Course Fundamentals

You can expect to be assessed a Change of Registration Service Fee for any registration changes which take place beginning the second week of the quarter.

A Change of Registration fee is assessed for any number of add, drop, or change transactions (including change of grading option) made during a given day beginning the first day of the Late Add Period for adds or the first day of the Unrestricted Drop Period. The fee is a service charge and is in addition to any change in tuition or forfeiture as a result of adds, drops, or changes. There is no charge for changes made in Registration Periods 1, 2 and 3.

The amounts charged for tuition and fees normally cover University charges for course registration. Some courses, however, have extraordinary expenses associated with them and in such cases, the University may charge additional fees in amounts approximating the added instructional or laboratory costs. Some departments do not charge auditors these fees.

Most course fees will be included in the quarterly tuition bill. Dropping a course with a course fee after the first week of the quarter will not remove the fee from any balance owed. Any adjustment to course fees after the first week of the quarter must be handled by the academic department offering the course.

For reasons of public safety and instructional quality, course enrollment in each section will be limited to the approved classroom capacity. The Office of the Registrar monitors course enrollments throughout the quarter according to the following guidelines:

Through the first seven calendar days of a quarter, a student may add a section without permission unless the course is full or requires permission; then an add code is required. Beginning the eighth calendar day, add codes are required to add any course.

The registration system closes for course adds at the end of the Late Add Period.

If you want to register for a course that requires a co-requisite course, you must first register for that co-requisite course before registering for the primary course. Courses with co-requisites are identified in the comment section of the course listing in the Time Schedule. Courses with co-requisites cannot be dropped until the co-requisite is dropped.

Certain courses require that you have prerequisites in order to add that course to your schedule. These courses are identified by the word “Prerequisite” in the title bar in the Time Schedule. Prerequisites may be one or more courses, a minimum test score, or a minimum grade in a prerequisite course. 

You may add a course section even if you have not completed the course prerequisite provided you are currently registered for the prerequisite course. However, departments may elect to have the course that required the prerequisite dropped from your schedule if you do not satisfactorily complete the prerequisite course. Courses subject to cancellation are identified by by stating “Prerequisites (cancellation in effect)” in the Time Schedule. If you do not satisfactorily complete the prerequisite course, the course that required the prerequisite will be dropped from your schedule no later than the third calendar day of the quarter.

Departments may establish a registration priority for students enrolled in sequence courses. For example, students enrolled in a foreign language 101 course may have priority to register in the next course sequence (102) for the succeeding quarter.

Some courses are offered for a variable number of credits. See the academic department to obtain the appropriate number of credits in the appropriate registration field and submit the transaction. Beginning the third week of the quarter, all variable credit changes require the signature of the instructor or the Registration Transaction form. Beginning the second week of the quarter, a Change of Registration Service Fee is assessed for all changes.