Drop/Add Process  

Students must first click the "Enroll Me" button in their WesPortal before they will be permitted to participate in drop/add.

Important Drop/Add Resources:

• Video Guide to Drop/Add
• Drop/Add Frequently Asked Questions
• FAQ Guide for students, faculty, and advisors

Drop/Add Basics

• Refer to the Academic Calendar for the drop/add dates each semester.
• Students may enroll in up to 4.0 full-credit courses (courses 1.0 credit or higher), excluding tutorials and private music lessons.
  • Partial-credit courses (courses less than 1.0 credit) do not count towards the credit limit.
  • If a student wants to take more than 4.00 full-credit courses, they may ask their advisor for approval, which if approved, must be increased by the advisor via the drop/add system.
• An e-mail notification system informs students, faculty and advisors of daily drop/add activity. 
• The ranked drop/add requests which students made during pre-registration will appear in the drop/add system and are used by instructors to admit students to courses.
• Students may also make unranked drop/add requests once drop/add opens (see below for more details.)
• Instructors determine who may be admitted to the course, meaning all enrollments require instructor approval.
• Instructors may drop students who do not attend the first class meeting.
• Advisors can approve individual drops and adds.
• Permission of Instructor and Pre-requisite Override requests are NOT available during drop/add, as all requests require instructor approval.
• Crosslistings and GenEd Designations must be chosen by the end of drop/add.
  • When a 2nd/4th Quarter course has multiple general educational area assignments (NSM, SBS, HA), a student must select one general education area assignment during the five working days following the first class meeting by submitting an academic schedule change form via WesPortal.
• Student forums are processed outside of the drop/add system.
• Teaching Apprentice (TA) Tutorials are processed outside of the drop/add system.

Drop/Add Request Limit to Unranked Requests

• In addition to the ranked drop/add requests submitted during pre-registration, students are be able to submit a max of six unranked course requests.
  • Students can submit multiple sections of one course.
• Once a student reaches the limit of six, the "Add to My Courses" button no longer appears for courses in Drop/Add.
  • An outstanding request will need to be canceled to submit an additional request.

Schedule Confirmation

• Students can confirm their schedules as early as the first day of drop/add.
• Changes made via drop/add will reflect in a student's class schedule in WesPortal the day after a change is made.

For Students

• Students can confirm their schedules during the drop/add period. 
  • Once a schedule is confirmed:
    • no additional requests can be submitted,
    • any pending requests can no longer be approved by the professors, and
    • enrolled courses cannot be dropped.
  • If additional changes are required, a student can un-confirm their schedule.
  • These changes are dynamic.
• If a student has reached the maximum number of drop/add requests and/or has confirmed their schedule, the student can still:
  • submit tutorial requests
  • cancel requests
  • change crosslisting
  • change grading mode
  • change GenEd designation
• Consider deleting any pending enrollment requests so that you no longer appear in the instructor's enrollment request list.

For Instructors

• In course management, students who have confirmed their schedules will be marked as such and can no longer be added to the class list.
  • You are welcome to email them to see if they are still interested in the class. If they are, they can un-confirm their schedule so that you can add them to the class.

Other Resources

• DROP/ADD GENERAL FAQ
• DROP/ADD FAQ FOR STUDENTS
• DROP/ADD FAQ FOR INSTRUCTORS
• DROP/ADD FAQ FOR ADVISORS
• ACADEMIC CALENDAR
• TUTORIAL FAQ
• TUTORIAL STATUS EXPLANATIONS
• APPROVED STUDENT FORUMS

Post-Drop/Add

Grading mode changes for student option courses

• Grading mode changes for Student Option graded, non-tutorial courses may be changed until the grading mode change deadline via WesPortal>Courses>Schedule.

All other changes

• Changes made on the last day of drop/add, will not appear on the Class Schedule until the next day.
  • Students should wait for the overnight refresh to occur before confirming the accuracy of their schedules and/or submitting any late change requests.
• Any other post-drop/add changes must be made via the Academic Change form options via a student's class schedule.
• These links will not be available until drop/add closes.

Please direct inquiries concerning drop/add to the Registrar's Office.