Registration & Academic Policies

New Student Registration
Two-Year MBA Students (2Y)
Unless granted a waiver of one or more core courses, 2Y students
entering Kellogg in the fall complete the following curriculum:

PRE-TERM
Management & Organizations
MORS 430 Leadership in Organizations

FALL QUARTER
Accounting Information & Management
ACCT 430 Accounting for Decision Making
Decision Sciences
DECS 433 Mathematical Methods for Management Decisions or
DECS 436 Accelerated Mathematical Methods
Management & Strategy
MGMT 431 Business Strategy

Marketing
MKTG 430 Marketing Management
or
Finance
FINC 430 Finance I or
FINC 440 Turbo Finance

WINTER QUARTER
Managerial Economics
MECN-430 Microeconomic Analysis
MECN-435 Microeconomic Analysis-High Quant or
MECN-436 Turbo Microeconomic Analysis
Decision Sciences
DECS-434 Statistical Methods for Management Decisions or
DECS-437 Accelerated Statistical Methods
Marketing
MKTG-430 Marketing Management
or
Finance
FINC-430 Finance I or
FINC-440 Turbo Finance
or
Elective (1)

SPRING
Operations Management
OPNS-430 Operations Management
Electives (3)

All core courses must be completed within the first year in order to achieve second-year status and registration. During the second year, Two-Year students usually take 11 to 15 electives.

One-Year MBA Students (1Y)
One-Year students begin their studies in June. Here is the summer 2003 curriculum:

Required:
Management & Strategy
MGMT-438 Management of Enterprise

Electives, Summer 2003
Finance
FINC 440 Turbo Finance
Decision Sciences
DECS 438A Managerial Decision Analysis
DECS 439B Statistical Decision Analysis (1/2 unit each)
Marketing
MKTG-439-A, B Marketing Decision Making
Management & Organizations
MORS 918A Managing People as a Competitive Advantage
Managerial Economics
MECN 438-C Microeconomic Analysis
Operations Management
OPNS-438-B Operations Management (Turbo)

Note: A, B and C courses are 1/2 credit units.

During the next three quarters, 1Y students usually take
11 to 15 electives.

Academic Advising
Faculty members from various departments are available during Major Field Meetings to discuss the curriculum. Soon after these meetings, you may formally sign up for a faculty adviser through the Office of Student Affairs. Kellogg uses a student-selected faculty advisory system.

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Course Waivers
If any of your required courses cover material in which you are already proficient, we encourage you to seek a course waiver. You may do this by filling out a course waiver request form (sent in the summer or are available in the Office of Student Affairs). Management & Strategy 431 may not be waived. For 1Y students, Management & Strategy 438 may not be waived. Course work completed within the last five years with a grade of B minus or better is considered in waiver decisions.

If you obtain a waiver, you will either be exempt from the course or asked to take a more advanced course in that subject area. Students denied a waiver or required to take an advanced course in the department may, if uncomfortable with the decision, sit for a waiver examination during new student orientation week or during the fall quarter of the first year of the program.

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Bidding for Courses
Beginning with the winter quarter, course selection is done through a bidding system designed to allocate class spaces in an equitable manner. First years are given 2,000 points and second year students are given 3,000 points to bid on classes in the current academic year. Bidding is entirely computerized and is NOT considered final registration. Meetings are held in midsummer for 1Y students and early November for 2Y students to explain this procedure in detail.

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Dropping and Adding Courses
Students may forfeit 0%, 80% or 100% of the bid points charged based on when the course is dropped.

The system will lock in the bids after the the final round (Confirmation Period), and reopen at least one week before the first day of the quarter. During the reopened pre-term period, all bid points charged will be refunded for any course dropped. For courses dropped at any point during the first week of classes, 80% of the points charged will be refunded. If a course is dropped after the first week of class, all points charged will be forfeited. Courses may be dropped up to week 4 for 10-week courses and week 2 for 5-week courses.

Students may attend the first class session and still retain 80% of the points bid if the course is dropped during the first week. The 20% fee provides an incentive for students to drop classes that they do not plan to take before the quarter begins. This helps to make seats available for other students as early as possible.

Students will be refunded 100% of the bid points charged if the course is dropped before the quarter begins.

Students may add courses to their schedule through the first week of class, however it is best to add by the first class meeting. Students may not be added to a course after the first week.

During the fall quarter, first year students must drop or add classes by completing a drop/add form in the Student Affairs Office. In subsequent quarters, students may drop or add courses electronically.

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Cross-Registration
Cross-registration enables you to take courses from other colleges within Northwestern University. You must gain approval from Dean of Academic Student Affairs if you wish to cross-register and receive Kellogg credit for the courses. The Graduate School Course Bulletin contains information about other graduate divisions at Northwestern. You may obtain a copy of the course bulletin through the Office of the Graduate School at 633 Clark St., 847.491.7331.

Billing Procedure
Fall quarter bills are mailed during the last half of August. Bills for winter and spring quarters are mailed shortly after completion of advance registration for those terms (mid-December and mid-March, respectively). One copy of each bill will be mailed to the address you list as your home address on registration records. A billing address may be established, changed or deleted at any time by calling or writing the Office of Student Accounts. The university does not extend due dates on unreceived bills.

