College of Fine and Applied Arts

In rare circumstances, a late or extra drop may be requested if documented extenuating circumstances beyond the student's control occurred after the official drop date and prevented the student from completing a course. Students may review the Request for an Exception to the Drop Policy form on the Registrar's Office website for more information.

In exceptional cases, credit can be awarded for prior non-college-based learning if the credit sought is related to the student's degree program (i.e. general education, major or licensure requirements). Assessment of prior learning can commence only after a student has been admitted to the university and has declared a major.

Not all courses are amenable to credit by examination, but many are. Students who wish to challenge a regularly listed course should consult with the appropriate department chair. If arrangements can be made with the chair, a fee of $50 is charged for each examination and a receipt from the Student Accounts Office must be shown to the chair with the Credit by Examination Form before final approval can be given.

It may be necessary to substitute course(s) for students due to extenuating circumstances.  This may enable the student to meet degree requirements.  The Dean’s Office requires written notice (email) from the department chair or designee for each substitution made on student’s degree audit.  Students who fail to meet all published degree requirements will not be approved for graduation by the Dean’s Office.

Students may freely drop and add courses during the first five days of the fall and spring terms without using any Career Drops.  From the sixth day until the end of the ninth week of the fall and spring semesters, students may drop no more than four courses in their entire academic career at Appalachian. These are called Career Drops.

You may use Career Drops by dropping courses on your Appalnet account. No form is needed:

To be in good academic standing, a student must maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0. Failure to maintain the minimum 2.0 will automatically place the student on academic probation during the fall or spring term that follows.
(Note: The cumulative GPA includes all courses taken at Appalachian (grades earned on coursework taken at other institutions do not affect the GPA at Appalachian, and are not used to determine academic standing)

Students who audit a course must be regular in attendance.  A Request to Audit form is available in the Registrar's Office. It must be completed by the student, approved by the faculty member teaching the class, signed by the Dean's Office in which the course is housed, and submitted to the Registrar's Office by no later than the last day to add the course in that term.

Double check the catalog year listed on the black header bar for the major.  If that is the problem and you wish to change the catalog year, please work with your advisor to submit the Change of Major/Minor/Catalog Year Form.

If portions of the major or concentration require discussion with an advisor, it is very important to submit approved coursework to the Dean's Office as soon as possible. Once received, Dean's Office staff will post as appropriate in DegreeWorks.

The Pass/Fail option may only be taken by a full-time undergraduate student one course per semester, up to six (6) times during their academic career at Appalachian.

Stipulations which limit this policy are: