Add/Drop Policies

Once the semester begins, students who want to add or drop a course from their schedule of courses may do so only during the College's published add/drop period according to these guidelines:

  Students who want to add a course to their schedule may do so only by filing a properly completed add/drop form with the Registrar's Office.  The signature of the student's instructor is required for all course adds.

. Students who want to drop a course may do so by filing a properly completed add/drop form with the Registrar's Office.  No signatures are required for course drops. During the add/drop period, courses may also be dropped through VSC Web Services on Blackboard.  JSC strongly recommends that you discuss any course adds or drops with your advisor.

  Full-semester courses may be added or dropped only until the end of the second week of the semester.

  First half-semester courses may be added or dropped during the add/drop period.  For second-half semester courses, courses may be added or dropped until the end of the second week of classes.

  If, because of failure to attend at least one of the first two class sessions, students are refused entry to a class in which they are registered, they must still officially drop that course from their schedule at the Registrars Office, or through VSC Web Services on Blackboard during the add/drop period. Tuition refunds that might be due will be made only on the basis of a proper and timely drop, regardless of the student's actual attendance of the class.

The registrar will publish the exact dates on which all of the above deadlines fall. Exceptions to the procedures above will be allowed only upon approval of the Academic Status Committee.