Registration Policy

  • Keywords: registration
  • Policy Number: KC‐ACA‐3125
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: N/A
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: Prior to 2010
  • Approved by: Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registrar

Policy Statement

Eligible students may register during the registration period that is announced in Pathway and via UMKC e‐mail. Students who are not registered will not receive academic credit and cannot attend classes. All registration and changes in registration must be processed by the UMKC Registration and Records Office either in person or using an approved electronic format such as Pathway.

A class schedule is published prior to each semester in Pathway and lists courses offered, meeting times and locations. The University reserves the right to cancel without notice any course listed in the schedule for any semester, or to withdraw any course that does not have adequate enrollment at the close of the registration period.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; Registrar’s office personnel; All students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

Registrar’s Office

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110‐2499;

Phone: 816‐235‐1125; Fax: 816‐235‐5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

UMKC Office of the Provost: http://www.umkc.edu/provost/

Exclusions

None

History & Updates

None

Appendices

None

Undergraduate Course Drops

  • Keywords: course, registration, course drops
  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3132
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: Spring 2012
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: Fall 2012
  • Approved by: Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registration and Records

Policy Statement

  • Eligible students may register during the registration period that is announced in Pathway and via UMKC e-mail. Students who are not registered will not receive academic credit and cannot attend classes. All registration and changes in registration must be processed by the UMKC Registration and Records Office either in person or using an approved electronic format such as Pathway.
  • A class schedule is published prior to each semester in Pathway and lists courses offered, meeting times and locations. The University reserves the right to cancel without notice any course listed in the schedule for any semester, or to withdraw any course that does not have adequate enrollment at the close of the registration period.
  • Eligible students may drop during the drop schedule period that is provided in the Academic Calendar.
  • Eligible students may drop classes from the time they register through the first four weeks of a semester without academic assessment.
  • If students drop all of their classes prior to the end of the first four weeks of the semester, a notation is placed on their transcript that indicates the date the classes were dropped. Students who drop all of their classes during the first four weeks of the semester are required to follow the Total Withdraw Policy.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; All students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499;

Phone: 816-235-1125; Fax: 816-235-5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

Exclusions

This policy does not apply to graduate students or professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine or pharmacy.

History & Updates

None

Appendices

None

Undergraduate Course Adds

  • Keywords: course, registration, course adds
  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3131
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: Spring 2012
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: Fall 2012
  • Approved by: Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registration and Records

Policy Statement

  • Eligible students may register during the registration period that is announced in Pathway and via UMKC e-mail.
  • Students who are not registered will not receive academic credit and cannot attend classes.
  • All registration and changes in registration must be processed by the UMKC Registration and Records Office either in person or by using an approved electronic format such as Pathway.
  • A class schedule is published in Pathway prior to each semester and lists courses offered, meeting times and locations. The University reserves the right to cancel any course listed in the schedule without notice.

Adding a Class:

  • Students may add a class to their official records at any time through the first week of classes for a regular session.
  • Students who are not enrolled at the time a semester begins are subject to an additional fee.
  • Additions of courses after the first week of classes are deemed unusual and therefore require the approval and signatures of advisors and the instructor of record.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; All students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

UMKC add-drop form (http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/forms/add_drop.pdf); UMKC academic calendar (http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/acal.asp)

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499;

Phone: 816-235-1125; Fax: 816-235-5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

Exclusions

This policy does not apply to graduate students or professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine or pharmacy.

History & Updates

None

Appendices

None

Undergraduate Course Withdrawals

  • Keywords: course, registration, course withdrawals
  • Policy Number: KC‐ACA‐3133-01
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: Fall 2017
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: Fall 2018
  • Approved by: Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registrar

Policy Statement

  • Eligible students may withdraw from their classes during the withdraw schedule period that is provided in the Academic Calendar.
  • After the fourth week through the twelfth week students will receive an automatic W on their transcript.
  • After the twelfth week, students will need to follow the Late/Retroactive Withdrawal Policy.
  • Students who want to withdraw from all of their classes must follow the Total Withdraw Policy.
  • Students in 8‐week courses follow a similar schedule. See the academic calendar for specific dates.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support student academic success and to provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read this Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; All students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110‐2499;

Phone: 816‐235‐1125; Fax: 816‐235‐5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

Exclusions

This policy does not apply to graduate students or professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine or pharmacy.

History & Updates

Revised Spring 2013 to remove petition process; Revised Fall 2017 to remove WF grading.

Appendices

None

Undergraduate Official Withdrawals

  • Keywords: course, registration, course withdrawals
  • Policy Number: KC-ACA-3135
  • Originally Issued: Prior to 2010
  • Revised: Spring 2012
  • Effective Catalog Cycle: Fall 2012
  • Approved by: Provost
  • Executive Sponsor: Provost
  • Responsible Office: Registration and Records

Policy Statement

•Official withdrawals may be done by mail when a student is unable to appear in person (for example, if you are out of town or suffering from an illness or accident) or if the Registration & Records Office is closed or Pathway is down (for example, during a power outage) and you wish to receive a refund. The postmark on the envelope is used as the refund date.

•Transcript notations are determined based on the time of the semester the withdrawal occurs.

•Students wishing to withdraw from all of their classes must complete a term withdrawal survey available at https://net3.umkc.edu/registrar/exitsurvey.

•The following actions are not considered official notification of withdrawal.

–Assuming classes will be cancelled because of nonpayment of tuition and fees by the student.

–Failure to attend class.

–Giving notice to an instructor.

–Stopping payment on a check used to pay fees.

–Crossing out courses on a schedule.

–Returning only partial payment to the Cashier’s Office.

–Verbal notice to any University office or employee.

Reason for Policy

This policy was developed to support academic success and provide consistent, quality delivery of academic programs and services.

Who Should Read This Policy?

All faculty; Academic advisors; All students

Instructions, Procedures and Related Information

•UMKC add-drop form (http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/forms/add_drop.pdf)

•UMKC academic calendar (http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/acal.asp)

Contacts

UMKC Registrar’s Office: Website: http://www.umkc.edu/registrar/default.asp

Physical Location: 115 Administrative Center, 5115 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64110

Mailing Address: 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110-2499; Phone: 816-235-1125; Fax: 816-235-5513; Email: registrar@umkc.edu

Exclusions

This policy does not apply to graduate students or professional programs in dentistry, law, medicine or pharmacy.

History & Updates

None

Appendices

None