COURSE CHANGES.
Each student is responsible for his or her course schedule and any changes in it, such as adding, dropping, or withdrawing. Failure to drop or withdraw from a course that the student is not attending will result in a final grade of F. All actions must adhere to the deadlines.
Add – Students add course work to their schedule by enrolling through Banner. Banner displays all courses for which a student is enrolled. Credit can be awarded only for those courses in which the student is enrolled.
Drop – Students drop course work through Banner. Courses dropped from the students schedule will not be displayed in the student’s Banner record or on the instructor’s Banner roster.
Withdrawal – Students cannot withdraw through Banner. Withdrawal forms must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar before the withdrawal deadline. Courses from which a student is withdrawn will be displayed on the student’s record with a final grade of W. This has no effect on a student’s GPA calculation and does not satisfy any graduation requirements.
Each student should print and inspect a schedule of his or her classes from Banner after registration and each time a change (drop, add, etc.) is made. Any discrepancy should be addressed immediately by making the appropriate change in Banner and verifying it by printing the correction or by contacting the Office of the Registrar. No credit is allowed for a course in which the student is not officially registered and which is not listed on the student’s printed schedule.
NOTE: Discontinuing attendance in a class does not constitute dropping the course. A Drop (or Add) is not official until the student successfully completes and verifies the action in Banner or completes the appropriate form and delivers it, in person, to the Office of the Registrar. No student should assume that an instructor has dropped him/her from a course. Each student is responsible for seeing that his or her schedule is accurate in Banner.
Approval for Changes:
During the Add/Drop Periods, students may make changes in their course schedules without written permission from their advisors. After the first three weeks of the semester, withdrawal from a course requires written approval from the advisor. Students living in campus housing are expected to maintain a course load of at least 12 credits. The Office of Academic Services and the Office of the Dean of Student Life must approve exceptions to this policy in writing (see FULL TIME STUDENTS.).