Administrative Drop

What is it?

Administrative Drop is a policy that permits instructors drop a student from a class if they have not met certain conditions, including:

• • the student's attendance at specified class meetings, and/or
  • proof of having satisfied the enrollment requirements 

Why is it important?

• • opens up seats for other students
  • ensures that students are not awarded financial aid that must later be returned upon discovery that the student did not attend (this not only positively impacts the student, but may also save the university money).

Request Process

Requests are only accepted during the add/drop period from faculty. After the add/drop period, students must withdraw from the class. For more information on how students withdraw (or request a withdrawal), visit the Course Withdrawal page.

Please note Administrative Course Drop requests received by 5:00pm will be processed by 12:00pm the next day during the add/drop period.

To request an administrative drop

• Step One: Access Faculty Self Service

  Select the Faculty Self Service link in MyCSUSM.

  

• Step Two: Select the appropriate class roster

  Select the icon for the class roster that includes the student to be dropped.

  

• Step three: Select the Last Date Attended link for the appropriate student

  On the far right, click on the Last Date Attended link for the student to be dropped. 

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• Step Four: Select the appropriate options in the dropdown menus

  Select Yes in the Administrative Drop dropdown. Select the appropriate reason:

  If the student did not attend class, and you are requesting a drop due to non attendance: select EITHER Never Attended, met requirements OR Never Attended, rqrmnts not met

  If the student attended class, and you are requesting a drop due to not meeting enrollment requirements: select Attended, requirements not met

  Note: 'requirements' refers to enrollment requirements/preparation required for the course. 

  

• Step Five: Enter Last Date Attended, if applicable

  If you select Attended, requirements not met, you will be prompted to enter the last date attended. This information is used for financial aid purposes.