Stay on top of your schedule changes so you don’t risk failing grades or unexpected charges.
Changing your class schedule can affect your grades, costs, and financial aid. Before you add, drop, or withdraw from a class, meet with your College Navigator to be sure you know the impact on your degree plan.
Adding a Class
Adding a class means officially registering for it and placing it on your schedule.
- The easiest way to add classes is through myOTC > Student Planning. This can only be done before classes begin or during the “add” period the first 5 days of the semester.
- A Change of Schedule Form (PDF) is also available if you are unable to access myOTC or cannot get in touch with your navigator. Just complete the form and attach it to an email to [email protected]
- Make sure you meet the course prerequisites.
Proving You Meet Course Requirements
Not every course has a prerequisite. For those that do, how you meet it depends on the class type.
You need to take another course
- If you’ve already completed or are in progress in the required course, it will show on your transcript, and you can register directly.
Placement test, background check, health screening or selective admission
- If the prerequisite is a placement test, background check, health screening, or part of a selective admission process, it will be managed at the program level.
If you’re unsure whether a class has a prerequisite, or how to meet it, talk with your College Navigator before you register.
Important: Ozarks Tech runs a prerequisite review to confirm that students meet requirements for upcoming courses. If a prerequisite isn’t met, you’ll receive an email and may be dropped from the course.
Visiting Students
You don’t need to worry about prerequisites. Even if a warning box pops up in myOTC, you can still register for your class.
Transfer Students
If your transcript has not been evaluated yet, bring an unofficial transcript to your College Navigator. If you’ve already met a prerequisite at another institution, they can enter a prerequisite waiver based on the Transfer Equivalency Guide.
Dropping a Class
Dropping a class means removing it from your schedule while staying enrolled in at least one other class.
- Drop classes in myOTC > Student Planning or submit a Change of Schedule Form (PDF) to your College Navigator.
- Dropping a class incorrectly may result in an “F” on your record. Simply not attending does not count as a drop.
- You cannot drop all classes online. If you plan to leave all courses, that is considered a withdrawal.
Remember: dropping may affect your financial aid and tuition refund.
Late Withdrawal
Policy 5.32 provides an option for students who experience a significant, unexpected hardship after the last day to withdraw from a class. It is not used for routine mid-semester withdrawal requests or for medical withdrawals, but rather for rare situations where a student could not meet the published withdrawal deadline due to circumstances beyond their control. A petition and supporting documentation are required, and approval is not guaranteed. For full details and the required form, please visit the policy page.
If You Don’t Make Official Changes
Simply stopping attendance does not remove a class from your schedule. If you don’t officially drop or withdraw:
- You may receive a failing grade
- You may still be charged tuition and fees
- Your financial aid could be affected in future semesters
In some cases, students are removed from a class for non-attendance. This is called an Administrative Withdrawal.
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