To add or drop a course(s), students must present their University ID card or photo ID. If required, students are to complete a Schedule Change Request form (from the Registrar's Office) with appropriate signatures and process it at the Registration Office. Students unable to process course changes in person should contact their academic dean personally to initiate a change in registration. An "F" grade will be assigned to discontinued work without official notice. Simply ceasing to attend a course does NOT constitute a course withdrawal. If a course is on your schedule and you are not attending it, you must drop the course through web registration, if permitted, or through the Office of the University Registrar in the lobby of Hezzleton E. Simmons Hall.

To add a Course(s): For most courses at The University of Akron, students must register by the 15th calendar day of the term and must be included on the official class list that is issued on that day. Those students who have not registered by this deadline may not attend classes or receive credit for the course.

This deadline applies to all regular 15-week courses offered in the fall and spring semesters, as well as to regular courses held during the summer session. For all other courses, such as those in intersessions or those that are flexibly scheduled, students must register by the date when 20% of the course has been completed.

To drop a Course(s): A student may withdraw from a course without an adviser's or course instructor's signature through the 15th day of a semester or comparable dates during summer session, intersession, etc. After the 15th day of a semester, and up to the midpoint of a semester, a student may withdraw from a course with the signature of the student's adviser.

After the midpoint of a semester, a student must have the signature of both the course instructor and the adviser. Such authorization must be dated and processed through the Office of the University Registrar, in the lobby of Hezzleton E. Simmons Hall, no later than the last day of the 12th week of classes or comparable dates during the summer session, intersession, etc.

Should the instructor or the adviser refuse to sign the withdrawal form, the student may appeal to the dean of the student's college, who shall make the final decision after consultation with the instructor or adviser who declined to approve the withdrawal.

Courses dropped after the official 15th day of a term will appear as a withdrawal (WD) on the student's academic record. A student who leaves a course without following the above withdrawal procedure will be given a grade of "F".

Refunds are determined according to the date your withdrawal form is received by the Office of the University Registrar, not by the last day you attended classes. You must drop courses within the refund periods in order to receive a refund.

Your refund is based on the total amount of tuition charges owed, even if this amount has not been completely paid through the Installment Payment Plan, etc. It is not a refund from the amount paid to date; it is a refund based on the total amount of tuition owed. For detailed information about refunds, visit the Office of Student Accounts website.

Click here to obtain a Registration/Schedule Adjustment Form (Word) (PDF).