Course Schedule Changes

Students are encouraged to secure advisor approval for all schedule changes.  Students can add a class up to 6% of the class, drop a class up to 16% of the class (census date), and withdraw from a class 16-80% of the class.

Adding a Class

Students can register via the student's "Access NJC" (the college’s web-based student portal) or Navigate. To register for class (i.e., after initially enrolling and "adding" one or more classes), students must complete an Add-Drop Registration Form and submit this completed form to any of the five registration sites listed in the Registration information. Students may add classes during the "add period”; this period does not exceed six percent (6%) of the duration for the entire course timeframe. This procedure can also be done via the student's "Access NJC" (the college’s web-based student portal) or Navigate.

Dropping a Class

Students may drop a class during the first fifteen percent (15%) of the course duration (census date) without being financially responsible for the class; the class will not appear on the student's permanent record. Specific drop deadlines for term classes are listed in the schedule of classes. Students who register and do not want to be held liable for tuition and fees, or have a transcript record created, must drop the class on, or before, the last day for a refund, which is the census date.

Notifying an instructor, advisor, or simply not attending the class is not sufficient to ensure that you are dropped from the class. This procedure can be done via the student's "Access NJC" (the college’s web-based student portal). An official Add/Drop Registration form must be received with appropriate signatures within the deadline.

Drop For Non-Attendance

The faculty member is responsible for ensuring that all students listed on their roster have attended their course during the Add/Drop (census) period. If a student has not attended any class by the end of the Add/Drop period, the faculty member must No-Show the student by the end of the Add/Drop period.

Students are expected to attend all classes. Students who do not attend any class sessions by the course census (add/drop date) will be identified as a no-show by the faculty and will be dropped from the course.

Once dropped as a no-show, a student cannot re-register in that same section, regardless of the no-show reason. In addition, the student could be dropped from any prerequisite or co-requisite courses, regardless of attendance in prerequisite/co-requisite course(s). Being dropped as a no-show can negatively affect students using financial aid or Veteran's benefits.

For online courses, attendance is defined as accessing the course and completing at least one academic activity (as determined by the individual faculty). What constitutes an academic activity may vary from course to course based on the uniqueness of each course.

Instructors will inform students of their individual class attendance policies. Students who miss too many class sessions may be advised to withdraw from a course.

Withdrawal from Classes

Withdrawal from Class(es) - Any student may withdraw from any course(s) or the college without academic penalty anytime up to and including eighty percent (80%) of total class days. All courses withdrawn during this period will receive the grade "W."

Courses designated "W" will be recorded on the student's permanent record, but will not be used to calculate the student's semester or cumulative grade point average. After the dates for withdrawal without penalty specified above, the students may not withdraw from a course, and "W" is no longer a grade option for the instructor.

A student initiates requests for withdrawal from a course by obtaining the appropriate withdrawal form from either the Records Office or an academic advisor. The student will then obtain the signatures of the instructor(s) and the advisor, indicating communication of the student's intent. Course withdrawals will not become valid until the student has returned the completed forms to the Records Office. Failure to complete the prescribed withdrawal procedure will result in a grade in each course affected by withdrawal.

Note: Students are responsible for the full amount of tuition and fees for courses from which they are withdrawn. Students can also withdraw from a class through "Access NJC"(the college’s web-based student portal).

Withdrawal from College-All Courses

Withdrawal from College/All Courses - A student who decides to withdraw from all enrolled courses must obtain the "Withdrawal from Northeastern - All Courses" form from the Vice President of Student Services Office. This form must be completed and returned with the current ID before withdrawal from college is official. A student should not initiate a total withdrawal from the college via "Access NJC" (the college’s web-based student portal).

A ‘student-initiated’ total withdrawal from college can be completed up to and including the last date to withdraw from classes for the term. As part of a total withdrawal from college, a student cannot withdraw from a class that has already given its final exam or has otherwise ended, such as A-term or non-standard term classes that have concluded.

The withdrawal code to be used by an instructor will be a "W" to show a termination of enrollment or an "I" for an incomplete, which allows the student to complete specific course requirements at a later date. The instructor and student must complete all required protocols before the instructor can assign a grade of incomplete. (See section 2.16 Inventory of Common Grading Symbols – I -Incomplete).

Note: In unusual circumstances (death, disability, and excessive absences), the Vice President of Student Services, the instructor of the course enrolled, or the academic advisor may initiate the "Withdrawal from Northeastern - All Courses" for a student. Procedures for withdrawing from the institution may be initiated only in the office of the Vice President of Student Services. Upon withdrawal from all classes, the student automatically severs the relationship with the college and is required to surrender their college identification card.