Withdrawal Policy | BCTC

Withdrawal Policy

To withdraw from an online class or completely from the college follow the appropriate steps outlined below. Students are held responsible for any and all financial delinquencies which result from failure to complete the withdrawal process by the dates established in the Academic Calendar.

Dual Credit Courses

Dual Credit students are not able to drop or withdraw from a course in PeopleSoft-Student Self Service. 

If you are a Dual Credit student and feel you need to withdraw, please email bluegrass.dualcredit@kctcs.edu with your request. 

Dropping a Course

To withdraw from a class or completely from the college, students must have an active PeopleSoft self-service account.  At the top of the Bluegrass homepage, click on the User Account Center to set up your account. 

Before or on the last day to drop without a grade: (See Academic Calendar for dates)

After the last day to drop without a grade through Midterm: (See Academic Calendar for dates)

  • Log on to Peoplesoft Self-service
  • Click the Academic Records tile
  • Click the Withdraw/Drop Request from the left hand menu
  • Complete the form and submit (Instructions)
  • An email confirmation will be sent to your KCTCS email account when your request is received and again when it is processed.

After Midterm through the Last Day to Officially Withdraw: (See Academic Calendar for dates)

  • Log on to Peoplesoft Self-service
  • Click the Academic Records tile
  • Click the Withdraw/Drop Request from the left hand menu
  • Complete the form and submit (Instructions)
  • Faculty approval is required.* The request will be forwarded to the faculty member for approval/denial. 
  • If approved, an email confirmation will be sent to your KCTCS email account once approved and processed.
  • If denied, an email confirmation will be sent to your KCTCS email account. The request to drop will not be processed. 

When a student does not have access to withdraw/drop a course, they can initiate the withdraw/drop using a form in Student Self‐Service.
From the Student Homepage:

  1. Click the Academic Records tile.
    student homepage screenshot with the various tile options
  2. Click the Withdraw/Drop Request from the left hand menu.  Current personal data displays.
    screenshot of the withdraw/drop request option
  3. At the bottom of the page, click on the slider bar to change acknowledgement from No to Yes to proceed. Click Continue. If any changes need to be made, use the update buttons for each section.
    screenshot of the withdraw/drop request option with the Continue button circled
  4. Click the magnifying glass to search for the term to withdraw/drop a class. 
    screenshot of the magnifying glass by the search box
  5. An acknowledgement statement appears.  Click on the slider bar to change acknowledgement from No to Yes to proceed.
    screenshot of the slidebar option to switch from No to Yes
  6. Pending Withdraw/drop requests and the Current Class Schedule appears. Classes in the Current Class Schedule can be selected to drop by placing a checkmark in the box next to the appropriate class(es).
    screenshot of the class list for selecting to withdraw/drop
  7. In the Reason for withdraw/drop, select the drop down arrow to select a reason for dropping the class and click the Continue button that appears.
    screenshot of the Reason for Withdraw/Drop dropdown menu
  8. Answer each of the questions concerning assistance and then click Continue.
    Note: The slider bars are defaulted to "No". If answering "Yes", click the slider bar to change it to "Yes".
    screenshot of Continue button at the end of the question field
  9. If everything appears correct, select the Submit button.
    screenshot Submit button at the end of the process
  10. Click Return or click the Home icon to return to the Student Homepage.

*Please Note:  If you are requesting to drop all BCTC courses, faculty approval will not be required. The drop will be processed when the request is received. An email confirmation will be sent to your KCTCS email account.

If you have questions or difficulties with the withdrawal process, please send an email Bluegrass-StudentRecords@kctcs.edu

Refer to the Registrar's Office website for more information.