The College Term Bulletin lists the dates when students may add, drop or withdraw from a course after completing their initial registration.  Add, drop or withdrawal transactions are not official unless processed through the web registration system or the appropriate form has been processed by the Office of the Registrar.  The appropriate forms for registration activity can be obtained in the Office of the Registrar.  The following regulations apply to all courses offered during the term:

1.  Adding a course:

• Prior to the first course meeting of the term, no approval is required to enter an open course, unless the course has an “instructor consent” requirement;
• Once a course has met, the approval of the instructor of the course must be obtained.
• From the eighth through the fourteenth calendar day of the term, the approval of the instructor and dean are required to register for a course.  In an instance when the fourteenth calendar day falls on a weekend or holiday, the last day to enter a course will be the preceding business day.
• The fourteenth calendar day of the term is the last day to enter a course. 

2.  Dropping a course:

• Courses dropped from the time of registration through the fourteenth calendar day of the term do not need additional approval to be processed.
• The fourteenth calendar day of the term is the last day to drop a course.  In an instance when the fourteenth day falls on a weekend or holiday, the last day to drop a course will be the preceding business day.

3.  Withdrawing from a course:

• The Withdrawal period for regularly scheduled courses begins each term the day after the Last Day to Drop a Course and ends on the 35th instructional day.  The Withdrawal period for flexibly scheduled courses begins after the day designated as the Last Day to Drop a Course for that course section through the day designated as the Last Day to Withdraw from that course section.  No additional approval is required to withdraw from a course during this period.  Course withdrawal cannot be processed on the Web.
• Only in circumstances beyond the student’s control will a Withdrawal be permitted after the 35th instructional day.  All official withdrawals after the 35th instructional day must be approved by the instructor of the course and the division dean.  In cases not approved, the student will receive the grade assigned by the instructor.

4.  Course Drop/Withdrawal Grading Policy

• Through the fourteenth calendar day of each term, courses officially dropped in the Office of the Registrar will not appear on students’ transcripts.
• During the Withdrawal Period, official withdrawals will be assigned a grade of “W.”  The “W” will appear on the student’s transcript; however it will not be calculated into the grade point average (GPA).
• The instructor may not issue a “W” as the final grade.  A “W” is assigned only if the student has completed the withdrawal process in the Office of the Registrar.

5.  Flexibly Scheduled Courses-the following policies and procedures pertain to Flexibly Scheduled Course Sections only:

• Course sections with a beginning and/or ending date different than the first and last days of the normal term schedule are considered flexibly scheduled.  Flexibly Scheduled Course Sections are identified in the course schedule with alphabetical section designations.
• Students may register for a flexibly scheduled course section with no additional approvals up to the first course meeting. 
• A student may enter a flexibly scheduled course section by the date established as the Last Day to Enter a Course for that course section.  Registrations beyond the date established as the Last Day to Enter a Course for that flexibly scheduled course section will not be permitted.
• A student may drop a flexibly scheduled course section without a grade appearing on their record by the date established as the Last Day to Drop a Course for that course section.
• A student may withdraw from a flexibly scheduled course section from the date established as the Last Day to Drop a Course for that section through the date established as the Last Day to Withdraw from a Course for that section.

6.  Attendance.  The following policies apply to all courses.

• Instructors are required to document student attendance in each course meeting during the first two weeks of the term. From the first day of the term until the First Day to Withdraw for the term, students who drop or withdraw from a course must identify whether or not they attended the course section.
• A student who enrolls in a course but does not attend the course within the first two weeks will be designated a No Show (NS) by the instructor.
• If there is a discrepancy between a student’s self-reported attendance and the attendance status reported by an instructor, the attendance status reported by the instructor will be the status of record.
• Students are not permitted to begin attending a course section after a No Show (NS) has been issued by the instructor or self-reported by the student for that course section.
• The designation of No Show (NS) will not appear on the student’s transcript.
• A student who receives a No Show (NS) designation for a course is still financially responsible for payment for the course.  Federal Financial Aid is not applicable to a course for which a student has received a No Show (NS) designation.
• A student is not permitted to withdraw from a course he or she did not attend or to which a No Show (NS) has been assigned.