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Undergraduate

Undergraduate students who wish to make changes in any of the following categories should submit an Academic Plan Form:

  • Bachelor degree programs
  • Major
  • Minor

Post-Baccalaureate

In most cases, students can change to another certificate program by submitting an Academic Plan form. However, students who wish to change their Professional Health Careers program should also submit an updated statement of purpose, explaining why they seek to change certificates and how that will meet their professional goals.

*Please note: If you are in a degree seeking or certificate program within SPS, you cannot pursue any other program or certificate within Northwestern or SPS until you have completed your current program.

Curriculum Requirements

Before students select courses, they must make sure to check the curriculum requirements in place at the time of initial enrollment into the degree or certificate program. Undergraduate students can find this information on the credit evaluation issued to them at the time of admission (or as an update to the credit evaluation from the SPS Registrar’s Office). For post-baccalaureate students, this is the list of courses initially agreed upon with an advisor at the time of admission. Post-baccalaureate students who wish to change their planned curriculum may submit a petition to the Student Affairs Committee explaining their reasons for doing so.

Course Registration

Students should consult the undergraduate course listings for the most up-to-date information. Course descriptions, instructor information, day/time, course format, campus information, term start and end dates, and any course prerequisites are listed. Students register for courses through CAESAR.

Room assignments for courses on campus are available at least one week before the quarter begins, and can be viewed in CAESAR or with the SPS course schedule page.

Students may register for courses from the time registration opens (approximately six to eight weeks before the quarter starts) until the end of the registration period (the Friday of the first week of classes). The late registration period begins approximately two to four weeks before the term starts and continues until the end of the registration period. Registering for courses during this period adds $75 late registration fee. Exact dates of registration periods are found in the SPS Undergraduate Academic Calendar.

Students are responsible for adhering to registration deadlines. It is the student’s responsibility to register and, if necessary, drop classes by the posted deadlines. No one will complete this for the student except in cases where a course is cancelled.

SPS encourages students to register for courses as early as possible during the registration period. Early registration helps SPS schedule courses more effectively for students. Students who delay registration may find that under-enrolled courses will be cancelled close to the start of the quarter. 

If registration questions or problems arise, please contact the SPS Registrar’s Office at onlinereg@northwestern.edu or 312-503-6951.

*Please Note: Students will not earn credit for courses in which they are not officially registered, nor should they attend courses where they are not officially registered.

Taking More than Two Courses in a Quarter

SPS undergraduate and certificate programs are designed to be completed part-time to accommodate the busy schedules of working adults. If the schedule of a student who is not on Performance-Based Admission allows, they may take up to four courses in a quarter. PBA degree students are limited to two courses until formally admitted.

CAESAR limits self-service registration to two courses. To register for more than two courses, students must contact the SPS Registrar's Office at onlinereg@northwestern.edu to request that their enrollment limit be lifted. This request must be made before students attempt course registration on CAESAR or they will have to register for their fourth course by submitting a change of registration form.

Prerequisites

Prerequisites indicate the expected background for a course. If no prerequisite is noted, none is required. 300-level courses (any course numbered 300 -399) are generally designed for junior and senior standing and in all cases assume prior experience with University courses. If students are just entering Northwestern or returning after an absence, they should take 100- or 200-level courses before attempting 300-level courses, even when no prerequisites are noted.

Students are responsible for being aware of course requirements. Students can request a course summary from the SPS Registrar and discuss course requirements and sequencing with their advisor, but it is the student’s responsibility to enroll in the courses required or appropriate for their program. They should look carefully at the requirements for their program and, with their academic advisor, should plan ahead to complete required and prerequisite courses.

Course Cancellation

The University reserves the right to cancel classes when necessary, including those for which enrollment is not sufficient. Students will be notified by their academic program once the course has been cancelled and will be dropped from the course by the SPS Registrar's Office.

Dropping Courses

Dropping a course refers to the student removing themselves from enrollment. Students who drop all their courses for a given quarter are sometimes referred to as “withdrawing” from the academic quarter. At SPS, this simply indicates that an active student is not enrolled for that quarter, not that the individual is no longer a student.

How to Drop a Course During the Registration Period

Students can drop a course via self-service in CAESAR until the end of the registration period for the term (until roughly the end of the first week of the term, exact dates found on the SPS Undergraduate Academic Calendar).  Classes dropped during  this time will not appear on the student’s official transcript but are subject to the Refund policy.

