Visit the Office of the Registrar online.
All students are expected to register on the official registration days of each semester. For students currently enrolled, a registration period is announced during each semester.
Health Requirement
All students entering the University for the first time and all students who have not been registered at this University for a full semester (excluding summer) must submit to the University Health Center a report of their medical history, physical examination, and required immunizations from a licensed physician.
Maximum and Minimum Credit Hours
A full-time student is one who is registered for at least 12 semester credit hours. Maximum credit hours allowed per semester without a petition are given in the following table:
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Maximum Credit Hours |
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| College of Arts and Sciences |
18 Cr. |
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Education |
18 Cr. |
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Bachelor of Music |
18 Cr. |
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Bachelor of Music Education |
19 Cr. |
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| College of Business |
18 Cr. |
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| College of Engineering |
19 Cr. |
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| College of Nursing and Health Professions |
18 Cr. |
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Students who maintained a grade point average of 3.000 (B) or better during the previous semester may register for extra hours, provided that their formal petitions for such work are granted. This petition must be approved by the academic advisor and the dean of the appropriate college. Forms are available online through the Office of the Registrar: valpo.edu/registrar. Freshmen are not allowed to carry extra hours during the first semester. Extra credit hours above 19 credits per semester will also incur an additional tuition charge (see Tuition and Fees ).
Course Prerequisites
Students are held responsible for meeting the prerequisites of all courses for which they enroll. In unusual cases, a student may petition to waive a prerequisite. Such a petition must be approved by the instructor of the course and/or the chair of the department in which the course is offered.
Change of Schedule
Students may change their registration in courses up to the time of the calendar deadlines published in the GENERAL CATALOG. Such changes are matters of serious consideration. Before deciding on such an action, students should obtain the counsel of their course instructor, academic advisor, and the chair of the department in which the course is offered. Forms are available online through the Office of the Registrar: valpo.edu/registrar.
Any student-athlete who wishes to drop below 12 semester credit hours (full-time status) must obtain permission of the athletics compliance coordinator or designee.
Deadlines for course addition, course withdrawal, requesting the S/U grading option, and withdrawal from the University are published in the University Calendar. Once these deadlines have passed, students are held responsible for completion of courses under the terms of the registration they have selected. Changes in registration after these deadlines are allowed only in exceptional cases where students demonstrate that extreme contributory circumstances have rendered their registration in a course invalid. Serious physical disability, prolonged illness, or the death of a loved one: documented occurrences of this kind can be considered reasonable grounds for requesting an exception to the regular calendar deadlines. A petition for exception to a deadline must be accompanied by supporting reasons for its presentation. Forms are available online through the Office of the Registrar: valpo.edu/registrar. The integrity of the Valparaiso University transcript and ultimately of the University itself demand that special exceptions be permitted only when special circumstances prevail. Neither unsatisfactory academic performance, whether caused by inability or lack of application, nor lack of adequate evaluation of a student’s performance in a course before the deadline are, in and of themselves, sufficient reason for petition.
Students may officially cancel enrollment in a course during the add/drop period noted on the Academic Calendar without reflection on their permanent record. All requests for adding a course during that timeframe remain at the discretion of the appropriate academic dean or department chair, if the course is full. From the end of the add/drop period until the published deadline, a student may officially withdraw from a course with a grade of W (withdrawal) on the student’s permanent record. Students are not permitted, without an approved petition, to cancel enrollment in courses after the end of the ninth week of a semester. Not attending class does not constitute formal withdrawal from a course.
After the drop/add period and until the tenth week of a semester, the tuition fee is prorated for students withdrawing from the University. The refund schedule can be viewed online through the Student Financial Services: valpo.edu/student-financial-services. Courses dropped before the conclusion of the drop/add period will receive a 100% refund.
Appeals
Denial of a petition by a student’s dean may be appealed to the Committee on Academic and Professional Standards. The appealing student should append reasons for submitting his appeal to the committee.
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