Drop, Add, Withdrawal from classes for the semester

Dropping Courses
       Students may drop courses using yellow Drop/Add cards or the Rock Talk telephone and online systems during the first week of the semester. Only the student's signature is required to DROP any course with the exception of Basic Competency courses that cannot be dropped after the semester has started. After the first week of the semester classes may still be dropped by using the University's Rock Talk system, which will remain open until 7:30 am the following Monday morning. At 7:30 am, the Rock Talk system will be closed; student will no longer be permitted to drop classes and they must withdraw from their courses with grades of "W." An advisor's signature is encouraged but not required.

Adding Courses
Students may add courses using yellow Drop/Add cards or by using the Rock Talk telephone and online systems during the first week of classes.  After the first week of the semester, classes may be added on the University's Rock Talk system, which will remain open until 7:30 am the following Monday morning. At 7:30 am, the Rock Talk system will be closed.  After 7:30 Monday morning, students may continue to add classes through the end of the second Friday of the semester, but only by processing a Drop/Add card.

During the first week of the semester, only the student's signature is required to add OPEN classes during the second week of the semester, the instructor's signature is also required to add OPEN classes, and the card must be processed in the Office of Academic Records.  To add CLOSED courses, or courses in which the appropriate pre/co-requisites have not been taken, the instructor's signature is always required.  An advisor's signature is encouraged but not required.

Withdrawing from Classes
After 7:30 am Monday of the second week of classes, students may no longer drop courses and must withdraw with a grade of "W." Blue Withdrawal cards must be used to withdraw from courses. For full semester classes, a "W" will be recorded as a grade through the end of the tenth week of classes. After that date, students may not withdraw from classes and will be held accountable for and graded on all coursework, exams, etc., assigned during the last 5 weeks of the semester. The withdrawal deadline for courses meeting fewer than 15 weeks will be two-thirds of the way through the course's beginning and ending dates. Student may not use Rock Talk to withdraw from courses. The student and his/her advisor and instructor must sign withdrawal cards. Students are not permitted to withdraw from Basic Competency courses.

Students dropping or withdrawing from any course should be aware this could affect financial aid, athletic eligibility and/or graduation. If students have any questions concerning any of these issues, they should contact their advisor or the Financial Aid, Intercollegiate Athletics or Academic Records offices.

A $15 late fee will be assessed for each drop, add or withdrawal transaction (not card) approved by the student's Dean or Director of Retention Services and received in the Office of Academic Records & Summer School after the deadlines noted above.