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What is discontinuance?

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Discontinuance is dropping ALL classes for a semester/term. This may affect eligibility to register for future semesters. See warning below.

Discontinuing may also have an impact on other areas of campus that require students to be enrolled in a certain number of credit hours (i.e., housing, financial aid, scholarships, the Student Health Center, employment, counseling services, computer labs, exercise facilities, etc.).

If you just want to withdraw from some classes, but not all, you may do so online in MyMAP until the Withdraw deadline. Click here for more information.

 

Discontinuance Before Classes Start

Students may discontinue by dropping each class or by clicking the "Drop All Classes" link on the Register page in MyMAP.

No withdraw date will be posted to your transcript if you drop all your classes before the first day of the semester or term.

 

Discontinuance Until the Add/Drop Deadline

Students may discontinue by dropping each individual class or by clicking “Drop All Classes” on the Register page in MyMAP until the add/drop deadline.

Discontinuance on or after the first day of class will result in a withdraw date posted on your transcript.

There will be no tuition charged for classes dropped by the Add/Drop deadline.

 

Discontinuance After the Add/Drop Deadline

From the add/drop deadline until the discontinuance deadline, you will need to turn in a discontinuance form to the Discontinuance Office. Forms can be obtained at the Discontinuance Office or at the following link: Downloadable Discontinuance Form. 

Discontinuance after the Add/Drop deadline will result in withdraw grades posted on your transcript. If discontinuing after the withdraw deadline, you will need to obtain signatures from your instructors. (After this time students are responsible for grades earned in class.) Each instructor will indicate an official withdrawal (W) or an academic failing withdrawal (WE) grade.

Tuition will be charged from the day after the add/drop deadline to the date of discontinuance at the percentage outlined by Tuition Refund Chart .

Additional Discontinuance Information

• Warning: Continuing students who discontinue from a major semester (fall or winter) also need to submit a Continuing Student Enrollment and Scholarship Deferment Application. Students who were newly admitted to the current semester or term will lose their admission status when they discontinue, and can contact the Discontinuance Counselor or the Admissions office about reapplication.

• After the discontinuance deadline, if non-academic circumstances arise, students should work with their instructors to get an Incomplete contract. If that is not possible, they may submit a petition to the Petitions Office.

• International students or students receiving multicultural financial aid must receive approval from those offices (respectively) before discontinuing.

• Students who leave the university under emergency conditions and subsequently do not return still have the responsibility to discontinue before the discontinuance deadline.