How to Make Changes after Registration
Changes of Curriculum
Students who wish to change their major can do so using the online Change of Major form. Students may change their major through the end of the schedule adjustment (drop/add) period during each full-term Fall, Spring, and Summer semester. Dates for schedule adjustment (drop/add) are published on the academic calendar. Change of major requests received after this period will show a pending change effective with the start of the next full term. For questions about changing your major, please contact the Registrar’s Office at 215-968-8100 or email registrar@bucks.edu.
Drop and Add
Each semester begins with a period when courses may be added or dropped with no grade being recorded. Students must use their Workday Student account to make drop/add changes officially recorded. Dates for adding and dropping courses (and related refund percentages) are published on the academic calendar.
Once the drop/add period ends for a semester, no further adds or late registration is permitted. Students may still withdraw from courses (with a grade of "W" recorded and no refund) until the date specified in the semester calendar. Any request to change to or from "audit" status must be submitted by the end of the drop/add period.
Courses that start later than the regular semester start date, or end prior to the regular semester end date, are referred to as "modular courses." Modular courses have their own drop/add and withdraw schedules. Dates for adding and dropping modular courses are published on the academic calendar. Refund tiers for modular courses may be found on the Tuition Refund Policy page.
The drop/add period is intended to aid students in adjusting their schedules or courses due to unforeseen circumstances or academic considerations. Students are responsible for promptly completing missed assignments if they enter a course after it has begun.
Withdrawal
Student-Initiated. The withdrawal period for each term and modular is posted on the College calendar. Students may withdraw from a course through the withdrawal deadline (see the College calendar for specific dates). A withdrawn course receives no refund and is recorded with a W grade on the transcript.
Failure to attend class is not an official withdrawal. Students who discontinue class attendance and who do not complete the official withdrawal procedures may receive a grade of F.
Students may withdraw from a course(s), during the withdrawal period, via their Workday Student account, under the Academics App. A student should contact the Registrar's Office via registrar@bucks.edu with any issues completing a withdrawal. The email must be received before the withdrawal deadline stated in the College calendar.
Withdrawal after the Deadline. A student requesting to withdraw from a course after the published withdrawal deadline must submit a Withdrawal After the Deadline Appeal through the
Enrollment Services Office.
The appeal must include documentation of the circumstances that prevented the student from withdrawing by the published deadline. The appeal will be reviewed in accordance with College procedures.
If the appeal is denied, the student will remain enrolled in the course and the earned grade will remain on the academic record. If the appeal is approved, the student’s grade will be changed to a withdrawal in accordance with the approved appeal decision.
No appeal for a change of a grade to W will be considered after three years have elapsed since the end of the semester or session in which the grade was received.
Students completely withdrawing from the College must secure a clearance from the Financial Aid Office prior to submitting a withdrawal form.