Enrollment and Registration
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If you are a current Hiram College student and require an enrollment verification for insurance purposes, please complete our Enrollment Verification Request form and return it to our office for processing.
Please see below for policies concerning registration and your student record.
View the registration instructions if you need guidance on how to web register for classes.
Drop Period
Prior to the start of the semester classes and during the first week students may drop courses via the web for 12-week, 8-week, and 3-week courses. To change registration after the second week begins, students must complete a Course Registration Form found in Registrar Forms.
During the drop period, there is no mark on the transcript and the hours dropped do not count in the total 18 tuition hours allotted for the entire 15-week semester.
- 12-week – First two weeks of the semester
- 8-week – First week of the course
- 3-week – First two weeks of the semester and through third day of the course
Students who wish to replace one course for another should refer to the Course Swap Policy below.
Student athletes need the Athletic Director’s signature for drops and withdraws that take the student below 12 active credit hours.
Withdrawal Period
During the withdrawal period, courses will receive a “W” (Withdraw) on the transcript and are counted in the 18 total tuition hours allotted for the entire 15-week semester. A grade of “W” is not calculated in grade-point average.
- 12-week – Weeks three through end of course (prior to finals)
- 8-week – Weeks two through end of course
- 3-week – Day four through end of course (prior to finals)
Advisor signature is needed to withdraw.
Any course receiving a “W” is counted in total billed hours. If a student adds additional hours because of withdrawing from a course, and the added hours place the student above the tuition allotted 18 hours, additional charges will be billed during the semester in which they are taken.
Please Note: Dropping and withdrawing from courses at any point in the semester may affect tuition, financial aid, housing, and/or athletic eligibility. Students should consult with the appropriate College departments before making any course schedule changes. Students on academic probation are responsible for fulfilling the terms of probation as set forth by the Academic Review Board. If a student is unsure of the terms of probation, they should contact their advisor.
Prior to the start of the semester and during the first week students may swap courses via the web for 12-week, 8-week, and 3-week courses. Beginning the second week, students must complete the Course Registration Form in Registrar Forms, including student signature and instructor, if necessary.
Faculty instructors are not expected to adjust course expectations for students who add a course after the course has begun, nor, in all cases, admit them to the course. Tuition is charged on a class cohort of 12-18 credit hours per semester. Extra hour charges will be billed for hours less than 12 or more than 18.
Any course receiving a “W” is counted in total billed hours. If a student adds additional hours because of withdrawing from a course, and the added hours place the student above the tuition allotted 18 hours, additional charges will be billed during the semester in which they are taken.
Please Note: Dropping and withdrawing from courses at any point in the semester may affect tuition, financial aid, housing, and/or athletic eligibility. Students should consult with the appropriate College departments before making any course schedule changes. Students on academic probation are responsible for fulfilling the terms of probation as set forth by the Academic Review Board. If a student is unsure of the terms of probation, they should contact their advisor or the registrar’s office before making any course schedule changes.
- Some courses are only offered on a P/NC credit basis. For a course to be offered P/NC, a faculty member’s request must be approved by the faculty, and the course must be so designated on the course schedule;
- Students may elect, at the time of registration, to take a regularly graded course on a Pass/No Credit basis. Students must formally register for the course via the web or with a Course Registration Form, and must complete a Pass/No Credit Request form found in Registrar Forms.
Students may change the grade mode of a course from a letter grade to P/NC, or vice-versa, only during the first two weeks of the 12-week, during the first week of the 8-week, or during the first three days of the 3-week parts of term. Absolutely no changes from a Pass/No Credit to a letter grade or vice-versa will be permitted after these deadlines.
If the course is taken P/NC, the faculty submits a P or NC; the grade of P is recorded if the student receives a C- or better in the course, and the student is awarded credit hours which will be counted in the hours earned towards graduation. However, there will be no effect on a student’s grade-point average. If a student receives a grade of NC for a course, no hours will be awarded.
If available, letter grades are revealed only to other colleges and universities in the event they should require them for the transfer of credit or admission, or to prospective employers, and then only at the request of the student. Students are permitted to know the letter grade for courses taken P/NC and should contact the faculty member of the course for this information. Students preparing to attend professional or graduate schools are reminded that excessive use of the P/NC option may endanger admission or the granting of graduate fellowships.
Courses taken to fulfill requirements for graduation within a student’s major, minor, or core curriculum requirements cannot be taken Pass/No Credit.
Students may elect to take only one P/NC course per semester. Study Abroad trips cannot be taken Pass/No Credit. Students, with the exception of transfer students, may take a maximum of twenty semester hours under the Pass/No Credit option. Transfer students may take a maximum of 1/6 of their Hiram coursework under the P/NC option.
Hiram College courses may be audited with the permission of the instructor and are subject to class size or space restrictions. Students must formally register for the course via the web or with a Course Registration Form, and complete an Audit Request Form from Registrar Forms. It is important to note that audited courses do not provide credits toward graduation. An audit fee is charged per credit hour; the student is subject to all the general Hiram College policies on withdrawal and refunds.
Students may change the grade mode of a course from a letter grade to an audit, or vice-versa, only during the first two weeks of the 12-week part of term, the first week of the 8-week part of term, or during the first three days of a 3-week part of term. Absolutely no changes from an audit to a letter grade or vice-versa will be permitted after these deadlines.
Students are expected to fulfill regular attendance expectations and perform any additional tasks stipulated by the instructor. If these conditions are satisfactorily met, the audited course will be recorded on the student’s official transcript with the mark of AU (Audit). If these conditions are not met, the student will receive a mark of ANC (Audit No Credit).
Individuals who desire to take coursework but not apply it towards a degree at Hiram College may enroll as a non-degree student.
Additionally, students who have been enrolled at another college or university may enroll as a non-degree student and take a limited amount of coursework to transfer back to their institution of matriculation.
Non-degree seeking students are not Hiram College students and are not eligible for the benefits entitled to students including, but not limited to, professional academic advising, counseling services, student programming, and extracurricular activities. To apply submit the “non-degree” application at on the Apply page.
