Adding a Course(s)
Students who need to add a course or courses may do so by processing an add/drop form in the registration area in G-1 Thackeray Hall during the established add/drop period. Specific dates for each term's and session's add/drop period are published in the Schedule of Classes. After the deadline established for the term or session, a student cannot normally add a course or courses, but may file an appeal for a late add with the Registrar's Office.
Dropping a Course(s)
Students who need to drop courses may do so by processing an add/drop form in the registration area in G-1 Thackeray Hall during the established add/drop period. After the deadline established for the term or session, a student cannot drop a course(s) but may process a Monitored Withdrawal Request form with the Office of the Dean of the school offering the course from which the student wishes to withdraw. Specific dates for each term's and session's add/drop period and the deadline for submission of the Monitored Withdrawal Request form are published in the Schedule of Classes.
Students who decide not to attend the University may drop all the courses they are registered for during the add/drop period with no financial liability. Students who make this decision after the add/drop period must process a resignation form through Student Accounts. See "Termination of Registration" below.
Credit Load Maximum/Minimum
Law students carry no less than 10 credits and no more than 15 credits during one semester. It is necessary to complete a petition for overload (available at the Registrar's Office) explaining your reason for requesting an overload of 16 or 17 credits. There is no charge for additional credits.
Monitored Withdrawal and Late Withdrawal
After the end of the add/drop period and until the established deadline for the term or session, a student may withdraw from any course and receive the grade of W in that course. To withdraw from a course, students should go to the Office of the Dean of the school offering the course to pick up a Monitored Withdrawal form.
A student who has withdrawn from a course will receive a grade of W; this grade has no effect on the student's QPA, and the credits do not count toward graduation. Students who wish to withdraw from all of their courses should follow the procedures for "Termination of Registration" below. There is no reduction of tuition when withdrawing from a course.
Termination of Registration/Resignation (dropping all classes)
Failing to attend the classes for which a student is registered or failing to notify the appropriate academic and administrative offices of non-attendance is not considered an official resignation.
Students who fail to follow proper procedures as indicated below for termination of their registration are responsible for all tuition and fees assessed for the term or session. A student who stops attending a course and does not initiate the withdrawal or resignation procedures may be assigned an F grade.
The effective date of resignation is determined by one of the following: (1) the date of in-person contact with the Office of Student Accounts (201 Thackeray Hall); (2) the date of the postmark on the letter of intent to resign (or the date of receipt if no postmark exists); or (3) the date of notification by telephone (24-hour answering service in the Office of Student Accounts) at (412) 624-7585.
A student may terminate his or her registration in the following ways:
- Termination by Add/Drop Process: Students may terminate their registration in all classes by processing an add/drop form in the registration area, G-1 Thackery Hall, prior to the end of the add/drop period for the term. Students registered for courses scheduled to begin after the end of the add/drop period for the term may terminate their registration by informing the University Registrar's Office of their intent to do so at any time prior to the first scheduled meeting day of the class.
- Termination by Resignation Process: First-time Students: After the end of the add/drop period, first-time students must resign through the Office of Student Accounts, 201 Thackeray Hall. An official resignation for first-time students occurs when the student notifies the Office of Student Accounts of his or her intent to terminate registration for all classes after the end of that term's/session's add/drop period but no later than the 60 percent point (in time) of the term or session. (Forty percent of the term/session remaining.) After the 60 percent point in time of the term or session, first-time students can only terminate their registration by withdrawing from all their courses through the Dean's Office of their school.
- Termination by Resignation Process: Continuing Students: After the end of the add/drop period, the continuing student must resign through the Office of Student Accounts, 201 Thackeray Hall. An official resignation for continuing students occurs when the student notifies the Office of Student Accounts of his or her intent to terminate registration for all classes after the end of that term's/session's add/drop period but no later than the close of business on the 60th calendar day of the term or the 30th calendar day of the session. After the 60th calendar day of the term or the 30th calendar day of the session, students can only terminate their registration by withdrawing through the Dean's Office of their school.
First-time Student Resignation Fee Schedule of Reduced Tuition Charges
Date of Notification
TERM or SESSION | Reduction | Charge |
| | |
Up to the end of the add/drop period
for the term/session | 100% | 0% |
| 80% of the term/session remaining | 80% | 20% |
| 70% of the term/session remaining | 70% | 30% |
| 60% of the term/session remaining | 60% | 40% |
| 50% of the term/session remaining | 50% | 50% |
| 40% of the term/session remaining | 40% | 60% |
| Thereafter | 0% | 100% |
Note: The following registrations do not count as first term: College in High School, Semester at Sea, Pittsburgh Council of Higher Education (PCHE), School of Medicine Academic Program Code 350556, Pre-matric Program.
Continuing Student Resignation Fee Schedule of Reduced Tuition Charges
(The following charges apply only for official resignations.)
Date of Notification
TERM or SESSION | Reduction | Charge |
| | |
Up to the end of the add/drop period
for the term/session | 100% | 0% |
| 75% of the term/session remaining | 50% | 50% |
| 50% of the term/session remaining | 25% | 75% |
| Thereafter | 0% | 100% |
NOTE: When a student resigns from a course that is shorter than 7 1/2 weeks, such as workshops, seminars, etc., there is no reduction in tuition charges after the first class meeting.
Title IV Refund Policy
When the University Office of Admissions and Financial Aid has helped the student meet educational costs, any tuition and fee reduction, up to the amount of financial aid received for that term or session, must be returned to the financial aid program(s) from which the student received assistance.
For those students eligible for a refund, paid charges will be adjusted in accordance with the "Student Resignation Fee Schedule of Adjusted Tuition" below.
No adjustments will be made for unofficial resignation or to students who are requested to resign or are suspended as a result of disciplinary action. Refunds to Title IV aid programs, any other aid program, and/or the student will be made in a timely manner.
To determine what amount of the refund will be returned to Title IV aid programs and what amount will be returned to the non-Title IV aid programs, the following formula will be used:
Title IV Refund=Amount of Institutional Refund
In refunding monies to the various financial aid programs, the following priority listings will be used:
A.
Title IV Programs
1. unsubsidized Stafford Loans
2. subsidized Stafford Loans
3. PLUS Loans
4. Perkins Loans
5. Pell Grants
6. Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG)
7. Any other Title IV program
B. State Grants will be refunded according to the resignation refund percentage.
C. Non-Title IV (other aid) Programs will be refunded according to the formula:
Non-Title IV Refund/Total Aid X Refund Adjustment Amount
1. Institutional Loans
2. Institutional Scholarships and/or Grants
3. Private Scholarships
4. Outside Scholarships
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