Petition to Add or Withdraw from a Course

Petition to Add or Withdraw from a Course

Petition to Add/Withdraw from a Course

Non-GSAS Petition to Add/Withdraw from a Course

In the Academic Calendar are listed for the fall and the spring terms the final dates for adding and dropping courses; after each date a petition is necessary to add or withdraw from a course. To add a course after the add/drop deadline, the following signatures are required: director of graduate studies, instructor (must be the course head), and the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. To withdraw from a course after the add/drop deadline, the following signatures are required: director of graduate studies and the Assistant Dean of Student Affairs. If a student drops a course before the deadline, the course is removed from the transcript. If a petition to withdraw from a course after the drop deadline is approved, the course will appear on the transcript with a WD to indicate withdrawal. If the withdrawn course is not a fifth course, the student must add another course or register for TIME.

Petitions can be downloaded from this page (see above).

If you have further questions regarding this form, contact us 617-495-1814 via e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . You will find the rules governing this process in the GSAS Handbook.