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Registering
for Courses
Course Registration
Course descriptions. Students will be emailed a flyer
describing the Liberal Studies seminars for the coming semester. At the same time the seminars are
listed on the Liberal Studies web site. This flyer goes out in October for
the spring semester, February for the summer sessions, and in March for the
fall semester. Attached to this flyer will be a list of other departmental
graduate courses offered. A complete course listing for the university is also available.
Advising. The Liberal Studies Director
serves as advisor to all students until they begin their thesis or final
project. Students should feel free to contact the Director at any time with
any questions about course selection.
Registering for
Liberal Studies Seminars. Once a student has decided what
course(s) to take, he/she contacts the Liberal Studies Office by email, indicating which course(s) are requested for the term. If email is inconvenient or unavailalbe, the student may call the Liberal Studies Office. All course requests are reviewed by the Program Director. If the courses are appropriate, then approval is given, and the Liberal Studies Administrative Coordinator registers the student.
"Unclassified"
students may register only for Liberal Studies classes. Students should be
aware that unclassified sampling students are not allowed to register until
after degree-seeking and provisional
students have registered.
Registering for a
non-Liberal Studies 700 Course. Liberal Studies students should check with the instructor before
registering for a non-Liberal Studies class. If the instructor agrees, the Liberal Studies
student would follow the same registration procedure as for a Liberal Studies
seminar. If a Liberal Studies student wishes to enroll in a course offered through the Divinity School, he or she must contact the Divinity School directly to request registration. A form will be given to the student which must be signed by the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for the Divinity School, the Liberal Studies Program Director, and then taken to the Divinity School Registrar's Office for registration.
Registering for a
non-Liberal Studies 600 Course. To receive graduate credit for a 600 level (upper undergraduate)
course, a Liberal Studies student must submit the form indicating how the 600
course will be supplemented to qualify for graduate credit. This form must be
received by the Liberal Studies Office (signed by the instructor) and
approved by the Director before the last add date for the course. The
Director's approval must be received before registering for this course.
Registering for a
Directed Study (MLS 786). A student who wishes to take a Directed Study must complete the Directed Study Form. This form (signed by the
instructor) must be turned in to the Liberal Studies Office and approved by
the Director by the last add date of the semester. The topic of the direct
study can not be exactly the same as the student's thesis topic. The
Director's approval must be received before registering for this course.
Registering for
Thesis Research (MLS 791). A student who wishes to take Thesis Research must have an approved
thesis proposal by the last add date of the semester. The student must submit the Thesis Proposal Form, signed by the thesis advisor, the department chair, and the Liberal
Studies Director, along with the Thesis Proposal, as described on the website's Thesis Proposal Form & Guidelines page.
Registering for
Graduate Fee. The Graduate School requires
continuous enrollment in the fall and spring semesters. If a student decides
not to take a course in either of these semesters, he/she must register for
Graduate Fee.
Also, students who have
completed their Thesis Research course but not their thesis must register for
"Graduate Fee" for each following semester until graduation. This
fee allows the student to use university facilities. A student must be
enrolled in either a course or be in "Graduate Fee" status in the
semester in which he or she graduates.
Registering to
Audit a Class. A Liberal Studies student who wishes to audit a Liberal Studies or non-Liberal Studies Course must
also register. Students not enrolled in the Liberal Studies program (including unclassified students) are not eligible to audit Liberal Studies seminars. The rule of the university is that students may not register
to audit a course until the first day of the class.
Adding a Class. If a student wishes to add a
class, he or she must contact the Administrative Coordinator to add the
course. For each semester there is a date after which courses may not be
added. In the fall and spring, this date is typically one month after the
start of the semester. In the summer, it is one week after the start of the
session. Full tuition is charged for courses registered late. The last date
for adding classes is listed on the Liberal Studies website and WFU Graduate School
website.
Dropping a Class. If a student decides to drop a
class within the Drop/Add timeframe, he/she must notify the Liberal Studies Administrative Coordinator, and drop the class online through the WIN system. Simply failing to attend the class is not considered
"dropping the class" by the university. If the student fails to
properly drop the course, the student will still be considered enrolled in the
course and be billed for class tuition, and will receive a grade based on the
non-attendance. Faculty members do not drop students from their courses; it
is the student's responsibility to drop a course officially.
The university sets a
deadline for each semester for dropping courses. In the fall and spring, this
date is typically one month after the start of the semester. In the summer,
it is one week after the start of the session. The last date for adding
classes is listed on the MALS web site and WFU Graduate School website. These
dates are the same dates as the ones for Adding a Class as noted above. It
should be noted that the drop deadlines do not coincide with the dates for
refunding tuition. The section below titled "Refund of tuition"
discusses those dates.
After the Drop/Add period, the student must use the Drop Form, located on-line on the Graduate School web site under
"Forms" on the Student Home Page. The student should obtain the form, complete it, obtain the
instructor's signature, and then file the form with the Liberal Studies Office. The
dropping of a course will need to be approved by both the Liberal Studies Director and
the Dean of the Graduate School.
Text Books. The College Bookstore, located
in Taylor House, is open from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Monday - Friday, and 4 hours prior to kick-off on home football game Saturdays.
They are open for extended hours during a few days at the beginning of fall and spring term. Please refer to the Wake Forest University Campus Bookstore website for further information about their hours of operation. Telephone: 758-5141; email: univstor@wfu.edu.
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