Adding or Dropping a Course

• How do I drop a class?

You can drop a class through the end of the fourth week of classes through the telephone registration system (RSVP). Information on how to use RSVP can be found in the schedule of classes. After the fourth week of classes, your instructor must sign a drop slip for you to withdraw from a class. If you are failing a course at the time that you withdraw, your instructor may award you an "E" instead of a "W". After the eighth week of classes, the only way to withdraw from a course is to file a late change petition. You must be able to document circumstances beyond your control for the petition to be considered. Freshmen in the Colleges of Science, Humanities, Social & Behavioral Sciences, and the University College can pick up late change petitions at the Freshman Year Center (102 Bear Down Gym). Sophomores, juniors, and seniors, can get late change petitions at the Office of Academic Services (347 Modern Languages). (FYC)

• How do I add a class?

In order to add classes once school has begun, you must get an add/drop slip signed by the instructor of the course you wish to add. After the first eight weeks of class, you must file a late change petition in order to add a class. (Freshmen turn in the petition at the Freshman Year Center) On the late change petition, you will explain the circumstances of why you are requesting to add the class so late in the semester. If the petition is approved, you will be able to add the class. Please remember that any increase in the number of units you are enrolled in after the 21st day of classes will result in a $250 late fee. (FYC)