Drop/Add Policy   

Drop/Add Period

   Graduate and undergraduate students who want to drop/add a course must contact their Advisor in the Financial Aid/Advisement Office for assistance. Students dropping or adding graduate or undergraduate seven-week courses, eight-week courses, fifteen-week undergraduate day courses, or one-week seminars must do so during the College's official Drop/Add periods. Those Drop/Add periods are:

• Seven-week Session I or Session II courses: first week of each session
• Eight-week Session I or Session II courses: first week of each session 
• Fifteen-week day courses: first two weeks of each semester 
• One-week seminars: before the second scheduled day/night of class (The adding of seminars after the first class meeting is not permitted.)
• Saturday classes: before the second scheduled day of class (The adding of Saturday classes after the first class meeting is not permitted.)

   Students who drop a course during the Drop/Add periods are charged 20% of the tuition charges. For details on tuition charge or refund information, please contact the College's Business Office. The College reserves the right to drop a student's course(s) if the student has not attended the course(s) and has not financially registered for the semester/session in which the course(s) is(are) scheduled.

Drop Period

   Enrolled students who choose to drop a fifteen-week course during the Drop Period, third week of the semester, are charged 50% of the total tuition charges. Students can only drop courses during this period, not add, by contacting their Advisor.

Academic Drop Period

   Students may drop graduate or undergraduate courses without academic penalty during the Session I, Session II or fifteen-week semester Academic Drop periods. Students will receive a grade of "W" instead of a final grade. The "W" does not affect the student's cumulative grade point average; the student will not earn credits for the course. In addition, students who drop courses during the following Academic Drop periods will be charged 100% of the total tuition charges. Students must contact their Advisor to drop a course.

• Seven-week Session I or II courses: second week to the end of the fourth week of the session
• Eight-week Session I or II courses: second week to the end of the fifth week of the session
• Fifteen-week undergraduate day courses: fourth week to the end of the tenth week of the semester 
• One-week seminars: prior to the fourth class meeting
• Saturday classes: prior to the third class meeting

After the Academic Drop Period

   A student or parent may not request a course schedule drop/add after the academic drop period has ended for a particular semester/session. Once a student has financially registered, it is the student’s responsibility to make changes to the course schedule within the drop/add timeframe for that semester/session. A student who contacts their advisor after the academic drop period has ended will not be considered for a semester charge reduction regardless of class attendance, how payment was made, or if an outstanding balance is presently owed. The student will be charged 100% of the total tuition charges.  

Drops for Medical/Work-Related Reasons

   For students who find it necessary to drop courses due to medical or work-related reasons, please click here.

Listener Status

   Students can change to Listener Status during the College's official Drop/Add periods by notifying their Advisor. Students will be charged full tuition and student service fee; a grade of "L" will be assigned.

Appeal Process

   If the student would like to appeal the decision regarding the tuition and fees charge, he/she should submit an appeal request to the Vice President of Administration/Finance within 30 days of receiving the decision. At this time, the student should present any and all documentation that fully describes the circumstances that would warrant a change in decision.

   The Vice President will respond within ten working days. The decision of the Vice President will be final.


Last updated - 5/21/08