Drop/Add and Refund Policy

I. REFUND & WITHDRAWAL POLICIES: NON-CREDIT COURSES & PROGRAMS

Participants and students are considered in attendance until formal written notice of withdrawal is received by the Department of Professional Studies & Special Programs. To drop a course without academic penalty; you must officially notify the Department of Professional Studies & Special Programs. Note: non-attendance of classes and verbal messages to faculty or staff do not constitute official notification. Failure to provide notice in writing will result in a grade of "NF". Further, you will be responsible for all tuition charges.

Requests to withdraw (drop only) from non-credit, non-degree programs and non-credit courses may be made at any time by email, fax, telephone or in person to the Department of Professional Studies & Special Programs.

The refund schedule is as follows:

• Prior to the first session of any course/workshop: 100% refund
• Before the third session of a course/workshop with eight (8) or more sessions: 75% refund. NO REFUND THEREAFTER.
• After one (1) or two (2) sessions of a course/workshop with four to six sessions: 50% refund. NO REFUND THEREAFTER.
• NO REFUND for dropping a two-session course/workshop after the first session has met.

II. DROP/ADD, REFUND & WITHDRAWAL POLICIES: CREDIT-BEARING COURSES

(The following rules are for classes meeting once a week in fall and spring or twice a week in summer. For courses meeting on other schedules, please contact the Department of Professional Studies & Special Programs for more information. Emerson Adult Degree students receiving financial aid are subject to different drop/add and refund policies; please contact the Department of Professional Studies & Special Programs for more information. )

Fall and Spring: Students may add a class up until the second class meeting. After the second class meeting and before the third, a class may only be added with written permission of the instructor. No class may be added once the third class meeting has been held.

Classes may be dropped until the fourth class meeting. After the fourth class meeting, students may only withdraw passing or withdraw failing.

Before a class has met for the second time, students who correctly drop the class receive a 100 percent refund of tuition. After the second class meeting and before the third, a 75 percent refund is issued. After the third class and before the fourth, the refund rate is 50 percent. No refund is issued after the fourth class meeting.  For non-credit workshops, students who drop the workshop at least twenty-four hours prior to the first meeting receive a 100 percent refund; no refund is issued after this deadline.

Please note: registration fees and late registration fees are non-refundable.

Summer: Students may add a class before the second class meeting. After the second class meeting and before the third, students may only add a class with the written permission of the instructor. After a class has met for the third time, students may not add the class.

Students may drop classes up until the third class meeting. After a class has met for the third time, students must withdraw passing or withdraw failing.

Before a class has met for the first time, students who correctly drop the class receive a 100 percent refund. After the first class meeting and before the second, a 75 percent refund is issued. A 50 percent refund is issued for drops processed after the second class meeting and before the third. After the third class meeting, no refund is issued.  For non-credit workshops, students who drop the workshop at least twenty-four hours prior to the first meeting receive a 100 percent refund; no refund is issued after this deadline.

Please note: registration fees and late registration fees are non-refundable.