Enrolling in Classes

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Enrollment Information

The Class Schedule is available online and is searchable by term. The Class Search contains course information needed to enroll in classes. Continuing students will receive enrollment information each term via email. Students with the greatest number of accumulated credits earned will enroll first. Priority enrollment is available for certain population of students.

Class Status

Students must be officially enrolled in order to attend classes. Students on the waitlist for classes may attend those courses during the first week of the term to not fall behind in the coursework but should communicate with their instructor for permission to enroll.

Course Prerequisites

Students who do not meet course prerequisites at the end of a term may be administratively withdrawn from the future term class(es) with unmet enrollment requirements.

Class Audits

Students who audit a course must meet course prerequisites, enroll and pay for the course (full tuition and fees), and participate in class work at the instructor’s discretion. No credit is earned, and the audit grade of “N” is not used in the GPA calculation. Up to the end of the second week of the term, students may initiate, without instructor’s permission, a change to or from audit status. From weeks three through six of the term, instructor permission is required. After the sixth week, no change in status may be made. (Deadlines are adjusted for summer term. Please see the Summer Enrollment Calendar for dates). Running Start students are not permitted to audit classes.

Waitlists

The waitlist feature offers students a fair and consistent method of being enrolled in a full class if an opening occurs. Students may waitlist for up to 16 credits. Students may add their name to the waitlist until the day before the term begins. The waitlist stops running the night before the term begins. Students are responsible for:

  • Checking their waitlist status daily to see if enrollment occurred from the waitlist.
  • Paying tuition and fees by the tuition deadline. If enrollment from the waitlist occurs after the tuition deadline, tuition and fees are due within two business days of enrollment. Non-payment may result in the class being dropped from the student’s schedule.
  • Clear holds on student accounts including any outstanding balances or unpaid fees prior to the enrollment. If a student has not cleared holds, the student will not be added from the waitlist.
  • Removing their name from the waitlist if they no longer want to be in the class. If students do not remove themselves from the waitlist for an unwanted class, they may be enrolled into the class automatically, incur tuition and fees, and/or receive a failing grade. Students are responsible for managing their own class schedules and waitlists.

Criteria that prevents waitlist enrollment.

  • If adding the waitlisted class will result in a schedule that exceeds the maximum amount of 24 credits for which a student may be enrolled into. Students can work with their Academic Advisor for permission to over-enroll in credits.
  • The waitlisted class presents a time scheduling conflict with another class in which the student is already enrolled.
  • Enrolled in another section of that waitlisted class.
    • Students should SWAP the section they are currently enrolled in with the section they would like to waitlist, if the preference is to be enrolled in the waitlisted section.
    • If students ADD themselves to the waitlist for a different section of the same class (instead of using the SWAP feature), they must DROP the section in which they are enrolled before they will be moved from the waitlist.
  • Enrollment in only one part of a combined class section.
  • Prerequisites of the waitlisted class are not met.

If students are not enrolled from the waitlist due to any of these, the student will be passed over and the next eligible student on the waitlist will be auto-enrolled.

Maximum Attempts in a Class

A student may not enroll in a course more than three times, including attempts resulting in a "W" grade. This rule applies to all credit-bearing classes, including those numbered below 100. However, students may enroll in variable credit courses, such as internship credits, as many times as necessary to complete the entire curriculum and earn the required number of credits. 

Students facing extenuating circumstances—such as medical or military withdrawals, a required course for a credential with limited or no substitute options, a significant break in enrollment, grade forgiveness, or mandated training for employment—may petition the Director of Student Advising (or their designee) for permission to enroll in a course for a fourth time by completing the online Petition to Exceed Maximum Enrollment Attempts in a Class form.

