Radford University Undergraduate Catalog, 2011-2012

student’s advising center or the instructor of
the course from which the student is withdrawing.
The withdrawal is not complete until the
signed slip has been returned to the Office of the
Registrar. If a full-time student withdraws from
all classes, but at different times during a given
fall or spring semester, the individual withdrawals
are changed to a university withdrawal.
Students must contact the Student Accounts
Office in Heth Hall to initiate a request for a
refund of tuition if they drop a class or classes
prior to the census date and if the reduced class
load qualifies them for a tuition refund.
A student who drops a class prior to the conclusion
of schedule adjustment will receive no
grade. A student who withdraws from class after
schedule adjustment but before the end of the
eighth week of the semester (or 60 percent of the
total class meetings of a summer session or any
other non-traditional course, whichever comes
first) will receive a grade of “W.” Students may
not withdraw from individual classes following
the end of the eighth week of the semester.
A student may not withdraw from more than
five classes during the course of undergraduate
studies at Radford University. After a student has
withdrawn from five classes, any subsequent withdrawal
will result automatically in a grade of “F.”
Withdrawals from classes prior to Fall Semester
1988, courses dropped during schedule
adjustment, or withdrawal from all classes at the
university do not enter the five-class withdrawal
limitation.
Withdrawal from the University
(All Courses)
Students withdrawing from all courses during
a given semester must contact the advising
coordinator in the college of their major to obtain
and complete a “Withdrawal Check-Out
Sheet.” Students who have not declared a major
must contact the advising coordinator in the
Pre-Major Advising Center. The academic advising
coordinators’ offices are in the following
locations: College of Business and Economics,
Whitt Hall 002; College of Education and Human
Development, Peters Hall A104; College
of Health and Human Services, Waldron Hall
351; College of Humanities and Behavioral
Sciences, Russell Hall 127; College of Science
and Technology, Stuart Hall 163; College of Visual
and Performing Arts, 240 Porterfield Hall;
Pre-major Advising, Walker Hall; Adult Degree
Program, Young Hall 107; College of Graduate
and Professional Studies, Lucas Hall. This process
must be followed to ensure the student will
receive any eligible refunds and the appropriate
grades for the semester.
Students who withdraw from the university
(all classes) before the census date will receive
no grades. Students who withdraw from the university
after the census date but prior to the end
of the 12th week of the semester (80 percent
of summer sessions) will receive “W’s” in all
classes. Students who withdraw from the university
after the 12th week will receive “F’s” in
all classes.
A student may withdraw from the university
only once during his or her RU academic career.
(Canceling enrollment to the university or receiving
a medical withdrawal does not count as a withdrawal
from the university.) Exceptions will be
granted by the student’s college dean or by the associate
vice president for student affairs.
Any student who withdraws from the university
during a fall or spring semester must apply for
readmission. Please refer to p. 60 for more information
about readmission.
Financial Aid Recipient Withdrawal
from the University
Financial Aid recipients who withdraw from
the university may be required to repay some or
all of the financial aid funds they have received.
Students who need to withdraw from the university
should contact the Financial Aid Office to
determine the effect on financial aid funds. Additional
information can also be obtained from
the RU Financial Aid website at www.radford.
edu/~finaid.
Withdrawal by Part-Time Students
Part-time and full-time students each receive
the same number of withdrawals: five (5)
withdrawals from individual courses and one
withdrawal from the university. (Additional
university withdrawals may be granted only
upon petition to the college academic dean or
the associate vice president for student affairs.)
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