Add/Drop Period and Deadlines
Once you have made the decision to drop, you need to be aware of the deadlines posted on the Academic/Registration Calendar on the Registrar's Office website (https://registrar.unt.edu/registration-guides-by-semester) for each of the following periods in which you can change your schedule.
Add/Drop Period
- First week of a Fall or Spring semester. (Go to https://registrar.unt.edu/registration-guides-by-semester.html for summer add/drop dates.)
- May be done online or in person at the Registrar's Office.
Open Drop Period (no adds):
- After the Add/Drop Period ends but before the census date you may no longer add courses,
but you can still drop a course through your UNT portal (my.unt.edu).
(Go to https://registrar.unt.edu/registration-guides-by-semester.html for summer add/drop dates.) - Courses dropped during this period will not be recorded and will not count as one of your six drops.
- May be done online or in person at the Registrar's Office.
- You may receive a full or partial refund of course fees for courses dropped from your
schedule during this time.
See website (https://studentaccounting.unt.edu/class-drop-and-withdrawal-refunds) for specific refund dates.
Recorded Drop Period:
- Courses dropped during this period will be recorded (ex: “W”).
- Courses dropped during this period will count toward your six drops.
- Refunds are not granted for courses dropped during this period.
- Please go to registrar.unt.edu for detailed procedures and deadlines regarding these drops.
Always confirm your drop with a printed receipt from the Registrar's Office.