Section Cancellation Requests
Section Cancellation requests are necessary to cancel an enrolled section due to low enrollment or extenuating circumstances. If a section with no enrollment needs to be canceled, a section cancellation form is not needed and the department should cancel the section in Banner.
Section Cancellation Deadlines
It is important that sections be canceled by the appropriate deadline to ensure that
students will have an opportunity to register for other courses. The summer 2022 and
2022-2023 academic year deadlines by semester are:
- Fall 2022: August 12, 2022, at 10:00 am
- Spring 2023: January 4, 2023, at 10:00 am
- Summer 2023: May 12, 2023, at 10:00 am
Canceling a Section
Canceling a section is a two-step process. Departments are responsible for canceling
the section in Banner, and the Office of the Registrar is responsible for dropping
any enrolled students from the canceled section.
Department Responsibilities:
- Before the section cancellation deadline, check your course offerings for sections that need to be canceled (Checking for Minimum Enrollment)
- Inform all students enrolled that the section will be canceled
- In Banner:
- Remove all building and room data from the section
- Remove all instructors from the section
- Change section status to “C” (Cancel)
- Submit a Section Cancellation Request Form (PDF) to regsched@uga.edu
Registrar Responsibilities:
- Drop all students from the section
- Change section status from “C” (Cancel) to “X” (Registrar Cancel)
Minimum Enrollment Policy
Prior to the deadline for canceling a section, class enrollment in the section should
be reviewed. Sections that do not meet the minimum enrollment requirement as defined
by the Minimum Enrollment policy should be canceled. The minimum enrollment requirement for an undergraduate class
section is ten students, and the minimum enrollment requirement for a graduate class
section is five students. This policy does not apply to thesis, dissertation, and
directed study courses. Exceptions to the minimum enrollment policy require approval
from the department head, dean, and Vice President for Instruction.