How to Drop a Course During the Term

After the end of the registration period, students may request to drop a course until the drop deadline (roughly at sixth week of the term, exact dates found on the SPS Undergraduate Academic Calendar). To drop a course after the registration period and prior to the drop deadline, students must submit a Change of Registration form to the SPS Registrar’s Office in order to withdraw from the course. The SPS Registrar’s Office will accept this form by email at onlinereg@northwestern.edu, providing it is sent from the student’s Northwestern email account. Dropped classes prior during this time will not appear on the student’s official transcript.

Requesting to Be Withdrawn From a Class After the Drop Deadline

In rare cases, a student may request to be removed from a course after the drop deadline.  Requests to be removed from a class after the drop deadline is considered a withdrawal. Students may initiate a request for withdrawal by submitting the Change of Registration form to the SPS Registrar’s Office until the withdrawal deadline ( roughly at the ninth week of the term, exact dates found on the SPS Undergraduate Academic Calendar). The SPS Registrar’s Office will accept this form by email at onlinereg@northwestern.edu providing it is sent from the student’s Northwestern email account.

All withdrawals after the drop deadline will result in a “W” (withdrawal) grade being posted to the student’s official transcript.

  • Undergraduate program students may have up to five W’s on their SPS transcript.
  • Professional Health post-baccalaureate certificate students may have up to one W on their SPS transcript.
  • All other post-baccalaureate, undergraduate certificate, and Professional Health Completion students may not have any W’s on their SPS transcript.

Requests for withdrawals that exceed these noted limits will be denied.

Additional Policies Regarding Dropping a Course

  • If a student needs to drop a course, they must officially drop through CAESAR or through the SPS Registrar; it is not sufficient to simply notify the instructor, speak with one’s advisor, or to stop attending or participating in the course.
  • Students may drop courses without academic or financial penalty during the registration period each quarter. If a student drops a course before the add/drop deadline, they may be eligible for a refund. Please check the SPS Undergraduate Academic Calendar for registration period dates. For specific information on refunds, contact Student Financial Services.
  • CAESAR will not allow a student to drop all of their classes in a given term.  Students who wish to drop all classes in a given term should use the Change of Registration form to request that the SPS Registrar make this change on their behalf. The drop date will reflect the form submission date.
  • After the registration period has passed but before the end of the sixth week of the quarter, students may still drop courses without academic penalty. These courses will not appear on transcripts; however, students will not be eligible for a full tuition refund. For specific information on refunds, contact Student Financial Services.
  • Students who feel that extenuating circumstances may merit an exception to any of the above should submit a Student Affairs Petition outlining the reasoning and attach any relevant supporting documentation.

Administrative Drop Policy

It is the student’s responsibility to officially drop/withdraw from classes.

Students who fail to participate in their course(s) during the first two weeks of the quarter and do not contact their listed course instructor may be administratively dropped from the course. Administratively dropped courses will not appear on the student record and will receive a full tuition refund.

Logging into Canvas does not constitute participation. Non-participation is defined as the following:

  • No posts in graded discussion in Canvas
  • No graded quizzes submitted in Canvas
  • No graded assignment files uploaded to Canvas
    And/or
  • Zero participation in the course as determined by the faculty member

Student may also be administratively dropped at any time from a course due to the following:

  • Student has not met the course prerequisite, co-requisite, or registration restrictions/requirements
  • Failing course requirements
  • Course cancellations
  • Student registration hold lifted at time of payment, and payment subsequently cannot be processed.

Financial aid recipients who drop from a course but remain enrolled in at least one other unit-bearing course for the same academic term may be required to return a portion of their federal financial aid (federal loans and/or grants), state assistance, outside scholarships, and/or institutional financial aid for that term. This return of funding may impact the balance or refund available on your Northwestern student account. The Office of Financial Aid will review your financial aid enrollment to determine if a return of financial aid would be required.

Dropping a course may influence your eligibility for federal and state financial aid in future terms due to the requirements outlined in the Satisfactory Academic Progress policy for your program. For more information on the impact of dropping a course on financial aid, contact the Chicago Office of Financial Aid or visit their website.

Credit Hours

Each course carries one unit of credit unless otherwise noted in the course description. One unit is equivalent to 4 quarter hours or 2 2/3 semester hours. Students transferring either semester hours or quarter hours to SPS should contact the SPS Registrar about conversion of credits to units.

