As an A&GS first-year student, you will be advised in Academic Success Center through the spring semester of your first year.
Once you meet admission requirements to the College of Atmospheric & Geographic Sciences:
Your records will automatically be transferred to the College of A&GS and you will be assigned a new academic advisor. Once you have earned 90 hours or more, students will receive a degree check by:
College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
Vacant
School of Aviation
Academic Advisor
(405) 325-7231
beesidwell@ou.edu
School of Aviation
Academic Advisor
(405) 325-7231
mpbrown@ou.edu
School of Meteorology
Academic Advisor
(405) 325-6562
lindseygunderson@ou.edu
School of Meteorology
Coordinator of Graduate Programs
(405) 325-6571
danika@ou.edu
Add: Students may add during the first week of classes for a 16-week course (Fall and Spring full semester course) without the instructor's approval. Beginning the second week of classes for a 16-week course, students must have approval from the instructor to add a course.
Drop: Students may drop with 100% refund and no record on the transcript through the end of the second week for a 16-week course on one.ou.edu. No grades will be recorded for dropped courses.
Beginning with the third week, online add/drop is not available; students must contact their advisor to add and drop courses.
From the third through twelfth week of a 16-week course. (second through the sixth week for an 8-week course), students may add classes only with permission of the instructor of the course and the college-level academic advisor, Brittney Johnson. Courses dropped during this time will be recorded with a grade of W. (All undergraduate colleges require their students to obtain approval from their advisor to drop a course during Period II.)
Click here for more information about adding or dropping a class
First three weeks of a 16-week semester
Dropping all of your classes after the semester begins is known as a complete withdrawal. Starting on the first day of classes and running through the Friday of the third week, the petition below should be submitted and will be coordinated by Graduation and Persistence Support. During the first two weeks of the semester, a fully processed complete withdrawal is guaranteed a 100% credit of all tuition and fee charges.
Fourth through sixteenth week of the semester
Starting in the fourth week of the semester you will submit a Complete Withdrawal Petition with your current academic college to remove all courses. Please contact the college-level academic advisor, Brittney Johnson, at bjohnson@ou.edu
Click here for information about requesting a complete withdrawal.
Are you thinking about taking some time off from the University or transferring to another college? Maybe you are thinking about dropping out because college isn't for you. We want to ensure that a decision is made with your best interest at heart. Click this link to learn more about the process.
Full-time undergraduate students who are charged the flat rate and take fewer than 15 hours per semester may be able to bank hours to use in the summer. The hours a student has banked will automatically be used to reduce summer charges for tuition and mandatory hourly fees. Banked hours cannot be converted into cash or held for a future academic year.
Students who are unable to enroll in 15 credit hours may appeal for an exemption to the flat rate. Please email Brittney Johnson at bjohnson@ou.edu to begin the appeal process.
If you need permission to enroll in a major specific course, please contact your assigned academic advisor for a course override.
A student is allowed only five grades of W throughout the course of their undergraduate career at The University of Oklahoma. Once a student reaches this maximum number of W grades, they will not be allowed to drop any courses after the free add-and-drop period. After the five-drop limit has been reached, students with extreme, extenuating circumstances may apply for an exception to the limit on W grades through the Academic Advising Resource Center (AARC). Ws for Fall 2020 and Fall 2021 do not count toward the five W limit. Complete withdrawals also do not count in this limit.
From the thirteenth week through the end of classes for a 16-week course (seventh week through the end of classes for an 8-week course), permission from the instructor and the college-level academic advisor, Brittney Johnson, is required for adding classes. Students who wish to drop a course during this period must petition the college level academic advisor, Brittney Johnson (instructor’s signature and a grade of W or F is required).
Academic contract status within the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences is for students who hold an OU and/or Combined GPA below the required 2.25. This process includes a minimum of one scheduled appointment with an academic advisor per semester to discuss strategies for academic success and resources available throughout the semester. A college enrollment hold will be on a student's records until this required appointment is completed or the student regains the 2.25 or higher GPA.
To schedule an enrollment contract appointment, contact Brittney Johnson.
To petition for a grade appeal please review the Academic Appeals Board Procedure and schedule an appointment with Assistant Dean, Aisha S. Owusu at aso@ou.edu
Academic Appeals Board Procedure (pdf)
To view the University’s requirements for an Academic Appeal, including deadlines for submission, please consult the University of Oklahoma Student Code of Responsibilities and Conduct for the Norman Campus.
Are you thinking about taking some time off from the University or transferring to another college? Maybe you are thinking about dropping out because college isn't for you. We want to ensure that a decision is made with your best interest at heart.
Click this link to learn more about the process
Click here for information about requesting a complete withdrawal.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that affords parents the right to have access to their children’s education records, the right to seek to have the records amended, and the right to have some control over the disclosure of personally identifiable information from the education records. When a student turns 18 years old or enters a postsecondary institution at any age, the rights under FERPA transfer from the parents to the eligible student.
To submit your FERPA release form, please email Brittney Johnson from your OU email address.
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Release (pdf)
To receive academic credit for a meteorology internship you must get approval to enroll prior to your internship beginning. For more information click the following link.
Application to receive credit hours for an Internship (pdf)
Use the following link to view the process and requirements to receive DGES class credit for your internship.
A student desiring to carry an academic overload must have demonstrated readiness to perform on the basis of superior academic achievement, including grade point average, enrollment history, remaining degree requirements, and special circumstances. State Regents policy requires that a student wishing to enroll in an academic overload must obtain permission from their dean or dean’s designee.
Students will need to petition for an overload request if they wish to take more than 19 credit hours for the fall and spring semesters or more than 9 credit hours for the summer. Email Brittney Johnson at bjohnson@ou.edu to begin the overload petition process. The College will notify you of a decision.
The University of Oklahoma has published deadlines for adding courses to your enrollment. To add a course after the deadline, you must file a special request explaining the circumstances requiring you to add a course after the published deadline. Not knowing about the deadline is not a sufficient reason to request a late enrollment. Return this form to the College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, National Weather Center, Suite 3630.
Click here to access the 'add a course after the deadline' form (pdf)
Return the completed form to the college academic advisor, Brittney Johnson, via email (bjohnson@ou.edu). The instructor must agree, in writing, for you to add the course past the deadline.
Please fill out this form completely according to the following steps:
University policy prohibits dropping courses after the tenth week of the spring or fall semester. Exceptions are granted only in extenuating circumstances such as serious or prolonged illness, and you must provide documentation to substantiate your request.
Students wanting to drop a course after the automatic withdrawal deadline must petition to do so. It is necessary to provide documentation to substantiate your request. The instructor must assign a grade of a W or F as part of your petition process.
Use this form to add a course(s) from a previous term. To submit your petition, email Brittney Johnson from your OU email address.
Use this form to withdraw from a course(s) from a previous term. To submit your petition, email Brittney Johnson from your OU email address.
