Withdrawing from Courses

Office of the Registrar

During the official registration periods, students may add or drop classes online through Banner Self-Service.

After the last day of late registration and through the published deadline, a student can initiate a withdrawal from a course or all courses online through Banner Self-Service. Once approved and processed by the Registrar’s Office, a grade of ‘WZ’ will be assigned if the student has remaining enrolled courses, or a grade of ‘W’ will be assigned if the student has requested to withdraw from all courses, which is in effect resigning from the university. A student who officially resigns from the university prior to the published deadline will receive a grade of ‘W’ in all courses; however, if a student previously withdrew from any courses, the assigned grade of ‘WZ’ will not be replaced with a grade of ‘W’.

Withdrawing from a course may not be a student’s only option. Students are encouraged to consult their academic advisor before submitting a withdrawal request; however, students are not required to obtain advisor approval before withdrawing. F1 and J1 visa students’ and student athletes’ requests to withdraw will be routed to the appropriate office for approval before the request will be processed. Early-admission high school students are not eligible to use the electronic withdrawal process and should instead consult their high school counselor for more information on withdrawing.
Students with registration holds must have them removed before withdrawing or resigning.

The deadline for withdrawing from a course or resigning from the university is the published withdrawal deadline, which can be found on the Academic Calendar. After the deadline, a student may not withdraw from a course or resign from the university.

Please see the online catalog for fees associated withdrawals as well as fees associated with instructor assignment of “WN” grades.