Your billing address is maintained separately by the Office of Students Accounts and is not affected by address changes you make through any other university office. Please inform the Office of Student Accounts immediately of any change.

A late payment of $100 is assessed once each quarter on amounts remaining unpaid after the due date. A late fee caused by delayed financial aid may be canceled, providing the remaining balance is paid by the original due date.

Tuition deposits are not refunded under any circumstances. Tuition is refunded if the student withdraws on or before the seventh day of classes. After that the following policy applies:

• when or before the first 10 percent of the quarter has elapsed, 100 percent of the tuition (less the deposit) is refunded
• after 10 percent and up until 25 percent of the quarter has elapsed, 75 percent of the tuition is refunded
• after 25 percent and up until 50 percent of the quarter has elapsed, 50 percent of the tuition is refunded
• after 50 percent of the quarter has elapsed, no refunds are given.

Any questions about university financial regulations should be directed to the Office of Student Accounts at 619 Clark St., 847.491.5224.

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Financial Aid Information and Application Procedures
Educational loans are available to all students. Grant and
scholarship awards for U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents are
based upon financial need, merit and availability of funds. There are
a limited number of merit based scholarships for international
students.

The Kellogg Office of Financial Aid will begin making financial aid
decisions in late March. Awards will be made continuously for
admitted candidates whose required forms have been received by our
office.

Loans
Applicants for financial assistance are expected to have the
confidence and the willingness to invest part of their future earning
capacity through educational borrowing. There are several educational
loan programs available to Kellogg students: the Federal Stafford
Loan (both subsidized and unsubsidized), and the NU Loan. Most loans
are awarded based upon financial need.

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Applying for Financial Aid

To be considered for financial assistance, all admitted students must complete the steps outlined below.

1. Before admission, all U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents must submit a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA requires tax information; estimates are acceptable. Use the FAFSA application for the appropriate academic year. Kellogg does not require parental information on this form.

Please submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before you are notified of your admission decision.

The Student Aid Report (SAR) is sent to you after the FAFSA has been processed. If you have listed 'Northwestern Univ Kellogg Mgmt' in the student information section of the FAFSA, we should receive the data electronically from the Department of Education; it is not necessary to send us the original SAR unless otherwise notified.

To obtain the FAFSA, apply online at www.fafsa.ed.gov or call 800/433-3243. The FAFSA code for Kellogg masterís programs is E00302.

If you have not listed 'Northwestern Univ Kellogg Mgmt' in the student information section of the FAFSA, you must either enter Kellogg as a correction/addition to the SAR and return it to the FAFSA processor or submit the original SAR to Kellogg.

2 Once admitted, all students requesting financial assistance must complete the Kellogg Financial Aid Application, which you will receive with your letter of admission, and mail it to Kellogg.

3. All students must submit to Kellogg a signed copy of your 2002 income statement such as your income tax filing.

4. U.S. citizens and Permanent Residents should submit a completed Kellogg Scholarship Application, mailed along with your letter of admission, to the Kellogg Office of Financial Aid. Do not staple anything to this form.

Grading System
The symbols A (excellent), B (good), C (fair), D (poor) and F (failing) indicate the quality of academic achievement at Kellogg. A cumulative average of C in all courses attempted is required for degree conferment. If your work in any course falls below this level, you may cancel your registration up to week 4 for 10-week courses and week 2 for 5-week courses.

A failure in a required course must be made up by repeating the course or a substitute course as specified by the appropriate department. The department also will determine whether the student may register in the next course in a sequence before the time the failed course is made up.

If you take or are given an X (excused absence) or Y (incomplete) grade, you must make up the work within a time frame stipulated by the professor or within one term (excluding the summer quarter for a spring quarter X or Y). If you fail to make up the X or Y grade after one term, the grade will automatically become an F unless you receive a written extension with a specific date of completion from your professor.

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Pass/No Credit Grading
Beginning with the Class of 2005, students may elect the Pass/No Credit option to take a more aggressive class schedule and/or experiment with courses that they might not consider otherwise. A total of two credits of P/NC may be taken by students enrolled for four full quarters or more. Students registered at Kellogg for three quarters are eligible for one unit of P/NC toward completion of the MBA degree.

Please note that P/NC grading may not be used for core classes or to fulfill the minimum requirements for a major.

To allow grade-based incentives, students may contract for a letter grade in the P/NC course. To take advantage of this option, at the beginning of the quarter the student must specify that if their grade is X or better, the P/NC reverts to a letter grade. (Example: If the student specifies X = B, a letter grade is recorded if the grade is A or B, P is recorded if the grade is C, and NC is recorded for a grade of D or F.) P/NC units for which the option leads to a letter grade would be considered one of the two units of P/NC allowed toward the completion of the MBA degree.

Students would be required to choose the P/NC option no later than the first week of the quarter. Professors will be aware of students electing P/NC status, and may use the information to assign project groups.

