Deadline and Refund Schedules
Add/Drop Policies
Full-Semester Courses
- Any student wishing to add or drop a course may do so during the first seven (7) calendar days of the semester without financial or grade penalty for all full semester classes (Fall and Spring).
- Students wishing to add a course during the second seven (7) calendar days of the semester may do so only with the permission of the course instructor.
- Students wishing to drop a course during the second seven (7) calendar days of the semester may do so with a grade of W (Withdrawal) and a 50% refund of tuition and fees.
- Switching: Students wishing to drop a course during the second seven (7) calendar days of the semester may do so without financial or grade penalty IF they are also adding an eligible course with the permission of the course instructor.
- Students wishing to drop a course after the first fourteen (14) calendar days of the semester may do so with a grade of W (Withdrawal) and no refund of any tuition and fees.
Short-Term Courses
For 2-week Courses (Winter Session):
- Students may add or drop a course on the first (1st) calendar day of the course without financial or grade penalty.
- Students may add with permission of the course instructor and drop with a grade of W (Withdrawal) and a 50% refund of tuition and fees on the second (2nd) calendar day of the course.
- Students dropping a course on or after the third (3rd) calendar day of the course will receive a grade of W (Withdrawal) and receive no refund of any tuition and fees.
For 5-week Courses (Fall, Spring, Summer Sessions):
- Students may add or drop a course during the first two (2) calendar days of the course without financial or grade penalty.
- Students may add with' permission of the course instructor and drop with a grade of W (Withdrawal) and a 50% refund of tuition and fees during the second two (2) calendar days of the course.
- Students dropping a course after the first four (4) calendar days of the course will receive a grade of W (Withdrawal) and receive no refund of any tuition and fees.
For 7-week Courses (Fall, Spring):
- Students may add or drop a course on the first three (3) calendar days of the course without financial or grade penalty.
- Students may add with permission of the course instructor and drop with a grade of W (Withdrawal) and a 50% refund of tuition and fees during the second three (3) calendar days of the course.
- Students dropping a course after the first six (6) calendar days of the course will receive a grade of W (Withdrawal) and receive no refund of any tuition and fees.
For 10-week Courses (Fall, Spring, Summer Semester):
- Students may add or drop a course on the first four (4) calendar days of the course without financial or grade penalty.
- Students may add with permission of the course instructor and drop with a grade of W (Withdrawal) and a 50% refund of tuition and fees during the second four (4) calendar days of the course.
- Students dropping a course after the first eight (8) calendar days of the course will receive a grade of W (Withdrawal) and receive no refund of any tuition and fees.
Non-Credit Courses
For Non-credit Courses
- Withdrawals before the start of the first class are granted a full 100% refund. Withdrawals after the first class are refunded 0 – 50% depending on the length of the course.
Note: “Calendar days” include Saturdays and Sundays.
Semester-specific deadline/refund schedules
Note: Students are able to add and drop courses through their MyMassasoit account. The deadline to do so is dependent on the first column of dates (add/drop without a record) for the individual courses.
| Last day to add a course or drop without a record; online registration available; 100% refund | Last day for 50% refund; grade of W on record; no refund after this date | Last day to withdraw, grade of W on record; no refund | |
| Full-semester courses | |||
| Courses offered 9/3-12/17 | September 9 | September 16 | December 4 |
| 10-week courses (Accelerated Session) | |||
| Courses offered 10/9-12/17 | October 14 | October 16 | December 4 |
| 7-week courses | |||
| Courses offered 9/3-10/21 | September 5 | September 8 | September 30 |
| Courses offered 10/29-12/17 | October 30 | November 3 | December 4 |
| 5-week courses | |||
| Courses offered 9/3-10/7 | September 4 | September 6 | October 2 |
| Courses offered 10/8-11/11 | October 9 | October 11 | November 7 |
| Courses offered 11/12-12/17 | November 13 | November 15 | December 4 |
| Last day to add a course or drop without a record; online registration available; 100% refund | Last day for 50% refund; grade of W on record; no refund after this date | Last day to withdraw from Winter Session 2026 courses | |
| Friday January 2 – Friday, January 16 | January 2 | January 3 | January 13 |
| Last day to add a course or drop without a record; online registration available; 100% refund | Last day for 50% refund; grade of W on record; no refund after this date | Last day to withdraw from Spring 2025 courses | |
| Full-semester courses: | |||
| Courses offered January 21-May 13 | January 27 | February 3 | April 23 |
| 10-week courses (Accelerated Session) | |||
| Courses offered February 11-May 13 | February 14 | February 18 | April 23 |
| 7-week courses | |||
| Courses offered January 21-March 11 | January 23 | January 26 | March 4 |
| Courses offered March 25-May 13 | March 27 | March 30 | April 23 |
| 5-week courses | |||
| Courses offered January 21-February 25 | January 22 | January 24 | February 18 |
| Courses offered February 26- April 2 | February 27 | March 1 | March 25 |
| Courses offered April 6-May 13 | April 7 | April 9 | April 29 |