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2016-2018 Catalog > Academic Policies and Procedures > Graduate Degrees > Academic Policies for Graduate Division > Withdrawal From Courses

Withdrawal From Courses

The grade W indicates withdrawal from a course, according to the following policy:

Withdrawal (W) indicates that the student was permitted to withdraw from a class during the period scheduled on the University calendar with the approval of the instructor and advisor. After the scheduled date, a student may petition the Graduate Dean for an exception. The W carries no connotation of quality of student performance and is not calculated in the grade point average.