Course Numbering

  • 100-level courses: Foundational, usually without a prerequisite
  • 200-level courses: Intermediate, sometimes with the prerequisite of a 100-level course in the same or a related department
  • 300-level courses: Upper-level or, specialized, often with the prerequisite of a 100- or 200-level course in the same or a related department

Foundational Disciplines and Writing Requirement

Bachelor’s degree students complete coursework in three foundational disciplines—humanities, scientific inquiry and quantitative reasoning, and social sciences—to obtain broad experience in the liberal arts. Two foundational disciplines courses apply perspectives on power, justice, and equity: one course focused within the United States and one course focused globally. All students complete two courses that satisfy the writing requirement. A philosophy course on professional ethics is required for one of the four humanities courses. 

Students in Bachelor of Science degrees in Enterprise Leadership, Information Systems, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, and Strategic Communication select from online courses in the humanities, scientific inquiry and quantitative reasoning, and social sciences areas that satisfy the foundational disciplines requirement, including the two U.S. and global perspectives courses and one business ethics philosophy course. 

Students in the Bachelor of Science in General Studies, Bachelor of Philosophy, and Bachelor of Philosophy in Communication degrees select courses from the following areas that satisfy foundational disciplines requirements, including the two U.S. and global perspectives courses and one business ethics philosophy course: 

  • Humanities: art history, classics, comparative literary studies, English literature, languages other than English (up to two units), history, humanities (HUM), music history, philosophy, religion, and some courses in black studies, languages with literature, gender studies, performance studies, radio/television/film, and theatre 
  • Scientific inquiry and quantitative reasoning: astronomy, biological sciences, chemistry, computer information systems, earth and planetary sciences, engineering, mathematics, physics, and some courses in anthropology, communication sciences and disorders, psychology, radio/television/film, and statistics 
  • Social sciences: anthropology, economics, history, linguistics, political science, social sciences, sociology, and some courses in black studies, communication sciences and disorders, gender studies, psychology, and statistics 

Writing Requirement

The writing requirement ensures that students have the skills necessary to meet the rigorous writing demands of SPS courses in all majors, degrees, and disciplines. Expository writing courses — ENGLISH 111-DL Writing Seminar II and ENGLISH 205-DL Intermediate Composition — provide the tools to meet the demands of advanced academic writing.   

Completion of ENGLISH 111-DL Writing Seminar II and ENGLISH 205-DL Intermediate Composition with a grade of C or higher satisfies the writing requirement in all SPS bachelor’s degree programs.  

Writing requirement courses may not be audited or taken on a pass/no credit basis. Performance-Based Admission students are required to complete ENGLISH 111 and ENGLISH 205 as two of their first four courses. See performance-based admission requirements below for more information. 

Writing Requirement Appeals

Students who have been admitted into the degree program as transfer admits may appeal the writing requirement. The writing requirement appeal is reserved for students who can demonstrate the necessary skills for writing university-level research and analytical papers by submitting previous college research papers written within the last three to five years. The papers submitted for the appeal will be evaluated for standards of good expository writing, including: a fully developed thesis; sound logic and adequate evidence in support of the thesis; effective organization, coherent structure, and an overall unity; correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling.  

A successful appeal does not result in credit for the writing requirement courses; the requirement for ENGLISH 111 and 205 is waived. Students must complete other courses in place of the writing requirement that meet the curriculum requirements of their program. 

Please note: performance-based admission students may not appeal the writing requirement. 

To appeal the writing requirement, students should submit: 

  • An Online Student Affairs Petition Form 
  • A letter of appeal describing:  
    • Why the courses should be waived  
    • How the student’s previous coursework and the papers written within the last three to five years have developed their university-level writing skills. 
  • Two college/university research papers written during previous studies within the last three to five years. Submitted papers should use accurately cited academic or scholarly research sources and must include: a fully developed thesis; sound logic and adequate evidence in support of the thesis; effective organization, coherent structure and an overall unity; correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling. 

Submit the letter and the two papers by uploading them with the Online Student Affairs Petition Form. 

