Drop/Add/Withdrawals
Fall 2007 | Winterim 2008 |Spring 2008 | Summer 2008 |
You are expected to complete the courses for which you register. If you decide you do not want to take a course, you MUST follow the Drop/Add/Withdrawal procedures established by the University to OFFICIALLY DROP the course. If you never attend or stop attending a course and fail to officially withdraw from the university, you will receive an F in the course at the end of the semester.
In all cases involving changes in registration, it is your
responsibility to file the properly completed forms, which are
available online
or stop in the
Registration and Records Office for a copy of the paper form.
Failure to complete
official changes in your registration may result in the recording of
F grades and loss
of credits.
Add/Drop Form & Instructions
Cancellations and Withdrawal -- Policy
& Dates
Attendance Policy
Students are expected to attend the first meeting of class, or have
permission from the instructor or chair of the department to be
absent. Those who do not attend the first two days of class may be
required to drop the course if there are others who wish to add the
course. It is the student's responsibility to officially drop the
course through the Registration and Records Office or on the web
(see the drop schedule by term below).
Fall 2007
The following table illustrates the schedule for adding and dropping courses:
| Length of course | Adds permitted through | Drops permitted, course
not on student record |
Drops permitted, course
appears on record with a "W" |
Drops not permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full term | Sept. 13 | Sept. 4-13 | Sept. 14 - Nov. 9 |
Nov. 12 - Dec. 21 |
| 1st 8 weeks | Sept. 7 | Sept. 4-7 | Sept. 10 - Oct. 5 |
Oct. 8-26 |
| 2nd 8 weeks | Nov. 1 | Sept. 4 - Nov. 1 |
Nov. 2 - 30 | Dec. 3-21 |
| 8 weeks | First 4 days | First 4 days | 5th day - 24th day |
25th day -8th week |
| 7 weeks | First 4 days | First 4 days | 5th day - 21st day |
22nd day - 7th week |
| 5 weeks | First 3 days | First 3 days | 4th day - 15th day |
16th day - 5th week |
| 2 weeks | First day | First day | 2nd-6th day | 7th day & after |
| 1 week | Start of class | First day | 2nd & 3rd day | 4th & 5th days |
| Other Course Lengths
- Contact the
Registration and Records Office The drop/add schedule for courses meeting lengths of time other than those shown in the table will be prorated appropriately. |
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Winterim 2008
The following table illustrates the schedule for adding and dropping courses:
| Adds permitted through | Drops permitted, course
not on student record |
Drops permitted, course
appears on record with a "W" |
Drops not permitted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 3 | Jan. 3 | Jan. 11 | Jan. 12-17 |
Spring 2008
The following table illustrates the schedule for adding and dropping courses:
| Length of course | Adds permitted through | Drops permitted, course
not on student record |
Drops permitted, course
appears on record
with a "W" |
Drops not permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full term | Jan. 31 | Jan. 22-31 | Feb. 1 - Apr. 4 |
Apr. 7 - May 16 |
| 1st 8 weeks | Jan. 25 | Jan. 22 - 25 | Jan 28 - Feb 22 |
Feb. 25 - Mar. 14 |
| 2nd 8 weeks | Mar. 27 | Mar. 24-27 | Mar. 28 - Apr. 25 |
Apr. 28 - May 16 | 8 weeks | First 4 days | First 4 days | 5th day - 24th day |
25th day - 8th week |
7 weeks | First 4 days | First 4 days | 5th day - 21st day |
22nd day - 7th week |
| 5 weeks | First 3 days | First 3 days | 4th day - 15th day |
16th - 5th week |
| 2 weeks | First day | First day | 2nd-6th day | 7th day & after |
| 1 week | Start of class | First day | 2nd & 3rd day | 4th & 5th days |
| Other Course Lengths
- Contact the
Registration and Records Office The drop/add schedule for courses meeting lengths of time other than those shown in the table will be prorated appropriately. |
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Summer 2008
The following table illustrates the schedule for adding and dropping courses:
| Length of course | Adds permitted through | Drops permitted, course
not on student record |
Drops permitted, course
appears on record
with a "W" |
Drops not permitted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 weeks | June 19 | June 16-19 | June 20 - July 18 | July - 21 Aug. 8 |
| 7 weeks | First 4 days | First 4 days | 5-21 days | 22nd day & after |
| 6 weeks | First 3 days | First 3 days | 4-18 days | 19th day & after |
| 5 weeks | First 3 days | First 3 days | 4-15 days | 16th day & after |
| 1st 4 - weeks | June 17 | June 16-17 | June 18 - July 1 | July 2-11 |
| 2nd 4 - weeks | July 15 | July 14-15 | July 16-29 | July 30 - Aug. 8 |
| 3 week course | First 2 days | First 2 days | 3-9 days | 10th day & after |
| 2 week course |
First day | First day | 2nd-6th day | 7th day & after |
| 1 week course |
Start of class | First day | 2nd-3rd day | 4th-5th day |
| Other Course Lengths
- Contact the
Registration and Records Office The drop/add schedule for courses meeting lengths of time other than those shown in the table will be prorated appropriately. |
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