Freshmen normally preregister at designated times during the spring or summer preceding their first enrollment. Returning students normally preregister for the following semester during pre-designated advising weeks. These students may adjust their schedules before or at the start of each semester. Students are responsible for planning their program of study and for fulfilling graduation requirements in consultation with, and with the approval of, their adviser. 

Students must complete registration during the designated times. Credit is not allowed for a course unless the student is properly registered.  While students are responsible for dropping or withdrawing from courses which they do not plan to complete within the time limits specified in the Academic Calendar, Lindsey Wilson reserves the right to administratively withdraw any student who has not attended a class during the first five days of a fall or spring semester.

  Changes in Registration: Adding and/or Dropping a Course

For undergraduate classes at the Columbia campus, adding a course, dropping a course, or changing from one section of a course to another section of the same course requires the approval of the advisor and the instructor for each course involved as indicated on the Add/Drop Form. The change must be reported to the Business Office and the Registrar's Office on an Add/Drop Form, which may be obtained from the Registrar's Office.  For AIM courses, adding a course, dropping a course, or changing from one section of a course to another section of the same course requires the approval of the Director of the Evening Program.  For courses taught at Community sites, adding a course, dropping a course, or changing from one section of a course to another section of the same course requires the approval of the Site Coordinator for the campus. Permission to add courses will not be given after the last date for late registration. Authorization for dropping a course will not be approved after more than 75% of the instructional days for a course are completed, as outlined below:   

 If changes are not properly approved and officially reported as stated above, students will receive a grade of F in the courses for which they are officially registered, and they will be charged for all such courses. Students will not receive credit for changed or added courses unless they officially register for those courses. 

Transcript Records of Dropped Courses

When a course drop is properly authorized and submitted to the Registrar's Office, the course will appear on the student's transcript record with a designation of W (dropped/withdrawn).  No course drops are permitted after more than 75% of the instructional days in a course are completed. 

Students who wish to drop a course must complete an Add/Drop Form, include the instructor and advisor signatures, and submit it to the office noted in the table above. Failure to do so will result in a grade of F for the course. Add/Drop Forms may be obtained from the Registrar's Office, the Academic Affairs Office or the academic advisor.