In plain English
It is the cutoff date for putting a course or class onto a term’s registration. The date applies to adding that class for that specific academic term.
In context
Here, "Add deadline" communicates the last date for adding a course or class to registration for that academic term.
- Situation
- Enrolling in courses, choosing sections, joining waitlists, and reading class status
- What it communicates
- labels the last date for add actions.
Meaning limits
The term alone does not specify any time of day for that cutoff.
Examples
“Mara added Calculus on Thursday because the add deadline for the autumn term was Friday.”
“By the add deadline, he still had not put the lab class on his spring registration.”