Adding, Dropping, Withdrawing

To add a course before the 4^th class day:

To add a course by 5 pm on the 4^th class day - submit via the online registration page which can be found here. Verify your schedule.

To add a course during the 5^th – 12^th class day of the session, you must request permission from the department offering the course. A list of CNS departmental contacts is listed below. To find a department outside of CNS, please utilize the UT Search Bar for the appropriate contact email. Adding a course after the 2^nd class day is not guaranteed and is dependent on departmental permission.

Adding or dropping courses may change your tuition, please be sure to verify if any additional funds are charged. Click here to see how adding a course can impact your financial aid, or contact The Texas One Stop.

OTE requests will be accepted through April 28, 2025 by 11:59 pm CST. OTE drops count towards your 6 Q-Drop limit. Undergraduate students who may not have urgent, substantial, non-academic reasons will be allowed to drop a single class or withdraw from the University after the deadline to drop or withdraw for academic reasons under the provisions of the One-Time-Exception (OTE). The OTE may be invoked only once during the student’s entire undergraduate career regardless of college the student was enrolled in at the time the exception was allowed. It is the responsibility of the student to verify if they have an OTE available prior to submitting their request.

1. Submit an OTE request online. Requests will be processed in the order they were received. Should you have questions regarding how an OTE will impact you, please contact your academic advisor and/or Texas One Stop.
2. Any drop or withdrawal allowed under the OTE will be subject to the same academic and financial aid rules governing other drops or withdrawals taken during the semester.

Spring semester all Grade Status Change requests (to pass/fail or letter grade) should be submitted online no later than April 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm CST.

This can be done at:  
https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/cola/rtk/student_reg_change

Please note: Courses taken Pass/Fail will only count as elective credit. You may request to change your grading status once. You can only take 2 courses Pass/Fail each semester. If you are an undergraduate student, to take a course Pass/Fail, you must have completed 30 or more credit hours. Grade status of a class may only be changed once. For more information, see the University Catalog.

It is important to keep in mind how classes taken Pass/Fail will be treated by graduate and professional school admissions, licensure requirements, and others. Changing a letter grade to Pass/Fail may have unintended consequences. Please discuss this with your assigned academic advisor prior to submitting your request, as all requests are final.

Students wishing to withdraw during the Fall or Spring semester are required to meet with a Non-Academic Coordinator. To schedule an appointment with a Non-Academic Coordinator, please use the bookings links listed on the Non-Academic Coordinator Webpage here. The deadline to request a withdrawal is April 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm CST. If you would like to withdraw from all courses, submit a withdrawal request.

Provisions for OTE Withdrawals – through the last class day by 11:59 pm CST.

1. A student must request the OTE from the student's dean's office by the last class day. Request must be submitted via email to CNSInfo@austin.utexas.edu by 11:59 pm on the last class day. Include your full name, EID, and your intent to request a withdrawal for the session with your OTE, subject: “OTE Request to Withdraw, EID.”
2. Any drop or withdrawal allowed under the OTE will be subject to the same academic and financial aid rules governing other drops or withdrawals taken during the semester.
3. Students who are requesting to use the OTE for a withdrawal will be allowed to withdraw regardless of current grades in classes.
4. Pending scholastic dishonesty will be verified by the student's dean's office with the Dean of Students Office. Withdrawal will not be approved if there is a pending scholastic dishonesty case.
5. Per University policy, withdrawals require a meeting with Non-Academic Coordinator. To schedule an appointment with a Non-Academic Coordinator, please use the bookings links listed on the Non-Academic Coordinator web page here.

If you would like to use your OTE to withdraw from all courses in the current session, please follow the instructions listed above.

Online waitlists will be active through the 4^th class day, you can only be added to a course if a spot becomes available and you are next on the list. 

Check your waitlist status often and resolve any errors that may be preventing you from being added. Contacting the professor or your advisor does not help bypass the waitlist process. After the 4^th class day the waitlist is no longer used and you must follow procedures listed above for adding a course after the 4^th class day.

If you are graduating and still need to get into a course to graduate, please contact your academic advisor immediately.

The Q-drop deadline is April 16, 2025 at 11:59 pm CST.

Q-drops will be considered academic and will count toward your 6-drop limit. Additionally, note that Q-drops may have an impact on scholastic status, financial aid, veteran’s education benefits, athletic eligibility, as well as other implications.

If you would like to drop a course, submit your request. If you have any questions regarding the implications of using your Q-Drop, feel free to contact your academic advisor via email.

1. A student may not drop a class in which a final grade has been assigned. This will be verified by the student’s dean’s office.
2. A student may not drop a class if there are any pending investigations of scholastic dishonesty for the class in question. Any drop assigned will not be considered final until any investigations of scholastic dishonesty for the class in question are resolved.
3. Drops allowed under the provisions of the OTE will be considered academic drops and will count toward the six-drop limit. Students who have reached the six-drop limit are not eligible to use the OTE to drop a course.

CNS students can find their assigned advisor. If you don’t have an assigned advisor, one will be assigned to you by the third week of the semester. If you have any questions about advising and don’t know who your advisor is email CNSinfo@austin.utexas.edu

Once you are assigned an advisor they will email you to introduce themselves. Please refer to your My UT page and access your "Secure Academic Notes" to check on any messages from your advisor. 

Late registration is rarely approved. Please email CNSinfo@austin.utexas.edu with your name and EID for more information.