Performance-Based Admissions (PBA)

The School of Professional Studies (SPS) bachelor’s degrees are designed for part-time adult students who are working full- or part-time. A number of SPS degree students have not been enrolled in an undergraduate program or in college-level courses in several years or haven’t recently completed many undergraduate courses. SPS desires to see all undergraduate students succeed and make positive academic progress toward their bachelor's degree. To ensure academic success, some applicants will be admitted as performance-based admission (PBA) students. Applicants who are admitted PBA typically: 

  • Have completed fewer than 8 college-level courses with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher within the last 10 years  
  • Have a cumulative GPA below 3.0 in college-level courses within the last 10 years  
  • Have not completed at least one English composition course; or, completed an English composition course but not with a grade of B or higher  

Performance-based admission gives students the opportunity to demonstrate positive academic progress within their first four courses by requiring students to complete the bachelor’s degree Writing Requirement courses and two foundational (distribution) courses. 

The following are required of a performance-based admission student:  

  • Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 in the first four courses   
  • Meet with an academic advisor prior to registering for the first quarter  
  • Enroll in no more than two courses per quarter  
  • The first four courses completed must include:  
    • Two composition courses: ENGLISH 111-DL Writing Seminar II and ENGLISH 205-DL Intermediate Composition   
    • Two foundational disciplines courses:  
      • One from the math and science area  
      • One from the social sciences or humanities area   

During the quarters they are enrolled while on performance-based admission, students’ academic record will be reviewed to ensure they are meeting PBA requirements and to provide advising support as needed. Students who enroll in courses other than the four that are required or register for more than two courses in a term will be required to meet with an academic advisor. 

Once the above requirements have been fulfilled, students can register for courses in other subject areas and must maintain a minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA for the remainder of their degree program.  

Upon completing the fourth course, any student who has not fulfilled the performance-based admission requirements listed above will be subject to dismissal from the program. 

Northwestern Courses Outside of SPS

Students who have been admitted to an SPS bachelor’s degree program or a post-baccalaureate or professional health post-baccalaureate program and wish to explore academic interests not available in SPS have the option to pursue possible enrollment in daytime undergraduate-level courses in other Northwestern schools. The following policies and procedure apply to SPS degree and post-baccalaureate students seeking enrollment in daytime courses. These policies and procedures do not apply to Summer Session enrollment. 

  • SPS does not guarantee enrollment in daytime courses at other schools within Northwestern University.
  • To be eligible to pursue the possibility of enrolling in daytime courses, including the Chicago Field Studies Program:
    •  Undergraduate students in a bachelor's degree program must have completed a minimum of 22 units (at least 4 units at SPS) and have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or better. 
    • Post-baccalaureate and professional health post-baccalaureate students must have completed at least half of their certificate programs. 
  • Excluding daytime courses taken during Summer Session, SPS students may enroll in a maximum of: 
    • Three daytime courses for undergraduate bachelor’s degree and professional health post-baccalaureate students 
    • One daytime course for post-baccalaureate students (not in professional health programs) 
  • Students are required to meet with their SPS academic advisor about selection of daytime courses and have the advisor sign the request form. Students then will submit a Student Affairs Petition with the signed request form to the SPS Registrar's Office. If approved, registration will be processed for the student on the first day of the term, if seats are available. 
  • Prior to applying to the Chicago Field Studies Program, students must submit a Student Affairs Petition for approval. Degree program students may apply a maximum of 6 Chicago Field Studies units toward their degree requirements. 
  • If eligible, students should choose advanced-level courses that supplement their degree plans or certificate plans. Courses required for bachelor's degree majors are eligible only if the relevant SPS courses have been cancelled and/or are not being offered. 
  • Students may not register for daytime courses to make up a deficiency resulting from failing or incomplete grades. 
  • Daytime courses may not be taken P/N. 

Please Note: Student-at-Large students are not eligible in daytime courses (excluding daytime courses offered during Summer Session). Students in online undergraduate certificates are not eligible to enroll in daytime courses. 

Advanced Study Requirement

Degree-seeking students must earn at least 14 units of courses at the 300 level.

Independent Study

An independent study is a customized course of study undertaken by a single student under the guidance of an instructor, in the form of an in-depth research project or creative work. In some circumstances, an independent study covers the content of a required SPS course that has not been scheduled for three consecutive quarters. Offered under the course subject and number 399-CN, independent studies are comparable in their demands to other undergraduate-level courses.

To be eligible for an independent study, undergraduate degree-seeking students must have completed a minimum of 22 units, at least four at SPS, and must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Eligible post-baccalaureate students must have two completed courses posted to their SPS transcripts before applying for independent study and must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.

