Change in Registration

Students can add, drop, or change existing registration in MyUI during the first week of the semester.  No approval is required during this timeframe. 

Starting the second week of the semester:

Students must use MyUI to process adds, section changes, changes in hours, drops and withdrawals.  The Course Deadline look-up provides course specific deadlines for different registration changes. Detailed instructions for changing registration in MyUI are available on the University Registrar website or you can follow a step-by-step tutorial on the MyUI Course Add Tutorial page.

It is the student’s responsibility to obtain the required permissions and to understand any consequences that may happen by processing the drop. Information regarding permissions and consequences will be posted on MyUI but the student should contact their advisor with any questions.

Deadline Days:

The cut-off time for obtaining any permissions on deadline days is 4:30 PM. Students have until 11:59 pm to process the drop in MyUI if they have obtained all required permissions by 4:30 PM.  Students also need to contact their advisor to ensure that they approve the drop request. 

Tuition and Fee Responsibility When Dropping a Course:

If you wish to drop a course, please see the deadlines associated with making registration changes to a specific course.  To view this, please visit the Course Deadlines site. 

Change in Major

There are two ways to declare or make changes to your major. 

  1. Students advised at the Academic Advising Center (C210 Pomerantz Center) may declare or change majors by contacting that office. 
  2. Students in CLAS may email clas-undergrad@uiowa.edu to declare a major, add a new major, and/or drop a major.  The email must come from your University of Iowa email account and include your University ID number and Hawk ID. 

Please refer to the CLAS Academic Policies Handbook for complete information about registration, adding/dropping courses, grades, etc.