Changes in Registration: Semester-Long Courses
Students who registered online may add or drop courses online via Self-Service before the first day of the semester, or by submitting an Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office before the deadlines published in the Academic Calendar. Students returning from a leave of absence may add or drop courses only by submitting an Add/Drop form; they do not have access to online registration until their second semester registration.
To add or drop a course after the term has started, all students must submit an Add/Drop form to the Registrar’s Office, prior to the deadline published in the Academic Calendar. To add a course after the start of the term, the student must also obtain the signature of the instructor on the Add form. The instructor’s permission to drop or withdraw from a course is not required, though it is strongly recommended that students notify their academic advisor of any changes to the agreed-upon class schedule.
Changes in the number of units in which a student is enrolled may impact financial aid, tuition, student visa status, athletic eligibility, degree progress, and/or veteran’s benefits. It is the student’s responsibility to consult with the appropriate office regarding such impacts when changing the number of enrolled units.
After the Add/Drop deadline has passed, students may withdraw from a course until the withdraw deadline, but they may not drop a course; please see the online Academic Calendar on the Dominican University website (www.dominican.edu) for these deadlines. Withdrawing from a course means that a student is still enrolled in the course, but will have been assigned a grade of ‘W.’ For further information regarding the ‘W’ grade, please see the Grading System section of this catalog. Please note that, while still enrolled in a course, the student will not receive credit for a course with a ‘W;’ it is the student’s responsibility to consult with Financial Aid regarding the impact a ‘W’ grade may have on their Financial Aid package.
For students who wish to drop all of their courses, please see the Withdrawal and Leave of Absence sections of this catalog.