ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

SPRING 2008

 

HOW TO ADD A CLASS THAT IS FULL / CLOSED

 

 

Please wait until after second REG before contacting professors.

 

1.      Keep trying to add the course on PeopleSoft during second REG (January 14-18) with the hope that a seat will open up. 

 

After second REG:

 

  1. Ask the professor if they plan on taking a wait list for the class.

 

A.  If they say no, keep trying to add the course on PeopleSoft during late REG with the hope that a seat will open up.  You will have to be very persistent and patient.  Try as often as you can. If someone drops a course on-line and you are the next person to try adding that course, you will get in.

 

B. If they say yes, find out how they are ranking the students on the list.  The lower your ranking, the lower your chances will be of getting into the class—it also partly depends on how many students drop the course*.  EVEN IF AN INSTRUCTOR TAKES A WAIT LIST AND IS WILLING TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THEY CAN MAKE A SPACE FOR YOU IN THE CLASS!

 

*Sometimes instructors will give preference to seniors or English majors if the course is an upper division major course.

 

Once on the wait list, you will need to wait until the morning of Tuesday, February 5th before you can add the class on-line.  Please do NOT call the English Dept. office before this date to find out your status.  Remember, Friday, February 8th is the last day to add or drop a class on-line. 

 

IMPORTANT:  Please remember that the instructor cannot actually register you into the class!  Only YOU can register yourself.  What the instructor does by taking a wait list is to control who gets into the class, after other students drop the course.  The instructor is clearing you to add a restricted course; they are NOT actually registering you into the course.