Undergraduate Course Drops

  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3132
  • Date Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Date Revised: Spring 2012
  • Last Modified: Jul 27, 2023
  • Effective Date: Fall 2012
  • Approved By: Provost
  • Sponsor(s): Provost
  • Responsible Office(s): Registrar's Office

Policy Statement

  • Eligible students may register during the registration period that is announced in Pathway and via UMKC email. Students who are not registered will not receive academic credit and cannot attend classes. All registration and changes in registration must be processed by the UMKC Registration and Records Office either in person or using an approved electronic format such as Pathway.
  • A class schedule is published prior to each semester in Pathway and lists courses offered, meeting times and locations. The University reserves the right to cancel without notice any course listed in the schedule for any semester, or to withdraw any course that does not have adequate enrollment at the close of the registration period.
  • Eligible students may drop during the drop schedule period that is provided in the Academic Calendar.
  • Eligible students may drop classes from the time they register through the first four weeks of a semester without academic assessment.
  • If students drop all of their classes prior to the end of the first four weeks of the semester, a notation is placed on their transcript that indicates the date the classes were dropped. Students who drop all of their classes during the first four weeks of the semester are required to follow the Total Withdraw Policy.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty, academic advisors and all students.

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

UMKC add-drop form (PDF)

UMKC academic calendar 

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office

Registrar's website

Physical location:
115 Administrative Center
5115 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address:
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64110-2499

Phone: 816-235-1125

Fax: 816-235-5513

Email: registrar@umkc.edu 

Exclusions

This policy does not apply to graduate students or professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine or pharmacy.

History and Updates

None

Appendices

None