Program of Study Changes
Students are officially accepted into programs of study by Admissions for their first semester of matriculation. Corrections to their acceptance into the University would be handled prior to the semester beginning with Admissions. Additionally, students work with Admissions to ensure their course selections are the needed requirements. Changes for new student matriculation information can be accommodated by Admissions during the first week of the semester if the student is qualified for the change to the requested program. After that, students may opt to change their programs effective for the next semester using the Change of Program Request link in the Lion's Den portal.
Continuing students who know they wish to change programs for the next semester should request a change as soon as possible and to have advisement based on that change. Continuing students wishing to change their programs must have those requests submitted and processed by the end of Add/Drop Period the first week of the semester. Some programs require auditions, interviews, writing samples or other criteria. It is the responsibility of the student to complete what was expected in advance of the next semester beginning. Failure to have met the entry conditions into the program on time will delay official program entry until the next semester.
All student Change of Programs requests submitted after Add/Drop Period ends the first week of the semester will automatically be considered effective at the start of the next semester.
For compliance, government mandates that to be eligible for certain types of financial aid, students are expecting to be pursuing courses for the program of study they are in at the beginning of the semester. It is important that the student enters the semester with the right courses for their program. Students taking courses not needed for their program may have certain types of aid reduced. There is also the risk of needing additional time to complete a degree.
Program Fees for Fall and Spring semesters are based on the student’s registered program at the end of Add/Drop period of the semester. Information is available on the Lion's Den portal under Program Fees of My Finances.