Instructions for adding classes on line are on the ctcLink Account page, under Navigating ctcLink, click on Enroll in Classes.

Online registration is available daily from 5:30 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Classes may be canceled by the college at any time. Students enrolled in canceled classes will be dropped from those classes and will receive a 100% refund of tuition and fees.  The refund is generated automatically.  Contact the Cashier's office for questions regarding refunds for a canceled class. 

Many courses require prerequisites or an instructor's permission to register. Often, class permission codes are required to allow a student to enroll.

When students do not meet prerequisites or if they are registering for a course that requires instructor permission, they will not be allowed to register online without a class permission code.

A class permission code is a five- or six-digit number that is specific to a class section.  Students can request class permission codes from Advising or from the instructor.

Instructions for dropping or withdrawing from classes are on the ctcLink Account page, under Navigating ctcLink, click on Drop Classes.

• Once logged into your ctcLink account click on 'Student Homepage'
• Click on 'Manage Classes'
• to drop/withdraw from a class, click on 'Drop Classes'

Online registration is available daily from 5:30 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. System access ends at 11:00 p.m. each night, which means any transaction attempts after 11:59 p.m. will not be received.

In order to meet the published refund or withdrawal deadlines, your online withdrawal transaction must be completed (i.e., you must have clicked the “Submit” button) prior to 11:59 p.m. Term dates and deadlines are available at Important Dates & Deadlines.

Alternatively, you may complete and submit the Registration Form and email it to the Enrollment Services at enroll@clark.edu.

For more information on "What happens when I drop a class or withdraw from a class?"please follow the link to the Registration FAQs.

Beginning the third day of the term, you must obtain consent of the instructor to enroll in a class, unless the class is a late-starting course (i.e., it begins after first week of the term). 

Instructors will provide a class permission code which will allow the student to enroll using their ctcLink account.

Email is the best way to contact your instructor; contact information can be found on the Clark Directories page, on the left side.

If a class description states that registration is by instructor permission only, students must contact the instructor to request permission.

Instructors will provide a class permission code which will allow the student to enroll using their ctcLink account.

Email is the best way to contact your instructor; contact information can be found on the Clark Directories page, on the left side.

Course prerequisites will be enforced. Students may qualify for courses by providing placement documentation and/or completing a placement test, successfully completing prerequisite coursework at Clark College, or having documented prerequisite coursework from another institution.

The Enrollment Services office will review students' records each term after grades post and remove students from courses in the upcoming term if they did not satisfy their prerequisites.

The waitlist process allows students to become registered for classes through their MyClark@ctcLink account.  As spots become available in a full class, students on the waitlist will automatically be enrolled in the class, in the order they appear on the waitlist.

For instructions on how to add a class or add yourself to a class waitlist, refer to the ctcLink Account page, under the heading Navigating ctcLink, Enroll in a Class Waitlist.

The waitlist runs for the last time shortly before the term starts. That date is found each term in the Important Dates & Deadlines calendar. After the waitlist ends, students may begin overloading classes with instructor permission.

Declare or update your major, or you may meet with an Advisor for assistance.

To deactivate your ctcLink student account submit a completed Deactivate Student Account Form with photo ID to Enrollment Services at enroll@clark.edu or join the Welcome Center and Enrollment Services virtual Zoom room.

Deactivating student account will stop all communications being sent out from Clark College. This will not affect your status with any other Washington community or technical college. You will continue to have the same ctcLink student ID and have access to view your unofficial Clark College transcripts.

If you are interested in attending a future term you may apply for admissions. This will reactivate your student account.

Congratulations on completing your degree! If you applied for graduation at Clark College and wish to continue taking classes here at Clark College you will need to declare a new major of study. Follow this link to Declare your new major.

Students may register for 1 to 20 credits per term. If they wish to exceed 20 credits, they must contact an advisor. Contact Advising for more information.

A variable credit course allows you to register for and earn a specific number of credits in the class. For example, if the Class Schedule lists a credit range of 1-3 for the course, it means students may take the class for 1, 2 or 3 credits. Students will be charged for the number of credits for which they register, and will receive credit for the amount of work they complete.

In subsequent terms, students may register for the class again and pay for the remaining credits needed to complete the course.

The usual refund deadlines apply when dropping down the number of credits in a variable credit class.

When students register for variable credit classes, they are automatically enrolled for the maximum number of credits allowed for the class. 

Students may reduce the credits online through the 2nd day of the term, or thereafter, may submit a Registration Form to Enrollment Services to make the change.

Students may enroll in courses on an audit basis with instructor permission and upon payment of regular tuition and fees.

Students who audit a course are exempt from examinations and do not receive college credit; however, the instructor may require reasonable attendance and class participation.

To change from credit to audit, or audit to credit, students must have instructor permission, and it must be processed by the end of the 10th day of the term (8th day in summer).

After the 10th day of the term (8th day in summer), students may audit classes with permission from the course instructor and the appropriate instructional dean.

To make the change, students must submit a Registration Form to Enrollment Services.

Certain courses may be graded as pass/no pass. Students planning to transfer to another college or to a university should determine the transfer institution's policy on pass/no pass grades before choosing this option at Clark.

A "pass" grade ("S") is granted only if students pass the subject with a satisfactory grade of "C" or better. This option is not available for courses being repeated or for classes required for a degree or certificate.

To request changing a class to pass/no pass, contact your instructor. 

This change must be processed by the end of the eighth week of the term (deadlines for summer term vary).

Students may repeat a course taken at Clark College in order to improve their skills or the course grade. All course repeats must comply with the Procedures for Repeating a Course.

You may print a Notification of Repeated Class Request Form, fill it out, sign it, and email it to Enrollment Services.

• The course repeat policy only applies to courses that are taken at Clark College.

• A course may be repeated only twice (taken a total of three times) unless otherwise specified in the college catalog.

• Credit for any course is earned only once (except for courses designed to be taken multiple times, as noted in the course catalog).

• Only the highest grade awarded will be used in computing the Clark College GPA.

• Each grade received will remain on the student's transcript; a repeat notion will be posted to the transcript for these courses.

• Courses must be repeated for a letter grade unless the course is offered only as pass/fail.

• The course repeat process DOES NOT apply to grade symbols: N, Y or S.

• The Clark College repeat policy may or may not be recognized by other institutions, it is at their sole discretion.

• To repeat a course, students must re-register and pay all necessary tuition and fees.

Read about Non-Traditional Credit Programs for information on applying non-traditional credit toward a degree. Contact the Credential Evaluations office if you have questions.