For purposes of determining all honors and awards, the actual letter grades earned will be utilized. However, your cumulative grade point average will follow your designation of the P/NC grade.

Classroom Etiquette
Regular class attendance is expected of all students at all times. Individual faculty members may specify attendance requirements by which their students are expected to abide. See Classroom Etiquette, p. 20.

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Standards of Progress
2Y students must have at least a C average to continue enrollment after the first year (three quarters) of study. 1Y students must have at least a C average to continue enrollment after the second quarter of study. A student will be dismissed for academic reasons if at the end of any quarter his/her total record would require three or more grades of B, or equivalent, to make a C average. For this purpose, reports of incomplete and absent will be counted as a D grade.

At the end of any quarter, a student whose cumulative average or average for the quarter is below C will receive a letter of reminder to indicate academic deficiency and a copy of the standards of progress memorandum. The Academic Standing Committee will review all cases of academic deficiency and will allow exceptions to the above rules for medical or other extraordinary circumstances. Any student whose academic standing has been subject to action may appear before the committee to discuss his or her status.

Leaves of Absence
You may be granted a leave of absence for academic or personal reasons with approval from the associate dean for masterís degree programs and student affairs (you must complete the official forms after receiving approval). Individual circumstances determine justification and duration, although typically you may take leave for a short time only. Students in good standing have up to five years to complete degree requirements.

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Grievance Procedure
If you wish to express a grievance about another student or a faculty or staff member, you should first visit the associate dean for master's degree programs and student affairs or a member of the dean's staff and obtain a grievance form. Grievances are ordinarily channeled through the chain of administrative command and may be reviewed by a special committee or the dean.

Re-Grading Policy
If you wish to contest a grade given for work completed at Kellogg, please adhere to the following procedure:

1. Students shall have up to 10 working days after written work has been graded and returned to them to submit it for re-grading. In contesting a grade, students should be informed that the entire work may be reviewed, not only the sections in question, and the final grade adjusted accordingly.

2. Submissions for re-grading must be done in writing, with the student outlining the specific areas of the work which he/she feels were incorrectly graded. All submissions should be signed and dated by the student.

3. Professors should re-grade the work being contested and return a written response to the student within 20 working days after the initial returning of the paper, explaining the results of the review and indicating whether the studentís grade has changed. All written responses should be signed and dated by the professors.

4. If a student is still dissatisfied with the grading process, he/she shall have up to five working days after receiving the re-graded work to submit it a second time for re-grading, as outlined in Step 2 above.

5. Professors should re-grade the work within five working days of receiving it, as outlined in Step 3. This concludes the grading appeal process.

Professors' judgments on second submissions of written work will be final. There are no provisions for student appeal to outside parties in resolving grading disputes.

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Sexual Assault Hearing and Appeals System
The Northwestern University Student Handbook, which is available in Kellogg's Student Affairs Office, describes the policy on sexual assault hearings.

Policy on Drugs and Alcohol
The University policy on drugs and alcohol is described in the Northwestern University Student Handbook, available in the Student Affairs Office.

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University Hearing and Appeals Systems (UHAS)
The University Hearing and Appeals System is Northwestern Universityís formal campus judicial process for conduct violation. The Northwestern University Student Handbook, available in the Student Affairs office, describes the system in detail.

Services for Students with Disabilities
Students who need assistance due to any disability should notify the
Services for Students with Disabilities Office, 601 University Place,
847.467.5530 or TTY.467.5532, email ssd@northwestern.edu or visit
their Web site.

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Honors and Distinctions
Those students possessing a final grade average within the top 10
percent of the graduating class receive an MBA Degree with
Distinction and are nominated for induction into Beta Gamma Sigma,
the honorary society for management students. Other awards include
the Dean's Award for Top Academic Achievement, top student awards
given by departments and the Dean's Award for service to Kellogg.
Students who earn a grade point average of 3.75 or higher in any
given quarter will qualify for the Dean's Honor List.

For the purpose of recognizing academic honors and awards, your
actual letter grades (not Pass/No Credit) will be considered.

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Graduation Ceremony
Kellogg hosts its graduation ceremony on a Saturday afternoon in June following Northwestern University's commencement ceremony. Hotel rooms in the Evanston area are often reserved as early as one year in advance of graduation, so we suggest that you plan ahead.

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University Policy on Sexual Harassment
Northwestern University is committed to maintaining an environment free of discrimination and all forms of coercion that impede the academic freedom or diminish the dignity of any member of the University community. The University emphasizes this policy specifically as it pertains to the prevention of sexual harassment and to the obligations of male and female students, faculty, administrators, and staff.

It is the policy of Northwestern University that no male or female member of the Northwestern community - students, faculty, administrators, or staff - may sexually harass any other member of the community. Sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute harassment when:

-submission to such conduct is made or threatened to be made, either explicitly or implicitly, a term or condition of an individualís employment or education; or

-submission to or rejection of such conduct is used or threatened to be used as the basis for academic or employment decisions affecting that individual; or

-such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's academic or professional performance or creating what a reasonable person would sense as an intimidating, hostile, or offensive employment, educational, or living environment.

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