To apply and register for Independent Study, a student must

  1. Identify an SPS or Northwestern faculty member to supervise the independent study. Students who have questions about choosing an independent study instructor should contact their academic advisor.
  2. Develop a syllabus in consultation with their instructor that includes a list of readings, assignments, assignment deadlines and assessment criteria as well as a breakdown of how the grade will be calculated.
  3. Submit a completed Application for Independent Study, along with the course of study or syllabus, to the student's academic advisor by the deadlines stated in the SPS Undergraduate Academic Calendar. Once the independent study is approved, the SPS Registrar will register the student. 

Please Note: The deadline to submit the request for an Independent Study will be prior to the first day of the term.  

Additional Policies on Independent Studies

  • Undergraduate degree-seeking students may register for no more than four independent studies total and may not register for more than one independent study per term. Post-baccalaureate students are limited to two independent studies total and may not register for more than one independent study per term.
  • Students should contact their academic advisor for guidance on the independent study approval process. The advisor should be notified in the case of any changes in registration, including drops.
  • Deadlines and policies for typical course registration and enrollment also apply to independent studies.

Please Note: Independent Studies are not available for Visiting Students, or Students-at-Large.

Capstone Course and Portfolio Project 

The online Bachelor of Science degrees in Enterprise Leadership, Health Sciences, Information Systems, Social Sciences, and Strategic Communication require completion of a culminating capstone project and portfolio. Students complete the project and portfolio while enrolled in a capstone course specific to their program:   

The portfolio incorporates work from courses throughout the degree’s core curriculum. Students are enrolled in an ePortfolio Canvas site after they are admitted into the program. Students are expected to accept the Canvas site invitation and start contributing to their portfolio at the start of and throughout the program.   

Registering for the Capstone Course  

Students enroll in the capstone course when they have completed the core and concentration courses in their degree program. Students must have completed the seven core and four concentration courses in their program, with at least 30 units completed overall in the degree. Students also must have no outstanding incomplete (Y grades) on their record. To enroll in the capstone course, students register in CAESAR once they are confirmed to have met the course requirements and eligibility.  

SPS Identity Verification Policy

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) accreditation process requires an institution verify the identity of students enrolled in online courses or programs.  Methods of verifying identification must be reasonable and include appropriate safeguards to protect a student’s privacy. The following institutional practices are identified by the HLC and applied by SPS as acceptable practices for verifying student identity in online programs: 

Secure Login and Pass Code 

In addition to requiring a secure login (NetID) and passcode for enrollment in each course and all associated online coursework (Canvas), students also use multi-factor authentication (MFA). This ensures that the Net ID holder is the only person who can access their account, even if a password is stolen. 

Proctored Examinations and Assessment Design 

Proctored examinations are used in selected courses, requiring students to confirm their identity prior to taking an exam. Other assessment strategies include: 

  • Question banks for exams
  • Reflection and analysis after submission of an assignment 
  • Assignment design centered on unique arguments and student’s rationale.  
  • Frequent assignment prompt changes 
  • Video presentations or video assignment/discussion submissions 
New or Other Technologies and Practices: Audio/Visual identification 

SPS has instituted visual identification in at least half of the required courses for a student to complete their online degree program. 

All students are required to obtain a student ID card (Wildcard). The photo submitted for a student’s Wildcard populates the student’s Caesar profile is used for identity verification in courses. 

Any potential issues of discrepancy will be reported to SPS and addressed through the academic integrity process. Students enrolled in an online course using visual identification who do not obtain a Wildcard at the start of the term will have a registration hold placed on their account preventing them from enrolling in future terms until the Wildcard has been acquired. 

Internships

Internships can provide a great opportunity for students to gain paid or unpaid workplace experience. While SPS does not actively place students in internships, the school encourages students to seek out internship opportunities, either as a supplement to their program or as part of an independent study (399).

While an internship alone cannot be directly counted for credit towards one’s degree, a student can take advantage of the internship’s experience and resources as the foundation of an independent study. To incorporate an internship into an independent study, students should follow the independent study registration procedures and additional policies listed above. In addition,

  1. Students should consult with their academic advisor  before considering any internship options.
  2. Students should write a detailed proposal to be approved through the SPS Registrar. The proposal should articulate specifically what they will be doing, resources they will access at the internship, and who will supervise the internship. The student’s academic advisor can help guide the student through this proposal process.
  3. Near the end of the internship, the internship supervisor should email a written evaluation of the student’s performance to the independent study instructor. This evaluation should be based on clearly defined tasks and will factor into the student’s final grade.

