Registration Information

• BIO/BCH/NEU courses only.
• This is NOT a guarantee of enrollment, and the student will ONLY be added to the unique number if an opening is available. Priority will be given to graduating seniors.
• Requests are processed on a first-come-first-served basis

Timeline:

• 1st – 4th class days:

  • Add and drop courses online that are indicated as “open” or “open; reserved” in the current course schedule.

• 5th & 6th class days:

  • Students with an assigned Biosciences advisor must email their advisor with a request to add a BIO/BCH/NEU course.
  • Students without an assigned Biosciences advisor must email biology@austin.utexas.edu with a request to add a BIO/BCH/NEU course.
  • Deadline for late add requests ends on the 6th class day at 5pm

• 7th - 12th class days:

  • Requests for late adds must be approved by professor of the course prior to requesting to be added.
  • Students can drop courses online without a Q-drop.

Process:

• Students must email their assigned Biosciences advisor (found here)
• Students without an assigned advisor must email biology@austin.utexas.edu

Subject: Late Add Request

Body of Email:

• Full Name
• UT EID
• Course Name
• Course Unique Number
• Expected Graduation Semester
• Requested course cannot be added if there is a time conflict with another course.
• Requested course cannot be added if it put student over the maximum hours.
• Students must meet required prerequisite(s) for requested course
• Students may indicate a course be dropped contingent upon the late add.
• Students wishing to take over 17 hours must have approval processed prior to completing form.

Priority will be given as follows:

• BIO/BCH/NEU students requiring the course for graduation in the current semester
• BIO/BCH/NEU students requiring the course for graduation in the next semester
• Any CNS student graduating the current semester or the next semester
• Non-degree seeking students
• Students enrolled in the course requesting to switch sections
• Note: Dropping a course to be considered for the late add process may result in the disqualification from late add process.

Students may add Chemistry courses for which they meet prereqs on the 1st through 4th class day, assuming seat availability.  Waitlists are active through 5 PM the 4th class day (not every Chemistry course may use the waitlist system).

Beginning the 5th class day through the 12th class day, a student who wishes to add a General or Organic Chemistry course should contact Chemistry Student Services. 

Not all courses will be available for a possible late add after the 4th class day (1/16/2025). 

Chemistry Student Services is located in WEL 2.302; office hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday.  The office is available at 512-471-1567 or via email at css@cm.utexas.edu

 A student wishing to late add an upper-division Chemistry course (other than CH 320M/328M, CH 320N/328N, CH 220C or CH 128K/CH 128L) must contact Carolyn Lum, Senior Academic Advisor, at carolynlum@austin.utexas.edu  Late adds after the 4th class day may not be allowed in certain courses.

On the 5th class day, the waitlists will no longer be active and the late add process will begin. For the Fall 2022 semester, the late add process will be conducted online via Qualtrics survey. Students can fill out the survey below to try and late add into a course. This survey will be available 8:00AM CST on the 5th class day. Students will need to fill one survey per course that they are trying to late add. C S majors and non-C S majors/Elements students. If students are wanting to try and late add multiple courses or different sections, they will need to fill out a new survey for every request. 

Students may not access the survey before the 5th class day

https://www.cs.utexas.edu/undergraduate/academics/advising/forms

The survey will automatically time stamp each submission. We will continue to operate on a first come, first-serve basis if space becomes available in courses. If a seat opens in a course, we will attempt to add the first submission in the survey. We will continue the process until the course fills again or up until the 8th class day. Please note that it is up to the discretion of the professor to decide the last day that late add forms will be processed for their course, or if they will be processed at all. 

You will be contacted via email if you were able to be added to a course. We will not give information about your position in the queue for courses, so do not ask.

Please keep in mind that the late add process does not guarantee a seat in the course; it is another opportunity for students to potentially be added if a seat becomes available.

Late Add Procedures Starting the first day of classes

Contact email: tyler.finley@austin.utexas.edu

Public Health (PBH):

• PBH 317 Intro to Public Health (open to all students): Student can add open course through the 5th class day unless extenuating circumstances. Professor permission is required to add on the 5th class day.  Email briana.denham@austin.utexas.eduincluding name, EID, unique #, and professor’s permission forwarded in the email.
• Upper division PBH: Restricted to Public Health majors only. Can potentially add up to the 8th class day with professor permission. Email briana.denham@austin.utexas.edu to ask about possibility of late adding first.
• PBH 354, 356, 358D, 334, and 338: Restricted to Public Health majors only unless prior instructor permission is given.
• PBH 337-Emerging/Re-emerging Infectious Diseases:
  • Open to PBH majors who have successfully completed PBH 354
  • Open to BIO and MLS majors previously enrolled in BIO 361.
  • Open to other BIO and CNS Honors majors with Upper Division standing or consent of instructor.
  • Open to majors outside of CNS with a minimum of Upper Division Standing or consent of instructor
  • PBH 337- Maternal and Child Health:  Open to all majors. Upper Division standing is required.

