Enrollment: Dropping or Withdrawing (Overview)
Drops vs. Withdrawals
While the processes below may be like others across campus, information on this page applies specifically to students with a primary major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Students in other academic colleges should for assistance.
A course drop is when you remove one or more classes – but not all of them – from your semester schedule.
A withdrawal is when you drop all courses attempted during a given semester, withdrawing from the university for that semester.
Dissatisfaction with a grade, grade disputes with an instructor, and the desire to raise one’s GPA are not themselves grounds for a course drop or withdrawal petition. As you review the information below, remember that course drop and withdrawal petitions must be supported by cause and term-specific supporting documentation demonstrating unforeseen circumstances beyond the student’s control which impacted their ability to perform academically.
Drops before and during drop/add, pre-7th-week drops, and late drops all initiated through your myFSU Student Center account.
Medical/mental health course drop/withdrawal petitions and post-7th-week deadline documented personal hardship course drop/withdrawal petitions are initiated by submitting the .
COAS Policy on Grades
The College of Arts and Sciences does not approve course drops for classes in which a student has earned credit if doing so would move a student further away from graduation by removing needed hours to complete degree requirements. Exceptions to this policy are limited to courses required for a student’s program of study at the time the course drop petition is submitted in which a student did not earn a required minimum grade, thus necessitating that the student would have to otherwise enroll in duplicate coursework.