After registering for a course, you are considered enrolled until you officially drop the course.  Important dates are shown in the following tables. 

Fall 2009

Length of Class	Classes Begin	Classes End	Last Day for 100% Refund	Last Day for 70% Refund	Last Day for 25% Refund	Last Day to Drop
16 Weeks	August 31	December 18	August 30	September 21	September 28	November 20
1st 8 Weeks	August 31	October 23	August 30	September 10	September 14	October 9
2nd 8 Weeks	October 26	December 18	October 25	November 4	November 6	December 4

 

Winter 2009 Mini-term

Length of Class	Classes Begin	Classes End	Last Day for 100% Refund	Last Day for 70% Refund	Last Day for 25%Refund	No Refund	Last Day to Drop
3-Week Mini	December 21	January 6	December 18	December 23	December 28	December 29	January 4

December 17^th is the last day a winter mini-term class can be dropped on the web.

 

Spring 2010

Length of Class	Classes Begin	Classes End	Last Day for 100% Refund	Last Day for 70% Refund	Last Day For 25% Refund	No Refund	Last Day to Drop
16 Weeks	Jan 19	May 21	Jan 18	Feb 8	Feb 15	Feb 16	April 16
1st 8 Weeks	Jan 19	Mar 12	Jan 18	Jan 28	Feb 1	Feb 2	Feb 26
2nd 8 Weeks	Mar 22	May 21	Mar 21	Mar 31	Apr 2	Apr 3	April 30

 

All refunds will be mailed to the address on file in the student records system.  Any change of address should be reported to the Office of Admissions and Registration.

 

ONCE CLASSES BEGIN, YOU CANNOT DROP A CLASS ON-LINE.  YOU MUST SUBMIT A DROP FORM !!! Drop Form

 

WARNING:  If you register for classes but do not attend or quit attending, you must officially drop or withdraw through the Office of Admissions and Registration by filling out a drop form Drop Form.  Failure to do so will result in an “F” on your transcript for each incomplete class.

 

If you register but have made payment arrangements through scholarships, third parties, Financial Aid, or the Business Office and do not attend or quit attending WCJC, you must fill out a drop form Drop Form.

SIX-WITHDRAWAL LIMIT

Legislation was passed by the Texas Senate (SB1231) in late spring 2007 that could seriously impact your college career.  This legislation applies to all students entering into any Texas public institution of higher education as a first time freshman for Fall 2007 and subsequent terms.  Please read the following information carefully.

Under section 51.907 of the Texas Education Code, “an institution of higher education may not permit a student to drop more than 6 courses, including any course a transfer student has dropped at another institution of higher education.”  This statute was enacted by the State of Texas in spring 2007 and applies to students who enroll in a public institution of higher education as first time freshmen in fall 2007 or later.  Any course that a student drops is counted toward the six-course limit if “(1) the student was
able to drop the course without receiving a grade or incurring an academic penalty; (2) the student’s transcript indicates or will indicate that the student was enrolled in the course; and (3) the student is not dropping the course in order to withdraw from the institution.”

 EXCLUDED COURSES FROM LIMIT
Drops from the following types of courses are excluded from the course drop limit.

• Students who entered college before Fall 2007.
• Courses taken by students while enrolled in high school – whether for dual credit or early admission.  Once graduated from high school the drops will begin to count.
• Courses dropped at private or out-of-state institutions
• Remedial or developmental courses, workforce education courses, or other courses that would not generate undergraduate credit that could be applied to a degree
• Drops which meet the definition of a complete withdrawal

EXCEPTIONS:

A)   Severe illness or other debilitating condition that affects the student’s ability to satisfactorily complete the course.
B)   The student’s responsibility for the care of a sick, injured or needy person if the provision of that care affects the student’s ability to satisfactorily complete the course.
C)   The death of a person who is considered to be a member of the student’s family or who is otherwise considered to have a sufficiently close relationship to the student that the person’s death is considered to be a showing of good cause.
D)   The active duty service as a member of the Texas National Guard or other armed forces of the United States of either the student or a person who is considered to be a member of the student’s family or who is otherwise considered to have a sufficiently close relationship to the student that the person’s active military service is considered to be a showing of good cause.
E)   The change of the student’s work schedule that is beyond the control of the student, and that affects the student’s ability to satisfactorily complete the course.
F)   Other good cause as determined by the institution

For the purposes of this section, please see the following definitions:

Family members – spouse, child, grandchild, father, mother, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfathers, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, first cousin, stepparent, step-child, or step-sibling
Sufficiently close relationship – this relationship can include a relative with the third degree of consanguinity plus close friends including but not limited to roommates, housemates, classmates, or others identified by the student for approval of the institution on a case-by-case basis

• This statue applies to all Texas public college and universities.  Therefore, a Wharton County Junior College student affected by this statute that has attended or plans to attend another institution of higher education should become familiar with that institution’s policies on dropping courses.