Adding or Withdrawing from Courses

A course must be added no later than 10 business days from the beginning of term lectures. This regulation applies to spring term, fall, winter (12-week terms). Consult the Academic Dates  for the corresponding dates for six-week courses.

Duration of Each Term:

Fall term, Winter term and Spring term - each have 60 teaching days
Intersession, Summer Session and, first and second six-week courses in Fall and Winter terms - each have 30 teaching days

The final dates for withdrawing from courses without penalty of failure are:

Fall term (12-weeks)
two-thirds of course, 40th teaching day
Winter term (12-weeks) two-thirds of course, 40th teaching day
Fall and Winter (6-weeks, first and second)
two-thirds of course, 20th teaching day
Intersession, Summer Session (6-weeks)
two-thirds of course, 20th teaching day
Spring term (12-weeks)
two-thirds of course, 40th teaching day
Courses of different durations will be pro-rated.

Consult the Academic Dates for actual dates for withdrawal from courses without penalty of failure. A grade of "F'' will be assigned if a student withdraws after the final date. If the normal deadline date falls on a Friday, the actual deadline will become the following business day. A grade of DR (dropped-failure) will be assigned if the course is dropped in writing after the withdrawal deadline but before the start of exams.

Notes:

  1. The onus for notifying Enrolment Services of withdrawal via LORIS or by sending an email (from your mylaurier email account) to Enrolment Services rests solely upon the student. Simply ceasing to attend lectures, even if the instructor is informed, does not formally constitute withdrawal and will result in a failing grade and financial penalties.
  2. A change from registration for credit to audit must be made no later than the final date for withdrawing without failure.This can be requested via email to Enrolment Services.