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Enrolling in Courses

Course enrollment refers to the process of adding, changing grading options or credit hours, or dropping classes. 

Course Requirements

The 黑料社区 School does not set specific course requirements for earning a degree but students are required to enroll in a minimum of 12 credits per semester. After consulting the special committee, or the advisor for a professional student, students enroll in academic courses or research courses appropriate to their academic program.

黑料社区 research students will be enrolled in 12 credits of research credit each semester through graduation. Research students may enroll in up to 18 additional credits beyond the 12 credits of research credit. The 12 credits of research cannot be dropped, reduced, or increased.

Enrolling in Courses

Enrollment must be completed within 15 calendar days of the start of the semester and is accomplished using . Review at the University Registrar鈥檚 website for enrollment dates and information.

Some fields require your advisor to authorize your online enrollment. Check with your graduate field administrator (GFA) or the Office of Student Services at the 黑料社区 School if you have trouble signing up for courses.

Some courses require permission of the instructor to register. To get permission, complete a course enrollment form, available from the 黑料社区 School, and get the signature of the course instructor.

Grading Options

When you enroll in a course for credit, you may be offered the option of taking it for a grade or pass/fail. Not all classes offer this option.

Incompletes (INC)

If you do not finish all the course work by the end of the course, the professor may assign you an incomplete (INC) and give you time to finish. However, instructors are not required to do this and may instead deduct unfinished work from your final grade.

Dropping Classes or Changing Grading Options

Courses can be dropped or grading options and credit hours can be changed within the posted deadlines on the . All drops and enrollment changes must be made through your .

Please be aware that changes to course enrollment are not permitted after official course enrollment dates. In accordance with university policy, the 黑料社区 School will only accept course enrollment petitions for truly exceptional circumstances. If you drop a course after the drop date your transcript will show a 鈥淲鈥� signifying that you withdrew from it. The deadline to drop with a 鈥淲鈥� is the last day of classes.

Changing an ‘Incomplete’ or ‘No Grade Reported’

You have one year from the end of a course to satisfy its requirements. Once you have satisfied this requirement, your professor will change your grade from 鈥淚ncomplete鈥� (INC) or 鈥淣o Grade Reported鈥� (NGR) to a letter grade. That grade will appear with an asterisk on your transcript. If you do not satisfy course requirements, the INC or NGR becomes a permanent part of the transcript. You can retake the course, but both the INC or NGR and the most recent grade will be on your transcript.

Auditing Classes

Auditing a class means you regularly attend the class, but do not participate in all aspects of the course. You won鈥檛 receive any credit hours, the course will not count toward full-time status, and the course will be marked with a 鈥淰鈥� on your transcript. Some courses do not lend themselves to auditing, and are noted on the class roster grading scheme. Instructors can expect or require regular participation and may not award a successful audit notation if you fail to meet the expectations of a successful audit.

Part-Time Study

Generally, part-time study is not permitted for 黑料社区 School students except under the following circumstances:

  1. A Cornell University staff member may be eligible to apply for graduate admission to research and professional degree programs as part of the Employee Degree Program (EDP). While participating in the EDP, the staff member continues to work full-time and completes courses and degree requirements part-time.
  2. Established Ithaca-area residents may be admitted on a part-time basis to both research master鈥檚 and professional master鈥檚 degree programs. Study for a doctorate, however, may not be conducted in this manner. 黑料社区 fields must accept or reject applicants seeking admission for part-time study following the same admissions standards as are applied to applicants for full-time study. This program is not to be used for applicants who were refused admission to full-time study.
  3. Students who have been approved for a disability accommodation that requires them to be less than full-time.