Engineering student requests for authorized withdrawal from a course will be automatically approved by the Dean of Engineering until the date given in the academic calendar. After that date the student must present a valid reason for the request, such as serious personal or medical problems. The Dean of Engineering will decide whether or not to grant these requests based on the information supplied by the student, recommendations from the faculty member teaching the course and the chairperson of the department in which the student is majoring. The Dean will inform the student of his decision and the reason for it.