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Beginning with the Fall semester 2007, a new policy on dropping courses went into effect. This policy establishes a Six-'W' grades limit for all undergraduate incoming freshmen students.
The Six-'W' grades may be used at any time during a student's undergraduate career at UTB/TSC. Students can withdraw from one course or do a complete withdrawal of all courses at any time before the deadline. This deadline falls approximately four weeks before the last class day of the fall and spring semesters.
The 'W' may be granted upon the student's request by the deadline, regardless of whether or not the student is passing the course. Once the Six-'W's have been used however, the student must complete all courses he or she is enrolled in regardless of academic performance.
Students who are enrolled for the first time in college starting Fall 2007 need to be aware of the following:
Effective Fall 2007 the Texas Senate Bill 1231 provides that, except for several specific instances of good cause, undergraduate students enrolling as first-time freshmen at a public institution of higher education in Fall 2007 or later will be limited to a total of six dropped courses during their entire undergraduate careers. For these students courses dropped at other Texas public institutions will count towards the Six-drop limit.
Please see:
Texas Legislature Online: Senate Bill 1231.
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