Academic withdrawal rules

Withdrawal period (without academic penalty)

If you drop or withdraw from a credit course between the 21% and 50% point of the class length, you will receive a ‘W’ grade (Withdrawal, without academic penalty) on your official transcript. The ‘W’ grade is not calculated in your grade point average (GPA).

Withdraw/fail period (with academic penalty)

If you drop or withdraw from a credit course after the 50% point of the class length, you will receive an academic penalty grade of ‘WF’ (Withdraw Fail) on your official transcript. The ‘WF’ grade is calculated in your GPA as a value of 0.0 (4.0 grade scale) or 0% (percentage scale).

Official date of withdrawal

If you submit a request to drop courses or a Program withdrawal form directly to the Office of the Registrar, the date the request is received is the official withdrawal date for purposes of assessing academic penalties and refunds.

If a college representative submits a drop or withdrawal request to the Office of the Registrar on your behalf, then the date of submission of the request is used to determine the official date of the drop or withdrawal.

Program transfers

If you wish to transfer to another college program, you must submit an application for admission and pay the application fee.

College cancellation of a course or program

The college offers programs and courses based on anticipated demand. In the event that we need to postpone or cancel a program or course, the college will provide as much notice as possible to affected students. If the college cancels a program or course, we will issue you a full refund.