Registration Information

Course Registration takes place on the Web using the Berea Online Neighborhood (BONd) site, which students access via the myBerea Web portal. For up-to-date Registration information, please see the Schedule of Classes for the term on BONd or in the print version (along with its supplement published  in the #Registration public folder on Outlook). Also watch for important announcements in your Outlook e-mail account. (See “Communication Responsibilities on Campus” in the Student Rights and Responsibilities section of the Student Handbook.)

Change of Course Schedule

The course schedule on file at the end of each registration period will be considered official and final. The student is responsible for seeing that the tracking of his or her program is accurate at all times. Refer to the Schedule of Classes for deadlines and procedures concerning adding and dropping courses. Approval of the Director of Academic Services will be needed if the change involves an exception to academic regulations.

Course Withdrawal Policy and the Academic Record

Courses dropped during official Registration periods or the first week of class of a regular term will not be reflected on the permanent record. All courses for which the student is registered after the first week of classes in a regular term will appear on the academic record and the grade reports for that term. The letter “W” (Withdrawn) will be used to indicate courses dropped during the second through fifth weeks of a regular term (and the equivalent during Short and Summer terms).

Courses may be dropped during the next five (5) weeks (and the equivalent during Short and Summer terms), however, instructors will be asked to indicate the quality of the student’s work to that point with a “WP” (Withdrawn Passing) or “WF” (Withdrawn Failing). No course may be dropped during the final four (4) weeks of a term (or the equivalent during Short and Summer terms). Grades of “W,” “WP,” and “WF” are not used in computing the GPA. Final grades will be recorded for students who withdraw from the College after the last day of regular classes. The deadline dates for these actions for each term will be shown in the College’s Academic Calendar, which is published online and in the Schedule of Classes. The dates for Short Term also are published in the online and print versions of that catalog. In exceptional cases, e.g. serious illness of a student, permission to drop one or more courses after the tenth (10th) week of a regular term (or equivalent in Short and Summer terms) may be given by the Student Admissions and Academic Standing (SAAS) Committee.

Final Examinations

The final examination time for each course is listed in the Schedule of Classes. Any student with more than three (3) examinations scheduled on one day shall be entitled to have an examination rescheduled. The student must submit in writing a petition for rescheduling to the Director of Academic Services no later than one week prior to the last class meeting. Faculty may not reschedule final examinations without consultation with the Director of Academic Services.