What are the implications of withdrawing from a class?
Posted: October 31, 2019 at 4:58 pm, Last Updated: November 1, 2019 at 9:07 am
Grades of ‘W’ (Withdraw) are considered attempted hours, which means they are used to determine academic progress. Both the university’s standards for academic standing and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) for financial aid are affected by these attempted hours. ‘W’ grades do not affect GPA and is not considered an attempt under the university’s course repeat policy […]
When can students withdraw from courses?
Posted: October 31, 2019 at 4:57 pm, Last Updated: November 1, 2019 at 9:37 am
Beginning the 23rd day after and including the first day of classes of the semester, students may self-withdraw using Patriot Web. This unrestricted withdrawal period extends through the 5th week of classes, the beginning of the selective withdrawal period. Each withdrawn course regardless of the effective date will have a ‘W’ grade posted on the […]
What’s the deadline to drop a class?
Posted: October 31, 2019 at 4:56 pm, Last Updated: November 17, 2025 at 2:27 pm
Students will have 22 calendar days after and including the first day of classes to drop a class without the class appearing on their transcript. To give students more time to evaluate and drop classes, the university also is lengthening the drop period through day 22 of the semester. As Mason students are more likely to be successful […]
Why the new Add/Drop policy? What is it?
Posted: October 31, 2019 at 4:56 pm, Last Updated: November 17, 2025 at 2:28 pm
Mason is adjusting the deadline for dropping a full semester, 15-week course beginning fall 2018. The deadline for adding courses is not changing (8 days after semester start, excluding holidays). Dropped courses will disappear from a student’s academic record; as is the case now, withdrawn courses will be recorded with a “W” on the transcript. […]
What is a Part of Term?
Posted: October 28, 2019 at 4:49 pm
A part of term is a date range within the academic semester (Fall or Spring), in which a course is scheduled to occur. All courses using a part of term, must be scheduled so that their start/end date fall within the part of term. As an example, a course using the 7.5 Week: Session I […]
Change of Major FAQ’s
Posted: June 12, 2019 at 7:55 am, Last Updated: July 23, 2025 at 10:45 am
What is the new change of major procedure? If the form is submitted to our office after the last day to add for that semester, we will process the form for the following term. For example: If we receive the form in November, we will create a spring record and update the major. This […]
I am trying to inactivate a course but it was rolled back to me because sections exist, what do I do?
Posted: October 18, 2017 at 11:58 am, Last Updated: October 18, 2017 at 3:53 pm
If you are trying to inactivate a course, you need to ensure that no sections exist in the effective term or later. If sections exist, you or your unit scheduler will need to login to CLSS and select the term under the “Future” heading. Find the course and click the red x next to the sections […]
How do I print my proposal?
Posted: September 11, 2017 at 1:08 pm, Last Updated: September 12, 2017 at 10:32 am
To print a copy of your proposal or share it as a PDF with those who don’t have access to CIM: Open the proposal in CIM. Select Ctrl + P on your keyboard. The printer window will open. Change the printer destination to Adobe PDF (in Firefox) or Save as PDF (in Chrome). This will […]
How do I make both a simple/substantial change as well as a specialized designation change to a course at the same time?
Posted: September 11, 2017 at 12:56 pm, Last Updated: September 12, 2017 at 10:36 am
CIM-Courses only allows for one modification type to be request on a proposal at any given time. You will first need to submit the proposal for the change to your course. Once it has completed the full approval process and the change has been processed Banner, you can submit a second proposal to add the […]
How do I request a specialized designation on a new course proposal?
Posted: September 11, 2017 at 12:54 pm, Last Updated: September 12, 2017 at 10:38 am
CIM-Courses will only allow you to request a specialized designation on existing courses. You will first need to submit the proposal for your new course. Once it has completed the full approval process and has been processed in Banner, you must submit a second proposal to add the specialized designation. This process ensures that the processing of […]