Course Enrollment Policy

Policy number03-05
Responsible officeProvost and Academic Affairs
Enforcement officialVice Provost for Budget and Personnel
ClassificationBoard of Trustees-delegated Policy
Category03. Academic Affairs

Statement of policy

This policy articulates that in order for a course to avoid cancellation, undergraduate courses must have a minimum of 20 students at census while graduate courses must have a minimum of 10 students. Exceptions must be approved by the dean of the college.

During the academic year (September-April) undergraduate courses (non-laboratory or recitation) will have as a minimum 20 students enrolled as of the census date. Graduate courses (5000-level and above) will have as a minimum 10 students enrolled as of the census date. Exceptions to these minima must be requested by the unit to the dean of the college, and be approved by the dean. The required course minima is not applicable to EUP courses. The Office of Academic Affairs will audit each college's course offerings with enrollment below the minima. 

History

Effective date of current versionApril 19, 2011
Date first adopted
Proposed date of next reviewAugust 1, 2019

Authorization

Certified by

J. Dunn, President, Dr. Tim Greene