Assignment of Classes
In addition to consulting with their advisor, students should be familiar with the current undergraduate and graduate catalogs regarding assignments and curricula. The catalogs are the official source of information and are maintained on the university’s academics website. {University Handbook, F8}
Registration
University Handbook, F10-F12
No student is officially enrolled in courses or for private lessons in music or other subjects until a formal course assignment is completed. For more information visit the Office of the Registrar website.
Registration and assignment to classes take place on specific dates as shown on the academic calendar. No student may add a full-semester course after the seventh calendar day of the semester without the permission of the instructor. Students should enroll during the regularly scheduled registration periods in order to avoid late fees. More registration details, including dates for classes that run less than a full semester, can be found on the Office of the Registrar website.
An undergraduate student may not enroll for more than 21 credit hours in a semester unless the student is granted permission to do so by the student’s academic dean or the dean’s representative. See the Committee on Academic Policy and Procedures (CAPP), or the Office of the Registrar, for more information on the limitation for intersession hours.
Dropping and Adding Courses; Changing Colleges; Withdrawing from the University
University Handbook, F64.1 to F64.7
During the regular session, if a student wants to drop or add a course or if an instructor recommends a change, the student should confer with an advisor.
No student may add a course with 70 or more calendar days (10 or more weeks in length) after the 7th calendar day of classes without the consent of the instructor.
An instructor may drop a student from any or all components (e.g., lecture, recitation, lab, etc.) of a course if the student is absent at the beginning of the first class period of any component of the course. Students who cannot be in attendance should arrange prior permission from the instructor in order to avoid being dropped. For purposes of this procedure, enrollment in and payment of fees for a course do not constitute sufficient notification of intent to take a course.
The last day for dropping courses with 70 or more calendar days (10 or more weeks in length), without a ‘W’ being recorded is at the 36th calendar day of the term. After the 68th calendar day of the term, courses may not be dropped. For courses less than 70 days (10 or more weeks in length), the drop
dates are prorated. For more information see the Academic Policy.
A student may transfer from one college to another with permission from the dean or the dean’s representative of the college into which the student proposes to transfer. For more information see the Academic Policy.
Students who decide to withdraw from Kansas State University must begin the official withdrawal process at the dean’s office of their college. Note that dropping all classes requires withdrawing. For more information see Dropping All Classes or Withdrawing from K-State.
- If a student withdraws during the first 36 calendar days of a 70 or more calendar day course (approximately 10 or more weeks in length), no mark will be recorded on the student’s transcript.
- Thereafter, a mark of ‘W’ is recorded; a course less than 70 calendar days (approximately 10 or more weeks in length), is prorated.
- The deadline for withdrawing is the end of the 68th calendar day of the term; for a course less than 70 calendar days (approximately 10 or more weeks in length), the withdrawal date is prorated.
Retake Policy
University Handbook, F65.1
Students may retake courses in order to improve the grade. If a course is retaken, the original grade is noted as retaken and removed from the cumulative grade point average. Retakes can be accomplished only by re-enrolling in and completing a Kansas State University course.
Courses originally taken on a letter grade basis may be retaken on an ‘A’/Pass/Fail grading basis if appropriate, or if originally taken on an ‘A’/Pass/Fail grading basis may be retaken on a letter-grade basis.
The retake grade will always be used in the cumulative grade point average computation regardless of whether it is higher or lower than the original grade.
The original course remains on the academic record.
Although there is no limit to the number of times a course may be retaken, a student may retake a course with subsequent removal of the prior grade from the calculation of the grade point only once for each course, and only for the first five retaken courses during the student’s academic career at K-State.
Any grades obtained from retaking courses beyond these limitations will be used in calculating the cumulative grade point average. A retaken course will count only once toward meeting degree requirements.
Any course retaken after completion of a bachelor’s degree will not affect the credits or the GPA applied to that degree.
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