What you need to know
Changes to your registration — including subject registration status, adding or dropping a subject, or changing units — are made using the Add/Drop Application. Your instructor and/or advisor can approve or deny your request, or request a consultation with you to discuss the change. Be sure to check the Academic Calendar for deadlines each term. Changes after the Add/Drop deadline must be made by petition.
Some key points to remember:
- You are responsible for final submission of all approved changes.
- Undergraduates — all changes require the approval of your advisor.
- Graduate students — all changes require the approval of your departmental registration officer.
- You need instructor approval to add a subject after the first week of the term or to change the number of units for a thesis or a units-arranged subject.
- Dropped subjects never appear on your transcript (external record). Subjects dropped by Add Date do not appear on your internal grade report. Subjects dropped after Add Date will appear on your internal grade report with the notation DR.
- We strongly recommend submitting your Add/Drop changes well ahead of the deadlines so that your approver has time to review and enter a decision.
What you need to do
- Use our Add/Drop Application to file your change request.
- An email notification will be sent to your advisor and/or instructor, as appropriate. He or she will approve or deny your request and may wish to discuss the change with you before doing so.
- After your advisor and/or instructor has approved your request, return to the Add/Drop Application to submit the change(s).
- Your final submission must be made by 11:59 PM on Add or Drop Date.
- After the Add and Drop deadlines, all change requests must be made through petition, which may incur up to a $50 late fee, if approved.
- Undergraduate students — petition the Committee on Academic Performance (CAP).
- Graduate students — petition the Office of Graduate Education (OGE).
Key deadlines: Spring 2025
Add a subject | |
| Add a full-term subject | March 7 |
| Add a half-term subject (H3) | February 14 |
| Add a second half-term subject (H4) | March 21 |
| Add a subject that begins after Add Date (UROP for credit, thesis, special subjects) | April 22 |
Drop a subject | |
| Drop a half-term subject (H3) | March 7 |
| Drop a full-term subject | April 22 |
| Drop a subject that begins after Add Date (UROP for credit, thesis, special subjects) | April 22 |
| Drop a second half-term subject (H4) | April 29 |
Change status in a registered subject | |
| Change from listener to credit (full-term) | March 7 |
| Change from listener to credit (H3) | February 14 |
| Change from listener to credit (H4) | March 21 |
| Change from credit to listener (full-term) | April 22 |
| Change from credit to listener (H3) | March 7 |
| Change from credit to listener (H4) | April 22 |
| Change number of units for thesis or units-arranged subject (full-term) | May 13 (Last day of classes) |
| Change number of units for thesis or units-arranged subject (H3) | March 7 |
| Change number of units for thesis or units-arranged subject (H4) | April 22 |
Change grading options | |
| Change the grading basis for a fall 2024 subject to Flex P/NR | March 7 |
| Change to or from Graduate P/D/F grading (full-term) | March 7 |
| Change to or from Graduate P/D/F grading (H3) | February 14 |
| Change to or from Graduate P/D/F grading (H4) | March 21 |
