Changes in Registration
University and Graduate School registration policies are strictly enforced; therefore, it is in every student's best interest to ensure that registration is completed in a proper and timely manner.Before registering for a course and/or before making any registration changes, students are strongly encouraged to consider the impact of such changes on their financial, academic, work-related, and personal circumstances.
If a graduate student fails to initially register by the end of the first two weeks of a term, the student's record is automitically deactivated by the registration system. Students who are discontinued due to non-registration must apply for readmission if they wish to continue their graduate studies (see Maintaining Active Status).
Registration changes require completion of the UMD Graduate School Petition. During fall and spring semesters, the end of the second week of the semester is the last day to add a course or change sections of a course, change the grading option (including to or from auditor status), or cancel a course without a W (indicating withdrawal) appearing on the transcript. During the summer term, the deadline for such changes is the fifth day of instruction. Students may cancel courses through the end of the eighth week of the semester; canceling courses after the eighth week requires the approval of the adviser, instructor, and UMD Graduate School. During the summer term, students may cancel a course through the last day of instruction with the adivser's signature.
If withdrawal from a course occurs within the first two weeks of the semester, no record of this course is shown on the transcript. If withdrawal occurs after the second week of the semester, the transcript will show the course with a W.
Students cannot change their registration after the last day of instruction of a semester or register for previous semesters.