• Introduction to WPI
• Section 1: The WPI Plan
• Section 2: Department and Program Descriptions
• Section 3: Course Descriptions
• Section 4: University Policies and Procedures
  • Grades
  • Grade Appeal and Grade Change Policy
  • Transfer Credit
  • Graduation With Honors
  • Commencement
  • Designation of Major Area of Study
  • Double Major
  • Designation of Class Year
  • Academic Honesty Policy
  • Guidelines for the Determination of Satisfactory Academic Progress, Academic Warning, Academic Probation and Academic Suspension
  • Administrative Obligations and Holds
  • Directory Information and Release of Information
  • Office of the Registrar
  • Project and Independent Study Registration
  • Registration Policy for Degree Requirements
  • Special Students
  • Project Registration Topic Codes
• Section 5: Resources and Special Programs
• Section 6: Career Development & Graduate School
• Section 7: Admission, Expenses, Financial Aid & Housing
• Section 8: Trustees, Administration & Faculty
• Supplement
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Special Students

The status of Special Student during the regular academic year is granted only to those who meet one or more of the following qualifications:

1. Persons holding a baccalaureate degree before the start of a semester.
2. Persons wishing to take a specific course and who are not pursuing a degree program at WPI.
3. Persons pursuing a degree program over an extended period of time and who have a planned program which involves a maximum of one unit per semester (August through December; January through May) throughout the academic year.
4. Students may apply for Special Student status on a semesterbasis at the Registrar’s Office. Financial aid may be impacted by this change-of-status. Campus housing will not be allowed.

Special students pay tuition on the basis of 1/3 unit at the start of each term. All other undergraduate students will pay full tuition and will be considered regular students with full resident privileges. (Special students may not engage in varsity/club sports, may not participate in any extracurricular activities, may be required to register for courses on a space-available basis, and are not eligible for financial aid or any form of on-campus student employment.)

The following registration procedures apply:

• Students who wish to enroll as special students must apply for such status before Enrollment Day, Term A. Such status will allow a maximum of one unit per each semester of the academic year. Students who enroll as regular students in the fall may not transfer to or from special student status until the following fall or until all degree requirements have been certified with the Projects and Registrar’s Office as having been satisfactorily completed.
• Changing between full-time/part-time status is not allowed at midsemester.
• Special students wishing to return as full-time students must be readmitted according to the procedures specified under Readmission in the Admissions section of this catalog.

For the Guidelines for Determination of Satisfactory Progress for Special Students, see Guidelines for Determination of Satisfactory Progress for Special Students.

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