Registration at Davidson is based on a random number priority system in which all students have the opportunity to register for one class before any student is registered in two. Students make course preference requests in the spring and fall for the following semester. Most students do not receive a full schedule at the outset. Students complete the registration process on the Web and on campus during specified periods before the beginning of each semester and during the first two weeks of class.

All students are required to take four courses per semester, and the college insures that they receive four courses during the registration process. However, the college cannot guarantee that a student will be able to enroll in any particular course. Enrollments are guided by stated course ceilings, stated prerequisites, space requirements, the random number priority system, and academic determinations. Questions or concerns about a student's schedule should be directed to his or her faculty advisor.

 

Standards of Progress

For entrance to the sophomore class or the third semester:
Seven courses are required (while eight courses are normal progress).
Completion of the composition requirement is necessary.
A student who has not earned a 1.60 cumulative grade point average by the beginning of the first semester of the sophomore year will be placed on academic probation.
A student on academic probation receives special advising services through the Dean of Students Office and the academic adviser to help meet the requirements for entrance to the junior class.

For entrance to the junior class or the fifth semester:
Fifteen courses are required (while sixteen courses are normal progress).
A student who has not earned a 1.80 cumulative grade point average by the beginning of the first semester of the junior year will be placed on academic probation.
Students must complete seven of the ten courses in the core curriculum.
Students must complete four required units in physical education.
Students must declare a major.

For entrance to the senior class or seventh semester:
For May graduation, twenty-four courses are required.
For August graduation, twenty-two courses are required.
Students must complete ten courses in the core curriculum as follows:

One specified course in literature
One specified course in fine arts
One specified course in history
Two specified courses in religion and philosophy (at least one in religion)
Three specified courses in natural science and mathematics (at least one in mathematics and one science course with a laboratory)
Two specified courses in social sciences

Students must complete the foreign language requirement.

The Curriculum Requirements Committee will specify standards of progress for students whose records are irregular and who do not fit the requirements for one of the above categories.