March 31, 2020
Update: Drop Deadline Extended if Related to COVID19
UPDATE: Any course can be withdrawn from through the end of the semester if the drop is related to COVID19. Previously the drop date had been extended through April 1.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR:
While the academic calendar was revised to provide a date of April 1, 2020 as the course/term withdrawal deadline, any requests for a course or term withdrawal after April 1, that are related to COVID-19 (including illness, caring for someone who is ill, or issues related to the movement of the course to online) will qualify and be approved as an extenuating course/term withdrawal.
Please notify your students, who in many cases are concerned about making a decision by tomorrow (04/01/2020), and are still navigating their way through their online course. If they need to withdraw from a course, they may continue to do so without having to appeal to SAAC for a late course withdrawal.
How to drop a class/classes:
- Compose an email that includes your full name, Banner ID, course CRN and title
- Email from your ECU Student email address
- Send to regis@ecu.edu (the Registrar’s office)
- Copy your advisor in the email
- Include a note – COVID-19 request.
- Request will be processed and you will receive a confirmation email
Policy Update:
Under the UNC Policy Manual 400.1.5[R], Fostering Undergraduate Student Success, an update has recently been made, which states the following:
- Course withdrawals taken during during the 2020 spring semester due to the COVID‐19 pandemic shall be considered taken due to serious extenuating circumstances.
The Student Academic Appellate Committee has also stated that course withdrawals due to COVID-19 should not harm our students, at any time this semester.
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