Drop, Add, and Modify Courses

Through the third week of classes in a full term, students may add, drop or modify a course via Wolverine Access.

After the third week in a full term students must obtain the signatures of their instructor, department program coordinator, and school registrar as approval to drop, add or modify a course.

  • Late Drop Requests: From the Student Center, click Backpack/Registration, then click the Drop tab. Select the course and click Drop Selected Classes. On the confirmation screen, verify you selected the correct class and click Finish Dropping/Adding. If you are eligible to submit the late drop request form electronically, a Request for Late Drop button displays. Click the button to access the form. If you are not eligible to submit a request, an error message is displayed.
  • Late Add Requests: From the Student center, click Backpack/Registration. On the Add tab, add the class to your Backpack following the standard Backpack procedures. Once the class is in your Backpack, select the class, click the Proceed to Step 2 of 3. Verify you have selected the correct class and click the Finish Registering button. If you are eligible to submit the late add request form electronically, a Request for Late Add button displays. Click the button to access the form. If you are not eligible to submit a request, an error message is displayed.
  • Late Modify Requests: The form that is required to be used is a drop/add form and these can be obtained by seeing the school registrar in SPH or the department program coordinator. Once the form has all three signatures, the student will need to take the form to the central Registrar's Office with picture ID. Courses cannot be modified after the last meeting day of the specific course being dropped. Please be sure to check the course end date before turning in your modification form.

Complete the Request Form Step-by-Step Process

  1. Enter your local telephone number in the specified text entry field.
  2. Answer all questions in the Answer the following questions section.
    • Late Drop only - Indicate the reason for the Late Drop request by clicking the Academic or Personal radio button.
    • Late Add only - Indicate if you wish to override a time conflict, if applicable.
    • Late Edit and Late Swap only - Indicate the reason for the request in the text field.
  3. Click the Submit Request button, then click OK on the confirmation page.
    Note: Confirm you have selected the correct class before submitting your request.

The request is automatically routed to the appropriate individuals for approval. You will receive an email notification when you submit the request and when the final decision is made. You can also track the status of your request from the Student Center using the Late Enrollment Request Status page.

Modifying a Course to S/U (graduate students) or p/f (undergraduate students)

Email the course instructor and cc your department's program coordinator and sph.registrar@umich.edu to request the grading basis change and that all parties note their approval.