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What You Need to Know Before You Withdraw

Important! New Withdrawal Policy, Effective Spring 2013 Term

As part of University of Maryland University College's commitment to your success, we are implementing new policies regarding course registration, dropping a course and withdrawing from a course for Spring 2013.

Changes to Course Registration Dates

Our research shows a strong connection between early registration and student success. To ensure you have enough time to prepare for class, we are changing the last day to register for online classes.

• Online Courses: Students must register at least five days prior to the start of the online course. Example: An online session starts on Monday, January 14, 2013. A student can register up until Wednesday, January 9, at 11:59 p.m.

The relationship between registration date and student success for on-site and hybrid courses is less definitive. Because of this, registration deadlines for classes offered in these formats have been changed.

• Hybrid Courses* (defined as having both online and on-site components): Students must register one day prior to the calendar start date. Example: A hybrid session runs from Monday, January 14, through Sunday, March 10, 2013. A student can register up until Sunday, January 13, at 11:59 p.m.
• On-Site Courses*: Students must register prior to the start of the first class meeting.

Changes to Course Drop and Withdrawal Policies

In addition, we have updated our Course Drop and Withdrawal Policy. This new policy provides you with a longer time frame to drop a course with full refund of tuition and non-application fees without the course appearing on your transcript. The time allowed for dropping a course depends on the length of the session. After this drop period, the refund schedule for drop and withdrawal (shown below) will be followed.

Drop Versus Withdrawal

• Drop: An academic drop occurs when you remove yourself from a course before or during UMUC's drop period. There are no academic consequences from this action, but there may be financial aid repercussions for dropping a course if you no longer meet the qualifications for aid. The course will show on your registration history as dropped but will not be posted on unofficial or official transcripts and does not count as attempted credit.
• Withdrawal: An academic withdrawal from a course occurs when you remove yourself from a course after the drop period has passed. There will be financial repercussions for this withdrawal. The academic consequences from this action include receiving the grade of "W" for the course, which will appear on unofficial and official transcripts. A grade of "W" will not impact your GPA and does not count as completed credit toward your degree.

• Students registered for classroom courses must officially withdraw no later than the day before the final class.
• Students who register for online and/or hybrid Asia/Europe courses must officially withdraw no later than the Friday of the week before the course ends (9 days before the end-of-class date).
• Students who register for online Adelphi courses must officially withdraw before 65 percent of the total number of days in a session has expired
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Students must officially withdraw themselves from courses. Never attending or ceasing to attend class does not constitute an official withdrawal nor relieve students of their financial obligation to UMUC.

When withdrawing from a class, all times and dates will be expressed in Eastern Time.

Tuition Refund Schedule