Special Online Programs

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If you enrolled in a special programs class but are no longer interested in continuing, you may be eligible to drop or withdraw from the class.

Learn more about drop/withdrawal eligibility below, detailed by program. Then complete a drop/withdrawal request form:

Drop/Withdrawal Request Form

You're not eligible to drop or withdraw from a special programs class if any of the following is true:

Your enrollment hasn't been processed yet.
You've received a final grade in the class.
You've accessed the final exam or final assessment.

CU Boulder on Coursera

CU Boulder offers the following specialized programs through the Coursera platform:

MS-EE on Coursera (to learn more, see the Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering website).
MS-DS on Coursera (to learn more, see the Data Science website).
ME-EM on Coursera (to learn more, see the Engineering Management website).

These programs follow the same drop and withdrawal policies, detailed below.

Drop a Class
Withdraw from a Class

You may drop a class if you are within 14 days from the class start date or your enrollment date (whichever is later). You are only eligible to drop a course if you are within the 14-day window and have not accessed restricted content (proctored exam) or received a grade.

If your drop request is approved, your transcript will show no record of the class and we'll submit a refund to your payment method on file within 10 business days. For more information on refunds, please see the Degrees on Coursera Refund Policy.

To get started, submit the online drop/withdrawal request form:

Drop/Withdrawal Request Form

You may withdraw from a class if you are outside of the 14-day window, and haven't accessed restricted content or received a grade.

When you withdraw from a class, your withdrawn class is not eligible for a refund and your transcript will show that you withdrew from the class with a W grade. (W grades do not impact your GPA and credit totals.)

To get started, submit the online drop/withdrawal request form:

Drop/Withdrawal Request Form

Teacher Leadership Program

To learn more about this program, see the School of Education's Teacher Leadership webpage.

Drop a Class
Withdraw from a Class

For the Teacher Leadership program, drop deadlines vary by class format:

You may drop a self-paced online course (asynchronous) if you’re within 14 days of your enrollment date, before the six-month time limit for course completion and you have not yet submitted the final summative assignment.
You may drop a real-time online course (synchronous, three-week capstone) before the end of the second day of the course.

To get started, submit the online drop/withdrawal request form:

Drop/Withdrawal Request Form

For the Teacher Leadership program, withdrawal deadlines vary by class format:

You may withdraw from a self-paced online course (asynchronous) if it’s been more than 14 days since your enrollment date, but it is still before the six-month time limit for course completion and you have not yet submitted the final summative assignment.
You may withdraw from a real-time online course (synchronous, three-week capstone) before the published 10-day deadline.

Access to the course in Canvas will no longer be granted after withdrawal. If you re-enroll in the class in the future, previously completed work cannot be reused.

To get started, submit the online drop/withdrawal request form:

Drop/Withdrawal Request Form

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