Drop Policy

First Day Drop

Students MUST show up on the first day of the course if they are registered for the course or if they are on the waitlist. Students who DO NOT attend the first course meeting will be DROPPED from the course or the waitlist. Students who attend the first session may be moved from the waitlist to the course based on the enrollments available and the students' position on the waitlist. Students dropped for non-attendance will not be able to re-enroll. Be aware Cerro Coso will ONLY contact you using your CC generated email.

Online students who are registered for an online course may log in to their course starting the Friday before the semester begins and MUST login by 8:00 pm on the first day of an online course or they will be DROPPED from the course. STUDENTS NOT LOGGED IN BY 8:00 PM WILL BE DROPPED. To login to your class, go to InsideCC (or InsidePC or Inside BC, depending on your email address extension), login, click on the "My Courses" tab, click on your class. Be aware Cerro Coso will ONLY contact you using your CC generated email. Check our CC generated email early and often. It is the student's responsibility to attend the first day or to notify the instructor in advance.

Students are responsible for officially withdrawing from any course or courses in which they no longer wish to be enrolled. Non-attendance does not release the student from this responsibility.

Drop for Non-Payment

Students that register prior to the start of class have ten (10) days to pay their bill. Non-payment prior to the end of the 10 day period will result in the student being dropped from classes.

Students that register on, or after, the first day of classes are not subject to the ten day restriction and non-payment will not result in being dropped from classes. However, non-payment will result in certain holds, such as on transcript requests and other admissions and records services.

Any account balance older than 120 days may be subject to the collections process. Nonattendance or non-payment does not release students from their responsibility and may result in failing grades being awarded and fees owed.

Drop for Non-Attendance

Excessive absence may result in the student being dropped from the course. Instructors may drop a student from a course when absences number the equivalent of two weeks of courses recorded from the first day of instruction. Students dropped for non-attendance will not be able to re-enroll.

Students are responsible for officially withdrawing from any course or courses in which they no longer wish to be enrolled. Non-attendance does not release the student from this responsibility.

For other drop deadlines, see Important Dates and Specific Drop Dates for various classes.