Courses
A. DL courses will be tracked in the internal UW records, but not specially designated on official UW transcripts.
B. UW Educational Outreach provides advising for nonmatriculated students desiring guidance in selection of courses. A matriculated student who wishes to take DL courses should consult with his or her academic advisor before registering.
HB, 1946; S-B 91, with Presidential approval. June 1963; AI May 1972; revised November 1978; revised May 1989; S-B 167, November 26, 2001; S-B 173, April 6, 2007; with Presidential approval.
Section 9. Concurrent Registration at Other Collegiate Institutions
Courses taken concurrently at another collegiate institution while the student is in residence at the University of Washington may be credited toward his graduation from the University if accepted by the department chairman, the Dean of the College in which the student is enrolled, and the University department in which the course is offered. Such acceptance should be obtained by the student in writing prior to the quarter in which concurrent registration takes place. Nothing in this rule shall make mandatory the granting of any credit by the University.
S-B 23, February 1946; S-B 34, April 1948: both with Presidential approval.
The University recognizes that the potential value of an academic experience in another country is great and can make a worthwhile contribution to the degree program of a serious student. For this reason the University has instituted an advisory program to assist the student who wishes to study abroad, and to help him or her evaluate the possibility of transferring credit from abroad. Students who are interested in studying in a foreign country should discuss their preliminary plans with a counselor in either the International Services Office or the Foreign Study Office. Every student so inclined should also consult the foreign credential evaluator in the Admissions Office as well as his or her own academic adviser.
The University, in cooperation with other Northwest institutions, offers undergraduate spring and summer study programs in Europe in language (French, German, and Spanish) and in the liberal arts. Opportunities are also available for the student wishing to follow a program of independent study in the country of his or her choice.