Add and Drop Classes

What to know before changing your schedule

Dropping or adding classes can affect your financial aid, scholarships, and tuition. Before making changes, talk with your academic advisor. If you have questions about how it might affect your finances, contact us at 219-981-5626 or email us at rdhksc@iu.edu — we’re here to help.

Free Drop/Add Period

You can drop or add classes from the start of priority registration through the Sunday after the first week of classes (the census date). Dropping before this date avoids a “W” grade and any financial liability. Your enrollment status on the census date affects your financial aid.

Swapping Classes

If you're enrolled in 12–18 credit hours, drop and add within 7 days to avoid changes to your tuition. This is called “course swapping.” Keep in mind that course-related fees may still apply.

Withdrawing After the First Week

After the census date, you can still withdraw, but you’ll receive a “W” grade and tuition refunds follow the published schedule.

Late Withdrawals

After the automatic withdrawal period ends, you’ll need approval from your instructor and program coordinator or dean. These are only granted for serious reasons like extended illness. Instructors may approve a late withdrawal with a grade of “F” if you're failing at the time of the request.

Learn about late drop/add

Missed the continuous drop/add deadline? You can still do a late drop/add.

Find out how to appeal

If you withdraw after the refund period due to unusual circumstances, you may be able to appeal the fee refund policy.

Take a class without it affecting your GPA

Interested in a class, but don't want to worry about how it'll affect your GPA? You can take the class for no credit, which is known as auditing a class. Audited classes aren't counted as completed academic credit and don't count toward certification. They'll be listed on your grade report and on your transcript as "NC" (no credit). You won't receive a grade for classes you audit.

Why audit a class?

There are several reasons you might choose to audit a class:

You're interested in a subject, but you want to study it without worrying about being graded on your performance.
You'd like to study a subject that will help your grade in a different, related class.
You're thinking about changing your major, but want to make sure the new major will be right for you.

Tuition and fees

Tuition and fees are charged the same as courses for credit hours.

Keep in mind:

New students must be eligible for admission. The application for admission, the application fee, and appropriate academic credentials are required.
Students previously enrolled or concurrently enrolled in credit courses may enroll as auditors by informing registration personnel during the registration period or before the first class meeting.
Changes to credit and noncredit status are prohibited after the second week of classes (first week of classes in summer sessions), unless approved by the executive vice chancellor for academic affairs.
Courses completed as audits will be entered on the student's transcript with an "NC" notation for "no credit" in place of a grade. The NC notation recorded for an audited course may not be changed subsequent to a regular grade for credit.

Seats in a class filled? Waitlist

Interested in registering for a class, but all the seats are filled? You can join the waitlist. If a seat later becomes available, the waitlist system will attempt to place a student into that open seat. The first student on the waitlist who meets the eligibility requirements will be placed into the class.

Note that your enrollment status is based on the number of credit hours for which you’re registered — waitlist hours don’t count. If you need to maintain a certain enrollment level, register for a schedule that will work for you and use the drop if enrolled option.

You won’t be able to waitlist a course that requires class or school authorization until the department has granted you permission. Make sure to request permission as soon as possible — ideally before your authorized registration time.

Once you place yourself on a waitlist, it is your responsibility to monitor your waitlist status in .

If you decide not to take a course you have waitlisted, you must drop the waitlist request to ensure you are not placed in the class. If you’re placed in the class before you have a chance to remove yourself from the waitlist, you’ll need to drop the class.

Once waitlist processing has ended, your request will automatically expire if you have not been added to the class. If you still wish to try to add the class after your request expires, follow the procedures for adding a class.

Find out when waitlist requests expire

If you want to enroll in a course while you wait to see if you’ll make it into another one, you can choose the drop if enrolled option. This lets you identify a course you’ve scheduled to be automatically dropped if your waitlist request is satisfied. (Note that a waitlist request cannot be used as a drop if enrolled for another waitlist request.)

If you haven’t selected a class to drop if your waitlist request is fulfilled, you can use the change waitlist drop option in the to update your waitlist request without losing your waitlist position.

If you’re still on the waitlist on the first day of classes, you’ll need to decide whether or not to drop your waitlist request and stay in the class you’re registered for. If your waitlist request isn’t filled by the end of waitlist processing, you’ll remain in your registered class for the term—so be sure to attend that class while you wait. If your schedule permits, you should also attend the class you’ve waitlisted.

Which courses have waitlists?
Most courses are waitlist eligible. If a course requires class or school authorization, you won’t be able to waitlist it until the department has authorized you.
Can I add a waitlisted request after I register?
Yes, you can add a waitlist request during any open registration period, whether it’s your initial registration or a schedule adjustment.
Can I add a waitlist request for more than one class in the same course?
Yes, you can waitlist each class number (section) that would meet your scheduling need.
Can I drop a waitlist request?
Yes, you can drop requests during normal drop/add periods.
When does the waitlist matching system run?
The waitlist runs in batches five times per day, starting at 8 AM with the last run at 4 PM, from the start of priority registration, and ends as follows:
For Fall/Spring/Summer semesters
- The last day to add yourself to a class waitlist is the close of business on the Friday before the first week of classes for the session.
- Final waitlist run is Tuesday at 4 PM of the first week of classes in all sessions.
- Reminder: a “session” is a subdivision of the semester that may have different start dates than the full semester. Examples: Regular Full-Semester session (1) Summer Session II (SS2), Thirteen-Week (13W), Second 8-weeks (8W2). See the academic calendar for the start/end dates of all sessions in the semester.
How long will my name stay on the waitlist?
Your name will stay on the waitlist until the last day of waitlist processing. If your request hasn't been satisfied by this date, it'll automatically expire—though the request will continue to appear on your class schedule.
Is there any way to get into the class if my request isn't filled?
If you still want to add the class after the last day of waitlist processing, you will have to get permission from the instructor or school permission of the offering course.
How are fees handled?
Fees from waitlist registration and schedule adjustments are held to the same fee payment schedule as traditional scheduling.

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