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Deadlines to add/drop courses without academic penalty (2019)

Submitted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Please see the Academic Dates for all important dates & deadlines. Note that these are deadlines to add/drop courses without academic penalty only – you will not receive per-course monetary refunds:

SGS Deadlines for Standard Courses:

  • Deadline to ADD Fall (F-section and Y-section) courses: September 23, 2019
  • Deadline to DROP fall (F-section) courses: October 28, 2019
  • Deadline to ADD winter (S-section) courses: January 20, 2020
  • Deadline to DROP winter (S-section and Y-section) courses: February 24, 2020

UPDATE (March 18, 2020): SGS has extended the deadline to DROP winter (S-section and Y-section) courses to April 25th, 2020.

Add/Drop Dates for Non-Standard Courses:

INF1005H Information Workshop I runs week of January 6, 2020 to week of February 10, 2020

  • Last day to ADD: Friday January 10, 2020 (Use ACORN – Within SGS Deadline, no form needed)
  • Last day to DROP: Monday January 20, 2020 (Please fill out course add/drop form even though it is within SGS Deadline)

INF1006H Information Workshop II runs week of February 24, 2020 to week of March 30, 2020

  • Last day to ADD: Friday February 28, 2020 (Submit an Add/Drop form to iSchool Student Services – Past SGS deadline)
  • Last day to DROP: Monday March 9, 2020 (Submit an Add/Drop form to iSchool Student Services – Past SGS deadline)

MSL2100H Museum Environment runs week of February 7, 2020 to week of March 27, 2020

  • Last date to ADD: Friday February 14, 2020 (Submit an Add/Drop form to iSchool Student Services – Past SGS deadline
  • Last day to DROP: Monday February 24, 2020  (Use ACORN – Within SGS Deadline, no form needed)

Tip: When dropping a course through ACORNcross-check your academic record (transcript) to your course list or timetable to ensure that you’ve truly withdrawn from any course(s) you intended to drop on/by each deadline.

Please note:

  • All ACORN waitlists will be cancelled the evening prior to the deadline date and you will automatically be removed from all waitlists (though Student Services will copy all waitlists before they are deleted by the system).
  • Late drop requests after the deadline are normally only considered for documented health or other serious personal circumstances and will need approval of the Committee on Standing, or the external graduate unit offering the course, and the School of Graduate Studies. See Academic Regulations for detailed instructions on requesting a late withdrawal from a course.
  • As per SGS: Waiting for mid-terms or graded assignments to see how you are doing is not an acceptable reason for a late drop.
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