Adding and Dropping Classes

ADDING CLASSES: During the first week of the semester, a student may add any course for which he/she has met the prerequisites. During the second week, appropriate courses may be added with the permission of the instructor. Beginning with the third week, a course may not be added. The Registrar's Office will determine comparable deadlines for courses less than a semester in length.

FOR PART TIME STUDENTS, ADDED CLASSES WILL ALWAYS RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FEES. If, after the 100% refund period, you drop one class and add another class of the same number of credits, you will be charged the percentage charge for the dropped class and the full charge for the added class. So even though your total number of credits remains the same, your charges will increase accordingly.

** WHEN ADDING OR DROPPING A CLASS, CHECK YOUR BALANCE ON THE SOLAR SYSTEM, PICK UP A REVISED BILL AT THE CASHIER'S OFFICE, OR CALL 595-2258 TO REQUEST A NEW BILL. **

** YOU WILL NOT BE BILLED AUTOMATICALLY FOR CHANGES. **

WHEN TO PAY FOR ADDS: For courses added, you must pay the additional fees by the end of the week in which you add the courses in order to avoid an administrative assessment fee (late charges) for those courses. For example, if you add a course on Monday you must pay for that course by Friday of that week. Additionally, charges for a course added on Friday must be paid on that day in order to avoid a late fee.

DROPPING CLASSES: A student may drop any course during the first half of the semester. The Registrar's Office will determine comparable deadlines for courses less than a semester in length. After the deadline, a student may request permission to drop a course only for extraordinary, non-academic reasons. Any such request must be submitted no later than the last day of instruction. Before requesting permission to drop, the student should discuss his/her circumstances with the instructor. Refer to the current catalog for addition information.

*IMPORTANT* Dropping a class after the drop fee date for that class will result in the assessment of a $15 per credit hour drop fee.

A student who never attends (or stops attending) a course in which he/she has enrolled and who does not drop the course through the appropriate office will receive a failing grade.

A student who drops a course after the fourth week of the semester will receive a transcript notation of "W". (In the case of module session courses, the W notation will be applied if the drop occurs after one-third of the course period has passed).

Even though you do not attend a course for which you registered, you will be charged unless you drop that course. If you do this within the specified refund period your charges will be reduced accordingly. After the drop fee date, students will be charged a $15 per credit fee for dropping classes in addition to the percentage charge assessed per the refund schedule. For drops after the fourth week of classes, there will be no refund. The official date of an add or drop is the date your add/drop is entered into the Student Information System by Student Records or the SOLAR System.

If you have any problems with the SOLAR System, please contact the Help desk immediately at (262)595-2444. If the office is closed, please leave a message.