Add/Drop Courses
Adding/Dropping a Course
- You may use MyZou to add and drop courses if you have no holds and complete the add/drop before the deadline.
- Students on probation must complete a registration form, signed by their faculty adviser and brought to 2-64 Agriculture Building to process their request.
- After one week of classes, only problems, special readings or research courses may be added or the equivalent thereof in a shorter session.
- Add/drop forms are good for 24 hours after signed by the Dean.
- Dropping a course within the deadlines prevents the course from showing on your transcript.
Dropping/Withdrawing from a Course (After Deadline)
- After the deadline to drop without a grade has passed, you must withdraw from the course to drop it.
- You must have a withdraw form, available at the Academic Programs Office, 2-64 Agriculture Building, signed by your instructor indicating if you will receive a W or F.
- This must be accompanied by an add/drop form signed by your adviser, stamped by the Dean and taken to Registration, 130 Jesse Hall.
- The W or F will appear on the your transcript.
Dropping All Courses/Withdrawing from the University
- Dropping all courses cannot be completed on MyZou.
- After speaking with your faculty adviser to ensure this is the best decision, you need to come to the Academic Programs Office, 2-64 Agriculture Building, and request to withdraw from the University.
- To withdraw from the University prior to the fifth week of classes, you need to do the following:
- Request withdraw from University form to be completed in the Academic Programs Office, 2-64 Agriculture Building.
- Check with Financial Aid Office (11 Jesse Hall) if you have loans, grants, etc. Find out how withdrawing will affect future financial aid, payment status of loans and insurance.
- Check with Residential Life (125 Jesse Hall) if you have been living in a Residence Hall.
- To withdraw from the University after the fifth week of classes:
- Request withdraw from University form to be completed in the Academic Programs Office, 2-64 Agriculture Building.
- On separate CAFNR Form (pick up in 2-64 Agriculture Building) obtain instructor signatures for each enrolled course indicating grade of W or F to be posted on transcript. Return form to Academic Programs Office, in case a grade is reported incorrectly.
- Check with Financial Aid Office (11 Jesse Hall) if you have loans, grants, etc. Find out how withdrawing will affect future financial aid, payment status of loans and insurance.
- Check with Residential Life (125 Jesse Hall) if the student lives in a Residence Hall.
- If this process is completed after the first day of standard classes, and you are financially enrolled for a term, then you are still eligible to pre-register for the following term. For example, if you are enrolled in one course for the summer, you have to "withdraw from the university" to get out of the course, but if you have already pre-registered for the fall semester, you do not have to fill out a permit to re-enroll.
- If a term elapses (other than summer) between enrollments, you must complete a request for re-admission for undergraduate studies (PDF).
