Adding Courses
Students can add a semester course within the first ten days of the semester, and add block course within the first five days of the subterm. A student requesting to be added to a course after the term has started will need to contact their Enrollment Advisor and/or Records directly. The Enrollment or Online Advisor will review the student's degree plan, financial aid, and graduation requirements to determine course necessity. If there is available space in the course (face-to-face or online), the student will be enrolled. If the course has reached its enrollment capacity, the Records Office will email the Vice President for Academic Affairs for approval or denial of the add. Once a student is successfully enrolled, Records will notify the instructor that a new students has been added to the course.
This procedure removes the need for students to seek instructor approval for course adds and helps ensure that time-sensitive requests are handled consistently and efficiently.
After the tenth day of the semester, students will not be allowed to add a course unless a student generated petition is approved. Only under exceptional circumstances such as prolonged illness or death in the family would a petition to add a course after the tenth day of a semester be received favorably. Any student seeking exceptional consideration must complete the general petition form and receive approval from the course instructor and the student’s enrollment advisor.
For courses shorter than 16 weeks, please refer to the table above. Block 1 or 2 courses can be added during the first week of the subterm (block).