Discover Summer Session

Academic Policies

Adding and Dropping

• Obtain the appropriate signatures as indicated on the form
• Pay full tuition and fees
• Return the completed form to the Summer Session Office at French Administration Building, Room 346.
  

Audit (no credit)  

Students registering for credit have first priority for classes; auditors are enrolled on a space-available basis after a class begins. A maximum of two audits is allowed for Summer Session. To visit a class more than three times requires an audit approval. Audit enrollments will be recorded on the student’s transcript.

To audit, obtain an Enrollment Change Form, secure the appropriate signatures, pay full tuition and fees (there is not a special audit fee in the summer), and return the form to the Summer Session Office. Refunds are processed according to the deadline schedule. Refer to the "Enrollment Change Deadlines.

Cancellation of Enrollment

Cancellation of your enrollment may affect your financial aid status. The cancellation of aid may result in you owing money to WSU, or in the repayment of aid being required, if the aid exceeds the amount of charges. Students who receive financial aid, loans, grants, scholarships, etc. should be aware that cancellation of financial aid will offset any refund to the student. Contact the Office of Financial Aid at (509) 335-9711 for complete details on how your cancellation may affect your current and future financial aid status.

Course Numbering System

Lower Division
#	below 100	Courses do not carry University credit.
#	100-199	Courses (inclusive) are normally taken by freshmen.
#	200-299	Courses (inclusive) are normally taken by sophomores.
Upper Division
#	300-399	Courses (inclusive) are normally taken by juniors and seniors.
#	400-499	Courses (inclusive) are normally taken by juniors and seniors.
Graduate
#	500-599	Courses numbered 500-599 inclusive are primarily for graduate students. Qualified seniors may take these courses for graduate credit during their last year of Summer Session. Other qualified seniors may (with permission of their department chairs) take these courses for undergraduate credit.
#	600-800	Courses numbered 600-800 have as a prerequisite regular student status in the Graduate School.

Credit Load

The recommended credit load is no more than three credits in four weeks, six credits in six weeks or nine credits in eight weeks.

Because of the short duration of summer offerings, caution should be exercised when selecting the number of credits for each block. For example, nine credits taken in a six-week period is equivalent to 22.5 credits taken during a 15-week semester; six credits in a four-week period is equivalent to 24 credits in a 15-week semester.

Graduate students should contact the Graduate School, French Administration Building, Room 324, Washington State University, PO Box 641030, Pullman, WA 99164-1030, (509) 335-1446.

Disenrollment

Disenrollment occurs when all tuition and fees have not been paid by the end of the summer term. Students disenrolled from summer courses will be charged 100 percent of the full tuition owing at the time of disenrollment. Students are not dropped from courses for non-attendance and will be disenrolled for non-payment if they do not cancel their enrollment or drop their courses within the deadlines. A "W" will be marked on the student's transcript.

Final Exams

Grades and Transcripts

Minimum Credit Requirements

Minimum Load Requirements For Summer Session
	Undergraduate	Graduate
Financial Aid 1	6	3
Register for Master's or Doctoral Final Oral by July 8th		2
Veterans Benefits 2
1 Credit hours requirements for some aid programs may be higher than stated above 2 Recipients of VA benefits should contact the Office of Veterans Affairs for their individual schedule.

Pass/Fail

No course listed as meeting a General Education Requirement for graduation may be taken pass-fail by an undergraduate student.

A total of six courses may be completed on a pass-fail basis when initiating and completing work for a baccalaureate degree at WSU. The number of pass-fail courses a transfer student is allowed is determined on a pro rata basis.

An adviser’s signature is required to enroll for, add, or change a course from letter grade to pass-fail. Pass-fail enrollment is initiated by the student acquiring the appropriate signature on an Enrollment Change Form. Refer to the "Enrollment Change Deadlines."

Petitions for Exceptions to the Academic Calendar Deadlines

Students may, with payment of a service fee, petition for exceptions to the academic calendar deadlines for summer (i.e., withdrawal after the deadline to withdraw). Petitions are considered only in the case of extraordinary circumstances such as a medical emergency and require supporting documentation. Undergraduate and professional students petition through the Registrar's Office. Graduate students petition through the Graduate School. Requests for exceptions must be made within two years of the date of enrollment in the course.

Re-enrollment

Repeating a Course

Symbols Footnotes

GER Symbols 

A letter in brackets following the course number indicates course partially meets a General Education Requirement for graduation:

[A] World Civilizations	[M] Writing in the Major
[B] Biological Sciences Tier II	[N] Mathematics Proficiency
[C] Communication Proficiency	[P] Physical Sciences Tier II
[D] American Diversity	[Q] Sciences Tier I
[G] Intercultural Studies or Arts and Humanities	[S] Social Sciences
[H] Arts and Humanities	[T] Tier III Capstone
[I] Intercultural Studies	[W] Written Communication
[K] Intercultural Studies or Social Sciences

Footnotes

Symbol	Description
c\\	Indicates concurrent enrollment
V1-4	Course is offered for variable credit, e.g., 1,2,3, or 4
+	Students must have prior agreement with instructor before enrolling in this course; course also grades S, F
SLN	Schedule Line Number
WHETS	Washington Higher Education Telecommunication System

Withdrawal

Deadlines for withdrawing from a course vary according to the duration of the course; refer to “Enrollment Change Deadlines.” Course withdrawals are done on myWSU. When withdrawing from a course, there is no refund and any unpaid tuition and fees remain on the account. Tuition for a withdrawal cannot be transferred to another course. A grade of “W” will be marked on the student’s transcript.

After 11:59 p.m. on May 6, students cannot withdraw from their last or only course on myWSU; they must cancel their enrollment at the Summer Session Office, French Administration Building, Room 346 or by calling (509) 335-2238.