Adding or Dropping a Course

University Policy

To add or drop a course, eligible students may use the Student Link or complete an Add/Drop form, available from their school or college. Students should consult with their advisors before adding or dropping a course.

A standard course dropped during the first five weeks of classes will not appear on the student’s permanent record. A standard course dropped after the first five weeks of classes will appear on the student’s record as W, and the student will be charged for the course.

Standard courses may be dropped up to the end of the 10th week of classes. After that point, no course may be dropped. (See the Registrar’s Office.)

College of Arts & Sciences Policy

A student should consult with his or her advisor before adding or dropping a course, except where the add/drop consists merely of a change of section within the same course. Courses may not be added after the second week of classes (or—in foreign languages, mathematics, and the College Writing Program—after the first week of classes). In some cases, adding a course requires the signature of the instructor on an add-drop form. Students may drop classes themselves via add-drop forms or on the Web. Courses dropped after the fifth week of classes are noted on a student’s transcript with the mark of W. A course cannot be dropped after the end of the tenth week of classes.