Students who withdraw from the University for medical reasons for one or more semesters may not be permitted to re-enter unless they can provide medical evidence, satisfactory to the Registrar in consultation with the Head of the appropriate academic unit, of fitness to pursue studies. This should normally be in the form of the Student Health Certificate.

 

6.5.8.3 Withdrawing from the University Retroactively
An academic transcript is a complete and accurate reflection of a student’s academic record. Once the student has written one or more final exams, the semester will be considered to be completed and, normally, no retroactive withdrawal will be possible. Poor grades are not, in and of themselves, acceptable grounds for withdrawing retroactively. On rare occasions, a student may request to withdraw from the University retroactively (i.e. beyond the last day to add courses in the semester following the one in which the courses were taken). Normally, such requests will be considered only for courses that were not completed as a result of circumstances beyond the student’s control such as illness, bereavement, or other acceptable cause, duly authenticated. If a request for a retroactive withdrawal is approved, a grade of DEX (Drop due to Exceptional Circumstances) will be assigned in these circumstances and entered on the student’s record. Requests shall be submitted to the Office of the Registrar no later than five years following the last day of examinations for the semester in which the courses were taken. Requests must include the following information:
name,
current address and telephone number,
Memorial University of Newfoundland email address ,
student ID number,
semester(s) for which retroactive withdrawal is requested,
explanation of why course(s) could not be dropped during regular time frame for dropping,
grounds for the request,
supporting documentation, and
documentation from the course instructors regarding grading scheme and final grade.
 

6.5.8.4 Work Terms
Students registered for a co-operative education work term should refer to the appropriate academic unit section of this calendar with respect to regulations governing withdrawing from work terms.
 

6.5.9 Completing a Course
A student will be considered to have completed a course if the student attends and/or attempts the final examination (or a similarly cumulative or capstone form of evaluation, in the case of a course with no final examination), regardless of the grade achieved in the course.

A student who has not completed a course, but who has neither dropped the course (as described under Registration, Dropping Courses) nor withdrawn from the semester in which the student was registered for the course (as described under Registration, Withdrawing from the University), will be assigned a grade in the course following the prescribed method of evaluation.

Once a student has completed a course, neither a retroactive drop of the course nor a retroactive withdrawal from the semester in which the student was registered for the course will normally be possible.

A student will be considered to have successfully completed a course if the student has received a passing grade in the course based upon the method of evaluation for the section of the course in which the student was registered, as modified by any approved changes and/or exemptions to the method of evaluation, and in accordance with any relevant Faculty, School or Departmental regulations.