Academic Blocks / Blocks on Records

Students who have been placed on academic intervention, academic suspension, did not complete the Student Financial Responsibility Agreement (SFRA), or who have outstanding debts owed to the college (such as Financial Aid repayments, unpaid tuition and fees, late or unreturned equipment rentals, etc.) will not be allowed to enroll or make class schedule changes until these have been cleared. The follow up to resolve the release of such blocks on a record may take up to five business days or more. For more information, contact Enrollment Services at enrollment@cascadia.edu.

Schedule Changes

Class schedule changes may result in additional tuition, fees, or tuition refunds.

Changes to a student’s class schedule may impact their financial aid status for that term. Therefore, students receiving financial aid should contact the Financial Aid Office to determine how changes can affect aid.

Add a Class

  • Students may add classes to their schedule through the second day of the term using their online ctclink account, unless the course is full/waitlisted, in which case, students will need to work with their instructor to fill out a Class Enrollment Form Request. The form must contain the instructor's signature and specific permissions the instructor is allowing. If sent electronically, the completed form must be sent to enrollment@cascadia.edu from the instructor's Cascadia email account.
  • Students must enroll with Enrollment Services from the third through the tenth day of the term (date is adjusted for summer term) with instructor permission by submitting the Class Enrollment Form Request mentioned above.

Drop a Class

  • Students may drop classes through the tenth day of the term (date is adjusted for summer term) using their student ctclink account or emailing Enrollment Services at enrollment@cascadia.edu.
  • Instructor permission is not required.
  • Neither the class nor grade will appear on the student’s transcript for courses dropped during this period.

Withdraw from a Class

  • Beginning the 11th day of the term through the end of the eighth week of the term (date is adjusted for summer term), students can withdraw from classes online using their student ctclink account or emailing Enrollment Services at enrollment@cascadia.edu.
  • A “W” grade will appear on the student’s transcript. Students who fail to follow the procedure for officially withdrawing will receive a grade in accordance with the instructor’s grading policy.

Administrative Withdrawal from a Class

  • Students who fail to attend class by the end of the second class meeting or fail to contact their instructor regarding their attendance in class by the end of the second class meeting or who fail to log in within the first 72 hours of an online course may be administratively withdrawn from the class at the instructor's discretion.

Hardship Withdrawal

Students are allowed to withdraw from classes until the end of the eighth week of the term. The Hardship Withdrawal is a request for an exception to this deadline for cases where an extreme or unusual circumstance 1) prevented a student from withdrawing prior to the deadline or 2) occurs after the deadline and prevents the student from continuing to attend class. This process is not meant as a way for students (regardless of hardship) who attend for most of the term to avoid earning an unsatisfactory grade (as defined by the student.) It is rare for a hardship withdrawal to be approved for one but not all classes. Course performance and final grade/ expected grades are not taken into consideration when making a determination. 

To be eligible, the student has to be able to document a extreme or unusual circumstance that 1) prevented a student from withdrawing prior to the deadline or 2) occurs after the deadline and prevents the student from continuing to attend class.

Prior to requesting a Hardship Withdrawal, it is recommended that students:

  • Discuss concerns with instructors.
    • If applicable, request an Incomplete grade, if a majority of the coursework has been completed and the student is able to complete the remainder of the coursework without instructor or class support at the instructors discretion.
  • Officially Withdraw by the last date to withdraw in the term.

Students inquiring about a Hardship Withdrawal should be referred to the Kodiak Corner or enrollmentpetition@cascadia.edu. 

Requests must be submitted before the end of the term in question, unless the students circumstance prevented them from meeting the deadline to submit the petition and supporting documents.

Washington National Guard and other military reserve students ordered to service may:

  • Withdraw from one or more courses and receive a refund of tuition.
  • Be given an incomplete from their instructor and be allowed to complete the course upon release from duty and be given full credit based on the instructors grading policy.

Any missed class sessions will be excused absences. Upon return to campus, students will be allowed a reasonable period of time to submit missed work. There may be cases in which the student and instructor agree that the student has already completed sufficient class work to justify an earned grade. The student called to duty is required to submit written notice of call to service. The college may request the student to provide written documentation of service.