Rules and Policies of the College and University

• Absence from Class
• Academic Problems
• Adding and Dropping Courses
• Credit for High School Studies
• Distribution Requirements
• Double-Counting
• Final Exams
• Foreign Language Proficiency
• Freshman Seminars
• Freshman Seminars and Transferring into Weinberg
• Grades in Courses
• Incompletes (X and Y grades)
• Independent Study
• Majors
• Minors
• Overloads and Underloads
• Reading Period
• Study Abroad
• Taking Classes at Other U.S. Institutions
• Taking Classes in Other Schools at Northwestern
• Taking Time Off from Your Studies
• Transferring to Another School within Northwestern
• Transfer Students
• Undergraduate Residence Requirement (URR)
• Writing Proficiency

You should also become familiar with the regulations stated in other university resources, including the Undergraduate Catalog, the quarterly Class Schedule, and the Northwestern University Student Handbook. You may receive additional information on course, Weinberg, and Northwestern policies by email throughout the year. The university has the right to expect that you will read your email in a timely fashion.