Withdrawal from a Course
Learners may drop courses prior to the course start and through the add/drop period without any academic penalty (see Add/Drop Period). If a learner wants to withdraw from course(s) after the add/drop period, they must request a course withdrawal through their advisor, and discuss possible financial and academic implications. Merely ceasing to attend classes does not constitute an official course withdrawal request. Learners can withdraw from a course within the following timelines:
- 8-week course: between day 11 and up to an including day 42 of the course.
- 16-week course: between day 11 and up to and including day 84 of the course.
The effective date of the course withdrawal is the date the request is sent. Any course withdrawal request within the aforementioned timelines above will result in a grade of “W” on a learner’s academic record and transcript. Credit hours for courses from which a learner withdraws are included in their total number of credit hours, and as such, withdrawn courses will appear as credits attempted, but no credits earned in the academic record.
Course withdrawal requests after the above deadline will not be accepted. Any learner who has not officially withdrawn from a course by the established deadline will be assigned the grade calculated on the basis of all submitted and missed graded assignments for the course. Missed assignments will earn a grade of zero.
Course withdrawals may have implications in terms of: