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Drop/Add Procedures - Columbus State University

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Office of the Registrar

Drop/Add Procedures

Early registration

You may drop/add courses or withdraw from all courses in the Students tab through MyCSU , using Drop/Add during early registration.

Late registration

You may drop/add courses or withdraw from all courses in the Students tab through MyCSU , using Drop/Add during late registration.

  • If your schedule change results in additional fees, you must pay fees before late registration ends to keep your classes. Please print a new invoice to determine if additional fees are due.
  • If you have paid your fees and your schedule change results in a refund, the refund will be released to your CougarOne account for distribution according to your selected refund preference within 14 days from the first day of class or the day the account was credited, whichever is later.

During schedule change

You may drop/add courses in the Students tab through MyCSU , using Drop/Add using Drop/Add/Withdraw. Students registering for the first time for the semester will be assessed a $25 late fee.

  • If your schedule change results in additional fees, you must pay fees before schedule change ends to keep your classes. Please print a new invoice to determine any financial aid adjustments.
    Note that financial aid balance funds may have already been released, so you must pay the additional fees if due.
  • If you have paid your fees and your schedule change results in a refund, the refund will be released to your CougarOne account for distribution according to your selected refund preference within 14 days from the first day of class or the day the account was credited, whichever is later.

After schedule change

Follow the procedures below to add or drop a course.

Adding a class

  • You must have a special recommendation from the instructor and the chair of the department offering the course. Use the Roll Correction form that may be obtained from the Enrollment Services Office (University Hall). If you are a part-time student registering for additional classes, you must pay additional fees for the added courses. These fees must be paid by 6 p.m. the day you register (5 p.m. on Fridays) or you will be dropped from courses.
  • Students registering for the first time for the semester will be assessed a $50 late fee. All fees must be paid by 6 p.m. the day you register (5 p.m. on Fridays) or you will be dropped from courses.

Dropping a class

  • Any course dropped after the official schedule change period becomes part of your academic record with a grade of "W". (Exceptions will be made for evening classes meeting for the first time after the official schedule change period. Contact the Registrar's Office located in the Fine Arts Hall for exceptions).
  • Drop a course or withdraw from the term using Drop/Add/Withdrawal in the Enrollment Services tab through MyCSU .
  • If the withdrawal request is submitted by the deadline to withdraw of the session, a grade of "W" is assigned unless a grade of "WF" has already been assigned by the instructor for excessive absences.
  • If the withdrawal form is submitted after the deadline to withdraw of the session, a grade of "WF" is assigned.

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