Course Registration Guidelines

Guidelines for Changes

• During schedule pick up and through the first week of school, only the schedule changes listed in this section will be considered. Students must complete and submit AUS Schedule Change Request Form. 

  • • • • Prerequisite course not met

        • Need to retake a failed course

        • Received a course that wasn’t requested and was not an alternate selection

          • Note- this does not apply if a student failed to complete their request form prior to the deadline during the previous Spring registration period.

        • Need a course that is required for graduation

        • Schedule is not complete

        • A repeated course that a student has received credit for and is not repeating for grade improvement.

        • A course that is required for a student’s career pathway

        • An error in your schedule

        • A class required to meet the Honors or Distinguished Diploma Requirements

        • Accelerated Placement or Add or Drop AP/Pre AP Courses (as space allows)

• At the end of the second week of school, requests to level down or up will be considered if space is available in the new class. No elective changes will be made.  

• At the end of the first semester, requests to change levels will be considered if space is available in the new class and if the student's performance in the first semester was failing. No elective changes will be made. Students must complete and submit AUS Level Change Form. 

• Procedure for request of schedule change:

  • Submit Schedule change forms to the counselor. Counselors will not be available to see students and/or parents who walk in with schedule change forms as forms are processed in the order in which they are received and based on priority of the particular scheduling issue. 

  • Requests will be reviewed and if it meets the criteria for a schedule change and if there is room in another class that works in your schedule, the change will be considered. 

  • Students will receive their new schedule or a response indicating why their course change request was not granted.

• For Advanced Placement and Pre-AP Students:

  • The final date to add or drop an Advanced Placement Course will be at the end of the third week of school for the 2025-2026 school year.  The final AP/PreAP Add/Drop date will be September 18th for SY 2025-2026.

  • Students will not be allowed to drop an AP or Pre-AP class after this date until the completion of the first semester and will need to complete the semester with their final grade appearing on their transcript. 

  • Students  who drop an AP after the first semester will have the option to retake the first semester of the equivalent Non-AP/PreAP course in subsequent years if they wish to complete the full year of the non-AP course.

• For Students Transferring from Arabic and or Islamic to AFL and or IFL

  • Only students who have the Ministry of Education approved waiver on file with AUS Registration will be allowed to transfer from Arabic and or Islamic to AFL or IFL

  • To facilitate a smooth transition from regular Arabic and or  Islamic classes to AFL (Arabic for Non-Arabic speaking students, and or IFL (Islamic for Non-Arabic speaking students) must adhere to the following semester deadlines:

  • Students who wish to switch to AFL/IFL must submit their requests before the respective semester deadline.

    • Semester 1: October 2nd, 2025

    • Semester  2: Feb 12th, 2025   

  • Please note that no changes will be permitted after these deadlines. Should a student miss the deadline, they must complete the current semester in their regular Arabic and or Islamic class before transitioning during the beginning of semester 2 or the following academic year respectively