Glossary Of Terms And Services

W

Web Registration - The university’s online course registration system. Web Registration can be accessed at my.usc.edu. Web Registration works with all browsers. Web Registration can be accessed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for schedule planning. Drop and add transactions are processed Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 11 p.m. A confirmation will be e-mailed upon completion of the registration transaction.

Withdrawal (W) - Action requested by students to officially indicate they will no longer participate in a course to avoid earning a final grade. Students have until the end of the 12th week of the semester to withdraw courses (Course-specific deadlines can be located by finding the course on the Schedule of Classes and clicking the calendar icon). The mark of W is assigned to any course dropped after the deadline to add the course; however, only courses withdrawn after the 7th week in the semester will show on university’s official transcript.

An instructor may not withdraw a student from a course. No course may be dropped after the 12th week — although in exceptional cases students may petition to withdraw from a course after the 12th week. Such petitions are rarely approved. Also note that students may not withdraw from a course in which they have committed or have been accused of committing an academic integrity violation.