Hi I'm Jon Bonebrake from the University at Buffalo School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
Office of Undergraduate Education.
This video reviews the resign process.
The last day to resign standard 15 week classes is the end of the 11th week of the term.
To find this semester’s deadline, please follow this link.
Contact your assigned academic advisor if you have follow-up questions.
You can find your advisor in the HUB Student Center.
If you receive any type of financial aid, call the Financial Aid Office at 716-645-8232
and talk with a financial aid advisor about how a resignation could impact your aid BEFORE
resigning any of your classes.
It is important to reach out to Financial Aid in a timely manner as their office does
get busy.
International students, you need to check with the International Student Services office
BEFORE resigning if you fall below 12 credits.
Registration in fewer than 12 credits makes you a part-time student and this directly
impacts your visa status.
Several other things to consider BEFORE resigning a course:
1.
Impact on transcript 2.
Progress towards admission to major/degree 3.
Limited Enrollment Rules 4.
Summer and Winter registration 5.
Some Other considerations
Impact on Transcript A Resign is indicated on your transcript with
an "R", and does not factor in to your GPA.
One "R" indicator is not a negative mark.
If you already have a few resigns, talk with your advisor about it.
Progress towards admission to major/degree Look at your major’s flowsheet to see how
the course you want to resign impacts your timeline with the major.
For example, resigning MTH 142 this semester as a Mechanical engineering student impacts
your ability to enroll in EAS 207 the following semester, which then impact Dynamics and Solids,
and so on.
Intended Engineering & Computer Science students thinking about resigning a core course should
understand the admission criteria.
Repeating a core class that you resigned does not count as one of the 2 maximum repeats
allowed.
Talk with your advisor if you need a refresher on SEAS admissions criteria!
Limited Enrollment Rules Some classes are Limited Enrollment classes
- as listed on the Repeat Policy website.
This means you’ll most likely have to re-take that classes over Winter or Summer.
To get a seat in one of these classes during the fall or spring semester, you must wait
until the first week of classes unless you submit a successful petition.
There’s no guarantee you’ll get the time or instructor you hoped for – or that you’ll
be able to get into the class at all.
Summer and Winter registration If you ARE thinking of re-taking a resigned
course over the summer or Winter, look at the corresponding page for class listings.
ubthiswinter.buffalo.edu, ubthissummer.buffalo SEAS majors are very sequential, so this may
be an important component of your academic planning.
Winter course selections are less varied, the course lengths tend to be short (only
3 or 4 weeks), and you can only take 5 credits maximum; Summer tends to have more selection
and the course lengths are longer (anywhere from 6-12 weeks); you can take a maximum of
14 credits over the summer.
You’ll want to talk to Financial Aid about your options for winter/summer tuition coverage.
If you are considering taking a course you resigned over the summer at a different school,
you can check Taurus.buffalo.edu to see if your preferred school has equivalency to that
class.
Other Considerations There are certainly other questions you might
have, for example regarding health insurance, car insurance, having veteran status, etc.
Please contact the appropriate office for any of these scenarios, and again you can
always check in with your academic advisor.
Now, onto the how-to!
To resign a class, navigate to the HUB Student Center.
It’s the same process as dropping a class.
You can find a tutorial by visiting the registrar website, listed here.
Given the pandemic and the online nature of this semester , it’s understandable that
you may find yourself struggling.
Speak with your professors, carve out additional study time, and set goals and to-do lists
to keep yourself on track.
There are a lot of different challenges you might be dealing with – and resigning a
class may be a good option for you.
If you are having difficulty in several classes, you might also want to consult with your advisor
about the possibility of an academic withdrawal from your classes
If you are unsure about ANY of this, please contact your academic advisor via email or
think about scheduling a phone or WebEx appointment.
You can setup an appointment with your academic advisor
by following the directions found in this link.
Thanks for watching.