Registration

Drop/Add

Procedures

During the first week of the fall or spring semesters, you may make changes (drops OR adds) to your registration directly through the Blugold System. As of the second week, however, you can no longer add classes, and you must get approval signatures on a Change of Registration form to drop classes.

Effects

Dropping full semester classes during the first two weeks of a regular semester has no effect upon your record, since these dropped courses are not recorded on your transcript. After the second week, however, a dropped class will result in a grade of "W," and this remains the case up until the eleventh week of classes. After the beginning of the eleventh week, no withdrawals from courses, i.e., "drops," are permitted, except in extenuating circumstances as determined by the Dean of the college/School in which the student is enrolled. These deadline dates are published each semester in the course schedule bulletin and are available on the Registration Calendar.

Special Students Dropping Courses

Special students enrolled in only one course, who wish to drop that course, are considered to be withdrawing from the University -- contact the Office of Student Development and Diversity in person or by phone. Special students enrolled in two or more courses, wishing to drop a course(s), may drop on the Blugold System within the first week of a term. During and after the second week of a term they must complete a Change of Registration form and submit it to the Registration Office at Schofield 128. Please contact the Registration desk at (715) 836-2425 with any questions.

Caution regarding "W" grades

Although a "W" has no negative impact on your cumulative g.p.a., you should recognize that 1) a course in which you receive a "W" counts as a "take" for repeat policy purposes, etc., and 2) the University requires that to remain in good academic standing, you must complete at least 75% of the credits for which you were enrolled at the end of the drop/add period (first two weeks). Therefore, dropping too many classes can result in losing your "good standing," and put you on warning, probation, or even suspension.

Dropping ALL classes

If you wish to drop all of your courses (regardless of how many you carry) after the beginning of the semester, you are considered to be "withdrawing" from the University. You must go to the Office of Student Development and Diversity (Schofield Hall 240) to make an appointment to withdraw.

Only YOU can initiate a drop

You MUST drop courses, or withdraw from the University, officially. Failure to attend classes does NOT constitute a withdrawal, and may result in an "F" grade(s). Additionally, you should be aware that not all departments have a policy of automatically dropping students who do not attend the first class meeting. In departments that do not follow such a policy, it remains the student's responsibility to officially drop the course!

Cancellations

In order to cancel a registration and receive a full fee refund, you must notify Registration Services, IN WRITING (Schofield 128), no later than the last working day PRIOR to the start of classes.