STOP......if you want to drop a course during registration you MUST complete a Schedule Change form in person or through Campus Connect, ONLY.

How do I add or drop a class just after I've registered?

You may add or drop a course during the add/drop period in two ways:

1. By completing a schedule change form in person in the Admissions Office at your campus.
   
2. Students who are eligible to register using Campus Connect may add/drop courses using this system.

How to Withdraw from a Class/

Complete Withdraw

What if I need to drop a course later in the semester? You may NOT use the on-line drop form until after the official date of record for each semester.  Drops submitted using this form prior to the official date of records WILL NOT BE HONORED. 

**Please see the IMPORTANT NOTICE concerning the limitation on number of courses that may be dropped, effective Fall 2007.

A grade of "W" will be given to students who officially withdraw from a course, or "drop", by the indicated date below.

The deadlines to submit a Petition for Course Drop are at the close of the business day on:

• April 18, 2008

Petition for Course Drops submitted AFTER the dates above will NOT be honored.

Instructions
To drop a course (after the official date of record for the current term) with a grade of "W", you may complete the Petition for Course Drop in any NCTC Registrar's Office, OR complete the Petition for Course Drop online OR download and complete the form (in PDF format) before the date indicated above. 

Online Requests
The Registrar's Office should receive the form via e-mail.  The form will be processed and a copy will be sent to you for your records.  If you don't receive a copy, you should contact the Registrar's Office immediately.  The student is responsible for verifying that the email was received by the Registrar's Office prior to the deadline for the current semester.

Faxed Requests
You may drop a course with a "W" by faxing your request to any NCTC Admissions Office.  However, faxes are not verifiable and are not honored if not received.  The student is responsible for verifying the fax was received by the Registrar's Office prior to the deadline for the current semester.

IMPORTANT
It is the student’s responsibility to officially withdraw from any class they do not wish to attend. Students who stop attending classes and who do not officially withdraw, may be assigned a final grade of “F”.

NOTE: Students may NOT drop their developmental course(s) without presenting passing scores for the area(s) failed. Students who need to withdraw from some of their courses may do so as long as they remain enrolled in at least one developmental course each semester. Developmental courses may NOT be dropped online. Students must appear in person to drop developmental courses.

Complete Withdrawal

If a student withdraws completely from NCTC on or prior to the course drop-date deadline, a final grade of "W" will be recorded for each course in which the students is enrolled. Should a student withdraw completely from NCTC after the deadline, a final grade will be recorded for each course in which the student is enrolled at the discretion of the appropriate dean with the advice and consultation of the instructor of record. It is the student's responsibility to officially withdraw from any classes they do not wish to attend or cannot, for any reason, complete.

Please contact the Admissions/Registrar's Office at the campus nearest you for more information

Gainesville: 940-668-4222
Bowie: 940-872-4002
Corinth: 940-498-6200

Email the Admissions Office

*IMPORTANT NOTICE*

Limitation on Number of Courses That May Be Dropped

Beginning with this past Fall 2007 academic term, and applying to students who enrolled in higher education for the first time during the Fall 2007 academic term or any term subsequent to the Fall 2007 term, an institution of higher education may not permit an undergraduate student to drop a total of more that six courses, including any course a transfer student has dropped at another institution of higher education as defined for this section, unless:

1. The institution has adopted a policy under which the maximum number of courses a student is permitted to drop is less than six; or

2. The student can show good cause for dropping more than that number, including but not limited to showing of:

• A severe illness or other debilitating condition that affects the students ability to satisfactorily complete the course;
• The student's responsibility for the care of a sick, injured, or needy person if the provision of that care affects the student's ability to satisfactorily complete the course;
• The death of a person who is considered to be a member of the student's family or who is otherwise considered to have a sufficiently close relationship to the student that the person's death is considered to be a showing of good cause;
• The active duty service as a member of the Texas National Guard or the Armed Forces of the United States of either the student, or a person who is considered to be a member of the student's family or is otherwise considered to have a sufficiently close relationship to the student that the person's active military service is considered to be a showing of good cause;
• The change of the students work schedule that is beyond the control of the student, and that affects the student's ability to satisfactorily complete the course; or
• Other good cause as determined by the institution of higher education.