College of Fine and Applied Arts

Students may freely drop and add courses during the first five days of the fall and spring terms without using any Career Drops. From the sixth day until the end of the ninth week of the fall and spring semesters, students may drop no more than four courses in their entire academic career at Appalachian. These are called Career Drops.

You may use career drops by dropping courses in your AppalNet account. No form is needed:

1. Sign into AppalNet and click on the Self Services tab.
2. Click on the Student tab.
3. Click on the Registration menu.
4. Once in the Registration menu, select Add / Drop Classes.
   1. Classes may be dropped by using the options available in the Action field.
   2. If no options are listed in the Action field, the class may not be dropped (i.e., all drops have been used or it is too late in the semester to drop classes).
   3. Once all changes are made, click on Submit Changes.

It is a good idea to sign out of AppalNet and sign back in to review the registration to ensure the drop has been completed. You may not claim that a drop was not processed as a reason to drop a class late; it is your responsibility to verify a drop was processed.

If you have accumulated four career drops and attempt to drop another course, the drop will be denied and you will remain enrolled in the class.