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Academic Interventions

Significant mental health problems can affect your ability to attend classes and impair your academic performance.  If a psychological disorder significantly impairs your academic performance, you may request accommodation.  Possible academic interventions for mental health problems include:

  • Psychological/Medical withdrawal from the current semester
  • Application for a psychological/medical underload
  • Requests for final exam excuses (CAPS provides exam excuses for final exams only. CAPS does not issue exam excuses for exams during the semester.)

Additionally, Counseling and Psychological Services offers Road to Resilience, a program to support students on academic probation who are looking for support.

Application for an Underload for Psychological Reasons

When a psychological issue interferes with a student's ability to maintain full-time enrollment in college, they may request an underload. Details are provided about how to embark on the underload process.

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Course Drops (Current or retroactive)

Current or retroactive course drops are supported by Academic Advising. CAPS is not involved in course drops.

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Current Semester Psychological/Medical Withdrawal

The process for how to withdrawal from the current semester due to psychological difficulties.

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Final Exam Excuse Request

Mental health issues can arise anytime - including during final exams. Here's the process for navigating illness during final exams when mental health illness significantly impairs one's ability to prepare for or take a final.

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Road to Resilience

Details about the class / group Road to Resilience for students who are on academic probation.

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