The student is permitted to drop any course within eight weeks from the beginning of either the first and second semester, and within four weeks from the beginning of the summer semester, provided that the student has not exceeded the percentage of the permitted number of unexcused absences. The dropped course in this case would be included in the student’s academic transcript with a note of (withdrawn-W) and such a course is not included in the total credit hours he/she studied in terms of pass, fail or graduation requirement.