Undergraduates are expected to make satisfactory progress toward the attainment of a bachelor's degree, to enter a major, and to graduate after completion of a reasonable number of credits.
All undergraduate students are expected to declare a major by the time they have earned 105 credits. Students who have neither declared a major nor arranged to have a pre-major extension by the time they have completed 105 credits will not be permitted to register the following quarter. To declare a major, undergraduate students should meet with the adviser in their program of interest to initiate the major declaration process. To request a pre-major extension, undergraduate students should meet with an adviser in the Center for University Studies Program (CUSP).
Students must graduate by the time they have completed 30 credits beyond the credits required for their first degree or concurrent degrees.
You should register for 12 or more credits to be considered full-time if you are an undergraduate or professional student. If you are a graduate student, you should register for 10 or more credits. It is important to note that differing criteria and standards for full-time enrollment exist for eligibility in certain programs. Consult the Financial Aid Office for its requirements on satisfactory student progress. The tuition schedule does not reflect full-time credit requirements for loan deferments, teaching assistantships or other programs.
If you do not attend regularly scheduled class meetings during the first week of the quarter, you are subject to being dropped at the discretion of the teaching department to allow enrollment space for other students. Affected courses should be identified in the Time Schedule and/or posted in departmental offices. Do not assume that departments will automatically drop you from the course if you do not attend. If you are not going to go to class, you should drop the course through the registration system. Students who are registered for a course section but do not attend will be assigned a failing grade by the instructor. You may not attend a University course in which you have not been officially registered after the first two weeks of the quarter.
An instructor may allow you to attend his or her class only if your name appears on the official class list from Office of the Registrar. A faculty member may attend informally with the approval of the instructor.
If you are pursuing a baccalaureate degree, you are expected to make satisfactory progress toward the attainment of that degree and are expected to enter a major and graduate after completion of a reasonable number of credits.
The University's satisfactory progress policy requires students to complete their undergraduate degree programs within 30 credits beyond the minimum required for the degree. Because most degrees require 180 credits, students generally must complete their programs by the time they earn 210 credits. Undergraduates who have completed over 210 credits will be notified by email the third week of the quarter that a hold is being placed on their registration due to lack of satisfactory progress. Students ineligible to graduate will be permitted to register for succeeding quarters only if they receive approval from their department and college after filing a graduation plan. Approval to enroll beyond 210 credits may not extend beyond two additional quarters.
Students receiving satisfactory progress registration holds should immediately contact their departmental academic adviser to file a graduation application or to initiate a satisfactory progress appeal.
Postbaccalaureate students are expected to be either preparing for admission into a degree program, seeking an additional baccalaureate degree, or working toward a certificate. If you are admitted as "postbaccalaureate undeclared," you must declare a major by the time you have earned 30 credits beyond your last degree. Once a degree objective has been declared, you must make progress toward that degree as evidenced by courses satisfactorily completed. College advisers may grant extensions beyond the 30-credit limit.
The Committee on Admissions and Academic Standards may terminate your enrollment if you have demonstrated lack of academic progress as evidenced by excessive course repeats, course drops, or University withdrawals and cancellations. You may be reinstated with the approval of your college and the Committee. EOP students may be reinstated in consultation with the Office of Minority Affairs.
A student who tampers or attempts to tamper with the registration records of another student, including but not limited to dropping courses and adding courses, may be subject to disciplinary sanctions as defined in the Student Conduct Code (WAC 478-120).
