Add/Drop/Withdraw

How to Add, Drop and Withdraw From Your Classes

All new students, including freshman, and undeclared students must come in person to their advisor to do all registration transactions.

After the last day of late registration, online registration will no longer be available to students for registration or adding. Dropping or withdrawing continues online through the last day to withdraw without needing signatures or for Undergraduates when the WP/WF period begins. Please follow the guidelines below for changing your schedule.

NOTE:  Please be aware that you cannot change courses or sections between sessions after the respective session's Census Day; doing so will result in additional charges.

Adding Courses

Students may add courses to their schedules in person until the published last day to add deadline. Students may not add after that date. See Comet Calendar for last day to add.

• Go to your advising office and obtain a Registration Form.
• Complete form and obtain appropriate signatures. You must have signatory approval from the professor of the course to add a course after the first class day. All new students, freshmen, undeclared majors, and students who need registration clearance must have their advisor's signature to change their schedule.
• Bring form to your advisor or the Office of the Registrar for processing.
• Go to Bursar's Office to pay any additional charges.

Dropping A Course Before Census Day

Until Census Day of the current term, students may drop a course while remaining enrolled in other courses and not receive a W.

• Go to your advising office and obtain a Registration Form.
• Complete form and obtain appropriate signatures. All new students, freshmen, undeclared majors and students who need registration clearance must have their advisor's signature to change their schedule.
• Bring form to your advisor or the Office of the Registrar for processing.

You will receive a 100% refund for a partial drop before the published Census Day. Please see the Comet Calendar for Census Day.

Dropping All Courses Before Census Day

Until Census Day of the current term, students may drop all their courses and not receive a W. Please note refund policies in General Payment Guidelines to determine the partial refund you will receive.

• Go to the Office of the Registrar (McDermott Library) and obtain a registration form.
• Complete form.
• Obtain all required signatures. All new students, freshmen, undeclared majors and students who need registration clearance must have their advisors signature before complete dropping.
• Bring form back to Office of the Registrar for processing.
• Pay any outstanding balances at the time of your drop. Tuition will be refunded according to the refund schedule. See General Payment Guidelines for refund dates and percentages.

Withdrawing from Courses After Census Day (Complete and Partial Withdrawals)

After Census Day, a grade of "W" for graduates or a grade of "WP" or "WF" for undergraduates is given to all courses that are withdrawn by a student. Students will not receive a refund for partial withdrawals. See General Payment Guidelines for refund dates for complete withdrawals.

• Go to your Advising Office and obtain a Registration Form.
• Complete form.
• Obtain all required signatures. All new students, freshmen, undeclared majors and students who need registration clearance must have their advisor's signature before complete dropping.
• Bring form to Office of the Registrar for processing.
• Pay any outstanding balances at the time of withdrawal. Tuition will be refunded according to the refund schedule. See General Payment Guidelines for refund dates and percentages.

I need to add, drop or withdraw and I can't get to the University. What do I do?

If you do not need registration clearance and it is before the last day to withdraw without signatures, you can fax, 972-883-6335, email or drop online. Your request to change your schedule on the fax or email must include:

• Your name
• The course you are adjusting (adding, dropping or withdrawing).
• The last four digits of your student ID.
• Your signature. On email requests, your email address will be honored as your signature.

All requests made by fax and email are subject to the published deadline dates listed in this schedule. You are responsible for all changes to your schedule. Please follow up on your request.

Limitations on Course Withdrawals for Undergraduate Students (Texas Six-Drop Rule)

As enacted by the State of Texas Legislature, undergraduate students will not be permitted to withdraw from more than six courses, including any course a transfer student has withdrawn from at another institution of higher education. This rule goes into effect with first time freshman in the Fall 2007 semester and applies if: the student was able to withdraw from the course without receiving a grade or incurring an academic penalty, the student’s transcript indicates or will indicate that the student was enrolled in the course, and the student is not withdrawing from the course in order to withdraw from the institution. Non-academic withdrawals are exempt from counting toward the six drop rule. The process for an approved non-academic withdrawal can be found online in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of the Undergraduate Catalog under the heading Dropping/Adding Courses in the Policies Menu. More information about this policy can be found at the "Texas Six-Withdrawals Rule" webpage.