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Changes in Registration

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Adding a Course(s)
Students who need to add a course or courses may do so by processing an add/drop form through the Recorder's Office in the School of Social Work (2110 C.L.) during the established add/drop period. Specific dates for each term's and session's add/drop period are published in the Schedule of Classes. After the deadline established for the term or session, a student cannot normally add a course or courses, but may file an appeal for a late add with the Registrar's Office.

Dropping a Course(s)
Students who need to drop courses may do so by processing an add/drop form through the Recorder's Office in the School of Social Work (2110 C.L.) during the established add/drop period. After the deadline established for the term or session, a student cannot drop a course(s) but may process a Monitored Withdrawal Request form with the dean's office of the school offering the course from which the student wishes to withdraw. Specific dates for each term's and session's add/drop period and the deadline for submission of the Monitored Withdrawal Request form are published in the Schedule of Classes.

Students who decide not to attend the University may drop all the courses they are registered for during the add/drop period with no financial liability. Students who make this decision after the add/drop period must process a resignation form through Student Accounts. See "Termination of Registration" below.

Monitored Withdrawal and Late Withdrawal
After the end of the add/drop period and until the established deadline for the term or session, a student may withdraw from any course and receive the grade of W in that course. To withdraw from a course, students should go to the Office of the Dean of the school offering the course to pick up a Monitored Withdrawal Request form.

A student who has withdrawn from a course will receive a grade of W; this grade has no effect on the student's QPA, and the credits do not count toward graduation. Students who wish to withdraw from all their courses should follow the procedures for "Termination of Registration" below. There is no reduction of tuition when withdrawing from a course.

Termination of Registration/Resignation (Dropping all Classes)
Failing to attend the classes for which a student is registered or failing to notify the appropriate academic and administrative offices of non-attendance is not considered an official resignation.

Students who fail to follow proper procedures as indicated below for termination of their registration are responsible for all tuition and fees assessed for the term or session. A student who stops attending a course and does not initiate the withdrawal or resignation procedures may be assigned an F grade.

The effective date of resignation is determined by one of the following: (1) the date of in-person contact with the Office of Student Accounts (201 Thackeray Hall); (2) the date of the postmark on the letter of intent to resign (or the date of receipt if no postmark exists); or (3) the date of notification by telephone (24-hour answering service in the Office of Student Accounts) at (412) 624-7585.

A student may terminate his or her registration in the following ways:

(1) Termination by Add/Drop Process: Students may terminate their registration in all classes by processing an add/drop form in the registration area, G-1 Thackeray Hall, prior to the end of the add/drop period for the term. Students registered for courses scheduled to begin after the end of the add/drop period for the term may terminate their registration by informing the University Registrar's Office of their intent to do so at any time prior to the first scheduled meeting day of the class.

(2) Termination by Resignation Process: First-time Students: After the end of the add/drop period, first-time students must resign through the Office of Student Accounts, 201 Thackeray Hall. An official resignation for first-time students occurs when the student notifies the Office of Student Accounts of his or her intent to terminate registration for all classes after the end of that term/session's add/drop period but no later than the 60 percent point (in time) of the term or session. (Forty percent of the term/session remaining.) After the 60 percent point in time of the term or session, first-time students can only terminate their registration by withdrawing from all their courses through the Recorder's Office (2110 C.L.).

(3) Termination by Resignation Process: Continuing Students: After the end of the add/drop period, the continuing student must resign through the Office of Student Accounts, 201 Thackeray Hall. An official resignation for continuing students occurs when the student notifies the Office of Student Accounts of his or her intent to terminate registration for all classes after the end of that term/session's add/drop period but no later than the close of business on the 60th calendar day of the term or the 30th calendar day of the session. After the 60th calendar day of the term or the 30th calendar day of the session, students can only terminate their registration by withdrawing through the Recorder's Office (2110 C.L.).

Adjustments to tuition charges, resulting from official resignations, are based on the effective date of the resignation and in accordance with the following schedules.

Students providing appropriate verification from a physician, of a bona fide medical reason for resignation, may be entitled to special financial adjustments.

The University has introduced a more complex Summer Term format. Questions on registration, withdrawal, add/drop and resignation for Summer should be directed to the Recorder's Office (2110 C.L.).

First-Time Student Resignation

Fee Schedule of Reduced Tuition Charges

Date of Notification	Reduction	Charge
Up to the end of the add/drop period for the term/session	100%	0%
80% of the term/session remaining	80%	20%
70% of the term/session remaining	70%	30%
60% of the term/session remaining	60%	40%
50% of the term/session remaining	50%	50%
40% of the term/session remaining	40%	60%
Thereafter	0%	100%

Note: The following registrations do not count as first term: College in High School, Semester at Sea, Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education (PCHE), School of Medicine Academic Program Code 350556, Pre-matric Program.

Continuing Student Resignation

Fee Schedule of Reduced Tuition Charges

Date of Notification	Reduction	Charge
Up to the end of the add/drop period for the term/session	100%	0%
75% of the term/session remaining	50%	50%
50% of the term/session remaining	25%	75%
Thereafter	0%	100%

NOTE: When a student resigns from a course that is shorter than 7 1/2 weeks, such as workshops, seminars, etc., there is no reduction in tuition charges after the first class meeting.

Title IV Refund Policy
A "refund" is the unearned amount of institutional charges that must be returned to 1) Title IV financial aid programs, 2) other sources of financial aid, and 3) the students, for students officially resigning from classes. The refund amount is based on the appropriate Resignation Fee Schedules of Adjusted Charges found above.

The amount of the refund for continuing students is the difference between the total of the institutional charges and the amount the University may retain.

The amount the University may retain is calculated as follows:

Total institutional charges	X	Percentage of charges
Minus unpaid charges

The amount of the refund for first-time students is equal to the total of the institutional charges times the percentage to be refunded less unpaid charges.

Refunds are returned according to the following order of priority:

1. Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan
2. Subsidized Federal Stafford Loan
3. Federal PLUS Loan
4. Federal Perkins Loan Program
5. Federal Pell Grant Program
6. Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant Program
7. Other Title IV Programs
8. Other federal, state, private, or institutional financial assistance
9. Student





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