About Registering for Courses
Offered:Spring 2010
[For information about courses offered in specific categories and about courses that fulfill College requirements, scroll down]
IF YOU CANNOT REGISTER BECAUSE THE REGISTRAR SAYS THE COURSE IS FULL
If you cannot register because the course is "full," try to register for the course under one of the crosslists. For example, if you cannot get into STSC 253, try to register for it under HSOC 253, GRMN 253, GSOC 252, and/or COML 253. If after trying this strategy you cannot get into a course, then you may try asking the instructor for a permit (see below).
COURSE PERMITS
If you cannot register for a course because you are told you need a permit, or because a course is full, you may contact the instructor of the course to ask for a permit that will permit you to register despite the enrollment cap -- only instructors may give permission for you to get a permit for their course. However, instructors may refuse to give permits until after the semester begins and they see how many students are actually there.
If you really want to get into a course that is full, attend the course. Talk with the instructor and be patient -- you may be able to register after the second or third class without a permit.
Permits are NEVER issued for LPS courses (any course tagged with .601 after the course number) before the second day of the semester.
LPS COURSES
Students from the College may take courses in LPS, the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. HOWEVER, LPS courses have strict quotas for College students until the second day of the term, at which time College students are free to register until the course if filled. After that, a College student may request a permit. Until then, permits are not issued for LPS courses.