Nutrition (NTR)

• NTR 306 Fundamentals of Nutrition: Contact tyler.finley@austin.utexas.edu
  • Hockett Cooper & Leidy’s WB unique can be added through the 6th class day before 5pm.
  • Procedure: Email tyler.finley@austin.utexas.edu with EID and section #. Once the advising office adds you, we will reply to confirm and you will be asked to email the professors to let them know you added the class. Must make request before 5pm on the 6th class day.
  • In-person NTR 306 unique: adds will require professor permission via email after the 4th class day and will only be allowed if space is available. Email first to inquire if there is space available, include EID and unique #.
  • It is discouraged to late add after the 8th class day. Student are expected to make up missed work and quizzes in timely manner.
• Other NTR classes: Best contact is jill.lawler@austin.utexas.edu
  • If seats are available professor permission is required. Must meet all required prereqs. Adds after the 8th class day are discouraged.
  • Forward professor permission email to Jill.

Human Development & Family Sciences (HDF)

Contact: tyler.finley@austin.utexas.edu

• 5th class day through 8th class day before 5pm: will add a student if they get permission from the professor by email. Students should forward the permission email, EID, and unique #s to tyler.finley@austin.utexas.edu
• 8th class day through 12th class day before 5pm: Students will only be added to classes in extenuating circumstances and will still need professor permission. If they absolutely need a class to graduate, we will try to be accommodating. Students can email tyler.finley@austin.utexas.edu directly to talk about their situation. Please do not email us if you have another course option and this is just a preferred course.

Textiles & Apparel (TXA)

Contact: Angela.patterson@austin.utexas.edu

Will add with permission from professor if seats are available; student can forward professor permission email to Angela.

Students need to include their EID, course #, and unique #.

The MPA Advising Website provides more information.

• Students who want to get into a math course should get on one or two waitlists. 
  • Waitlists are active through the 4th class day
• If you are graduating this semester and must have a specific math course, you can contact your Academic Advisor. We will work with you and your advisor to get the classes you need to graduate.
• On the 5th and 6th class days, if you would like to late add a course please complete the following:
  • Send an email to mpaadv@austin.utexas.eduto set up a Zoom meeting with an Academic Advisor. The Advisor will check 3 things:
  • Is a seat available?
  • Do you have the required prerequisite?
  • Have you registered in the course 2 or more times and, if so, has the Academic Advisor approved a repeat appeal?
• If these things check out, the Advisor will add you to the course.
  • You should then check in with their professor to discuss what you have missed, what is expected of you, and how you can catch up.
• From the 7th & 8th class days, you can only be added to courses for which professors allow adds at that point.
  • Some professors may require that they give their consent before they can be added.
    • If the professor gives consent the process will be the same as listed above for the 5th – 6th class days.
    • If appropriate, we will email the professor to get consent. Once we receive a return reply to the email from the professor, we will check to make sure the seat is still available. If it is, the student will be added.

• Instructor Late-Add Policy by Course TBD (Check website noted above)

  • No Lates = no late adds permitted
  • Late W/PERM = Will allow late adds with permission
  • Late W/O PERM = Will allow late adds without permission
     

  From the 9th - 12th class days, there will be no late adds allowed.

Late-Add Procedures for Physics and Physical Sciences Classes

• Late adds for Physics and Physical Science classes during the 5th – 12th class days will be done by emailing the PHY department.  
• For all PS and PHY courses, if a class says “open” on the course schedule, send the unique number to UGaffairs@physics.utexas.edu and ask to be placed in it.  Do not contact the instructor directly.

Please note: All PHY 102M/N, 103M/N, and 117M/N Labs have been replaced by a single series: PHY 105M/N. To streamline course availability, students will be able to take PHY 105M/N to pair with one of the following lower-division physics sequences - PHY 302K/L, PHY 317K/L, or PHY 303K/L - in order to fulfill degree or pre-health requirements.
 

Late-Add Procedures for Astronomy Classes

• Late Add procedures for Astronomy classes during the 5th -12th class days are as follows:
  • Please contact the instructor for permission via e-mail and then forward that permission to Ty Holloman (studentinfo@astro.as.utexas.edu) 
  • Students can be added if there is room in the course. 

Please note:  Late adds will not be allowed for AST 376R.