Cancel a Course Section in Workday Student

Step-by-Step Instructions

Jump to: Remove the classroom location and instructor | Cancel the course section

Remove the classroom location and instructor

• You must remove the classroom location and instructor(s) before you can cancel a course section.

This allows the location to be available in the Find Available Instructional Locations task and instructors to show as available for other course sections. Otherwise, the location and instructor(s) are locked in and cannot be added to another course section.

1. In Workday, search for and select the SRPT0041 – Find Course Section Definitions report. 
   • OUR can use the SRPT0591 – OUR Find Course Section Definitions report.
2. Locate the course section that you want to edit. To locate the course section, try filtering by the section status.
3. Hover your cursor over the course section, and the Related Actions button will appear. 
4. Click the course section’s Related Actions button, hover over Course Section Definition, and then click Edit.
5. To remove the assigned instructor(s), navigate to the Instructor Roles table and click – Remove Row for the row(s) with the instructor(s).
6. To remove the classroom location, navigate to the Section Components table. In the Location column, click X next to the current classroom to delete it.
7. Click Submit. This location and instructor cancellation will route to the Office of the University Registrar (OUR) for approval.
8. Click Done.

Cancel the course section

After the location and instructor cancellation is approved, you can cancel the course section.

1. In Workday, search for and select the Cancel Course Section task. 
2. For Course Section, select the section that you want to cancel. 
3. Click OK. 
4. For Reason, choose a reason why you want to cancel the course section. The options are low enrollment, instructor unavailability, and other.  
   1. If you select Other, enter an explanation in the Comment field.
5. Review the impacted registrations.
6. Select the Confirm Course Section Cancelation checkbox.  
7. Click OK. Workday routes course section cancellations initiated by departments to school registrars and OUR for approval. Course section cancellations initiated by school registrars and OUR do not route for approval. OUR and any impacted students are notified when the course section is canceled.