Withdrawal from Courses

Course drops must be approved by the director/chair of the graduate program and submitted to the Registrar prior to the drop/withdraw deadline. Before dropping or withdrawing from a course, students are encouraged to contact the graduate program to review their academic plan and options for dropping or withdrawing from a course.

If an approved Request to Drop form is submitted with the Registrar by the Last Day to Drop, the course does not appear on the student’s record/transcript. If an approved Request to Drop form is submitted with the Registrar by the Last Day to Withdraw, the course will appear on the student’s record/transcript and will be assigned a mark/grade of a W. Students should refer to the academic calendar for their graduate program for specific dates each term/semester.

Students will be withdrawn as of the day that the Request to Drop form is submitted to the Registrar’s Office. Merely ceasing to attend class does not constitute withdrawal, and failure to follow prescribed withdrawal procedures may result in a grade of F. The College of Idaho does not allow students to withdraw retroactively from a course from which they earned a grade. A course withdrawal must be completed by the deadline.

Under certain circumstances, a faculty member, the Dean of Graduate Studies or the Dean of Students, in consultation with the Registrar, may administratively withdraw a student from a course. In such a case a mark/grade of W will appear on the transcript.