Continuous Enrollment Requirement

Degree seeking and Certificate students who do not register during the registration period for three consecutive quarters are considered to have “discontinued” their study at SPS.  Upon the 3rd quarter of non-enrollment, students will be discontinued/withdrawn from their program at the end of the registration period and deactivated by the CAESAR system. In order to be reactivated and take courses again, students must submit the SPS Request for Readmission. If readmitted, students must follow curriculum that is current at the time of their readmission, which could mean additional units of credit are required for the degree.
 
Students-at-large will be discontinued after two quarters of non-registration.

Certificates and Concentrations

Online Bachelor of Science Degree Certificate Options

The modular design of the SPS online Bachelor of Science degree programs in Enterprise Leadership, Health Sciences, Information Systems, Social Sciences, and Strategic Communication enable students to choose one concentration in addition to the eight core courses. As the concentrations are focused on applied knowledge that will be relevant to workplace needs, students can thus customize their program to match their desired professional path. A concentration is synonymous with a certificate, but the term concentration is used to denote a group of related courses within a degree program as part of major course requirements. 

Concentrations and Certificates Within the Bachelor of Science Programs 

Concentration and Certificate within Degree Program. Students who begin their SPS studies in the Bachelor of Science program must complete one major concentration and one elective certificate from outside of the major. At the time of the Bachelor of Science degree conferral, the concentration and certificate will be noted on the transcript. 

Certificate Possibility for Students Who Stop or Withdraw. If a degree-seeking stops or withdraws from the Bachelor of Science program and requests a certificate, it will be awarded only if the major core coursework (concentration courses included) and additional four-course elective certificate have been completed. Upon re-entry into the program, the certificate that has been awarded will count toward elective credit. 

Undergraduate Certificates

Undergraduate Certificate (no degree). Undergraduate certificate programs consist of academic course work in four units. Undergraduate certificates are available for students who have or have not completed an undergraduate degree and are seeking to gain knowledge and skills for professional advancement. Upon successful completion of the program, a certificate is awarded. 

Undergraduate Certificate Later Transferred to Degree. Students enrolled in an undergraduate certificate can apply for an SPS online Bachelor of Science degree and, if admitted, transfer the four certificate courses into the degree as elective credit. Students would still need to complete the required major core and concentration courses for the degree, as well as course requirements for an additional certificate as part of their degree. 

Undergraduate certificate courses that are transferred cannot duplicate any of the major core and concentration courses within the Bachelor of Science degree, and cannot be applied to meet major core and concentration requirements within the Bachelor of Science degree. In cases where the content of the certificate matches one of the concentrations within a degree, students must choose another concentration to fulfill degree requirements. 

In certain circumstances, students can petition for a course substitute: When completing the Programming Certificate, Artificial Intelligence Certificate, or the Data Science Certificate, a student who has been admitted to the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems can petition to substitute CIS 323-DL Python for Data Science and CIS 324-DL Applied Data Science with two of the following:  CIS 212-DL Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, CIS 385-DL Programming for the Web, CIS 325-DL Enterprise Data Science, CIS 326-DL Data Engineering, CIS 330-CN Human Computer Interaction for the concentration within the major. 

When completing the Strategic Management Certificate, students in the Bachelor of Science in Information Systems degree can petition to substitute ORG_BEH 368-DL Project Management with an ORG_BEH or COMM_ST course.  

Co-Curricular Activities

SPS students are encouraged to participate in SPS affinity groups:

  • SPS Student Alliance Board (SAB) for SPS undergraduate, credential-seeking students
  • SPS Pre-Health Professional Student Group (NUPP) for SPS professional health post-baccalaureate certificate students

Students must be actively enrolled in courses and admitted to a degree or credential program in order to participate in Northwestern co-curricular activities that are not open to the public.

SPS part-time programs are structured for the working adult and therefore SPS students are not charged the Northwestern University student activity fee. SPS students should contact and obtain guidance from their academic advisor prior to pursuing membership in Northwestern student groups outside of SPS. Northwestern University student groups, clubs and organizations may have additional membership requirements and fees.