Introduction       The University       Admission       Registration, Tuition, and Fees       Academic Policies and Procedures          Credit Value and Course Numbers          Classification of Students          The Texas Success Initiative          Quantity of Work Rule          Evaluation          Computation of the Grade Point Average          Correspondence Work by Resident Students          Center for Teaching and Learning          Adding and Dropping Classes          Changing Pass/Fail Registration          Withdrawal          Attendance          Class Syllabi          Examinations          Searches          Availability of Classwork to Students          Grade Reports          Scholastic Probation and Dismissal          Honors          Teacher Certification          Career Services          Transcripts          Diplomas          Personal Record Information          Summons to Administrative Offices          Official Communications with the University       Student Services       Libraries and Other Academic Resources       Appendices       Index

• Introduction
• The University
• Admission
• Registration, Tuition, and Fees
• Academic Policies and Procedures
  • Credit Value and Course Numbers
  • Classification of Students
  • The Texas Success Initiative
  • Quantity of Work Rule
  • Evaluation
  • Computation of the Grade Point Average
  • Correspondence Work by Resident Students
  • Center for Teaching and Learning
  • Adding and Dropping Classes
  • Changing Pass/Fail Registration
  • Withdrawal
  • Attendance
  • Class Syllabi
  • Examinations
  • Searches
  • Availability of Classwork to Students
  • Grade Reports
  • Scholastic Probation and Dismissal
  • Honors
  • Teacher Certification
  • Career Services
  • Transcripts
  • Diplomas
  • Personal Record Information
  • Summons to Administrative Offices
  • Official Communications with the University
• Student Services
• Libraries and Other Academic Resources
• Appendices
• Index

Adding a Class

The addition of a class is governed by the following requirements: (1) the student must obtain all required approvals; (2) the student must be eligible to take the class, and there must be space available in the class; and (3) the student must remain in conformity with the Quantity of Work Rule.

Subject to these requirements, a registered student may add a class through the twelfth class day of a long-session semester or the fourth class day of a summer term. Through the fourth class day of the semester or the second class day of the summer term, the approval of the chair of the department offering the class may be required; after these dates, the approval of the chair is required for undergraduates; for graduate students, the approval of the instructor, the graduate adviser, and the graduate dean is required. In some colleges and schools, the approval of the student’s adviser and college dean is also required. The student must consult the regulations of his or her college or school before adding a class.

Although a college or school may permit the addition of classes through the twelfth class day of the semester or the fourth class day of a summer term, the student is expected to be settled in his or her classes by the fourth class day of the semester or the second class day of the summer term. After the twelfth class day of a semester or the fourth class day of a summer term, with the approval of the student's dean and the chair of the department offering the class, a student may add a current or past semester class (either with or without a grade) only¹:

1. If there was a rare or extenuating circumstance such that the student was unable to attempt to register for the class during the regular registration or add/drop access periods; or
2. When evidence exists that the student made an unsuccessful attempt to register for the class using normal registration procedures and that space was available in the class at that time.

The addition of a class for a semester prior to the previous long semester must be signed by the dean of the college/school. For graduate students, this is the graduate dean or the associate dean for student services.

^{1 This section does not apply to college/school programmatic processes as typically described in the Undergraduate Catalog.}

Related Fields of Study

• General Information
  • Introduction
  • The University
  • Admission
  • Registration, Tuition, and Fees
  • Academic Policies and Procedures
    • Credit Value and Course Numbers
    • Classification of Students
    • The Texas Success Initiative
    • Quantity of Work Rule
    • Evaluation
    • Computation of the Grade Point Average
    • Correspondence Work by Resident Students
    • Center for Teaching and Learning
    • Adding and Dropping Classes
      • Adding a Class
      • Dropping a Class: Rules for Undergraduate Students
      • Dropping a Class: Rules for Graduate Students
    • Changing Pass/Fail Registration
    • Withdrawal
    • Attendance
    • Class Syllabi
    • Examinations
    • Searches
    • Availability of Classwork to Students
    • Grade Reports
    • Scholastic Probation and Dismissal
    • Honors
    • Teacher Certification
    • Career Services
    • Transcripts
    • Diplomas
    • Personal Record Information
    • Summons to Administrative Offices
    • Official Communications with the University
  • Student Services
  • Libraries and Other Academic Resources
  • Appendices
  • Index