Dropping Courses or Withdrawing

DROP vs WITHDRAW

Withdrawing is formal removal from all courses within a term.

Dropping a course, or courses, means that you will remain in at least one other course for the duration of that same term. 

HOW TO DROP OR WITHDRAW

To Drop Courses:

Dropping a course after the end of late registration must be processed using a completed drop form and submitted to the Office of the Registrar for processing.  All deadlines stated in the Academic Calendar must be observed.  After the census date, students must obtain departmental / instructor signature on the form to drop a course and no refund will be issued.

• 6 Drop Rule for Undergraduates
  • The 6 Unexcused Drops Rule states that anyone enrolling for the first time in Fall 2007 or later (at any Texas public higher education institution), are allowed only 6 unexcused drops during their undergraduate academic careers.  Courses dropped before the census day (see academic calendar) do not count against the 6 course drop rule.  

It is not the responsibility of the University to initiate dropping students from their courses. 

Distance Education (DE) students: Once late registration has closed, distance students should contact the academic department that is offering the course they wish to drop.  Departmental staff will be able to provide assistance with the appropriate drop form and obtaining any appropriate signatures before sending the drop form to the Registrar's Office for processing. 

To Withdraw From a Term:

Formal removal from all courses for a given term is initiated by submitting a completed Withdrawal Form to the Student Life Office.  This action must be taken by the date stated in the Academic Calendar as the last day to drop a class or withdraw from the university.  

Any student who withdraws from the University is subject to the conditions outlined in the Academic Information section of the catalog. 

*Note:  SU, SU1, SU2, SU3; FA, FA1, FA2, FA3; SP, SP1, SP2, SP3 are considered individual terms for registration and billing purposes, and each requires a separate withdrawal form be processed.

REFUND OF FEES:

A student dropping a course will receive a 100% refund minus the drop fee, until the census day listed in the Academic Calendar for any given term. After the census date, there are no refunds for dropped courses.   

A student officially withdrawing will receive a refund of fees according to the scale reflected on the Bursar’s page of the university website:  http://www.twu.edu/bursar/RefundInformation.asp See the Academic Calendar for the last day to withdraw from the University, and receive a refund.  After that date, no refund for withdrawing will be issued.