1. What is the deadline for declaring a course credit/non?

   The end of the third week of the semester (Wednesday, February 18 at 11:59PM for the spring 2004 semester).

2. Must I use the online registration system to declare a course credit/non?

   Yes, except for MIT courses (see question 5).

3. How will this work given that the deadline for declaring a course credit/non is now the end of the third week of the semester and I have until the end of the second week to add my courses?

   If you registered for the course before the add/drop period, you have the entire three week period to change the grade mode as explained in the directions that follow.

   If you added the course and submitted a signed add form, then you will have the third week of the semester (from Thursday, February 12 at 8:30am through Wednesday, February 18 at 11:59pm) to get into the online system and change the grade mode. (The staff in the Registrar’s Office will have completed all required registration data entry by Thursday morning of the third week of class).

4. Does the deadline apply for MIT courses as well as Wellesley courses?

   Yes

5. What about MIT courses, where the required paperwork often takes the full 3 weeks?

   Because of the timing for adding an MIT course, when you submit your add form with the MIT course on it and the required cross-registration form, you will have to indicate on the cross registration form whether you wish to declare this course credit/non.

6. Besides the change in the deadline for declaring a course credit/non, what else is different?

   Any course you take credit/non (unless you drop it before the drop deadline) will appear on your transcript, whether or not you receive credit. Courses taken credit/non have no impact on the GPA.

   If you earn a grade of C or higher, the course will appear on the transcript with a CR rather than an R.

   If you earn a grade lower than a C, then the course will appear on the transcript with a grade of NCR and with 0 units earned.

   If you withdraw from the course after the drop deadline, the course will appear on the transcript with a WDR.

   If you have a permanent incomplete in the course, the course will appear on the transcript with an INC.

Directions for Declaring a Course Credit/Non

1. Log into the online registration system, click on the Registration link, and then click on a link called Change Class Options.
   
2. When you click on this link, the courses for which you are registered will display, with an action window next to the "Grading Mode" line. For most courses, the action displayed will indicate "Regular Grading". If you wish to declare a course credit/non, choose the option called "Credit/Non" and then click on the Submit Changes button.
   
3. Return to the Registration menu and click on the link called Student Detail Schedule. Verify that the correct course has been marked with the credit/non designation and print out a copy of the screen. If there is any question about the status of a course that you wished to declare credit/non, this printed document will be required to verify that the declaration was completed.
   
4. All students are expected to use the online system to declare a course credit/non. If a student has been told that she has a hold on her registration, this will prevent her from registering for future semesters, but it will not prevent her from declaring a course credit/non during the current semester. We hope that any student with a registration hold is working with the staff in Student Financial Services so that she will be able to register during the next registration period.
   
5. Because we are no longer using cards, there is no card to give to a faculty member indicating that you have declared the course credit/non. You may wish to inform the faculty member that you have done this and, as in past semesters, the grade sheet (printed and electronic) will indicate that a student has declared the credit/non option.
   
6. If you have any problems, please come to the Registrar’s Office and we will help you.
   

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Email: regoffice@wellesley.edu
Registrar's Office August 20, 2003
Last Modified: August 20, 2003
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