Hardship Withdrawal
Students may be granted hardship withdrawals when non-academic emergency situations occur which prevent them from completing their coursework (e.g., severe medical problems, traumatic events/circumstances that cause them to miss numerous classes.). Hardship withdrawals are subject to the following restrictions:
- Students are not eligible for hardship withdrawals in any course in which they have completed the course requirements (e.g., taking the final exam or submitting the final project).
- Students must initiate an application for a hardship withdrawal no later than one academic year after the semester in which the courses were taken.
Hardship status normally applies to all the courses a student took in a semester but in some cases may be granted for some of a student’s courses. Students requesting a hardship withdrawal in some but not all of their courses must provide documentation to justify such a partial withdrawal. If a student is granted a hardship withdrawal (full or partial), the instructors of the courses from which the student is withdrawing must award a grade of “W” or “WF,” depending on whether the student was doing passing work as of the effective date of the hardship.
For further information on hardship withdrawals, contact the Office of the Dean of Students.