Add/Drop Deadlines

• Add/Drop period begins on January 15th, 2009.
• Classes begin on January 19th, 2009.
• Last day to add a First-Year Writing Seminar is Friday, January 30th, 2009.
• Last day to add/drop a PE course is Friday, February 6th, 2009.
• Last day to add a class, change the grading-option on a class, and change the number of credits for a variable credit course is Friday, February 6th, 2009.
• Last day to drop a course is Friday, March 6th, 2009.

Course Balancing

What is course balancing?  Course balancing is the process of administratively making changes to course enrollment.  Course balancing is typically required when too many students enroll in a course because a "cap" was not placed on the course.  Instructors can also use course balancing to drop students from a course who do not meet the stated pre-requisites. 

How does course balancing occur?  Throughout the pre-enrollment period, pre-enrollment class lists will be available via Faculty Center or BRIO.  Pre-enrollment should be monitored by the departments to determine if a cap needs to be added or amended.  If is it determined that students need to be administratively dropped from a class (due to over-enrollment or failure to meet pre-requisites), the instructor and/or course contact should email the student and then inform that they will be dropped.  After the email has been sent, contact Shawna Lockwood in the CALS Registrar's Office.  Please provide the student CUID (7 digits) and the class number they should be dropped from.  The easiest way to inform Shawna of the change is to send her an amended copy of the class list.  Place a red line through the names of the students who should be dropped from the class list.  Then return the list to Shawna in 140 Roberts Hall.

Questions? Contact Shawna Lockwood, Course Coordinator at 255-2017.

PINS versus FLAGS

PINS will be used during the pre-enrollment period. All registered students have access to the CoursEnroll system for online pre-enrollment.  Students enter their enrollment requests online.  When the request is final, students enter their PIN code to lock in their schedule.  PINS are created by the Office of the University Registrar for all registered students and are distributed to the academic departments.  Faculty advisors are encouraged to distribute PINS to students in an advising meeting rather than through e-mail.  The intent of PINS is to encourage communication between the student and faculty advisor. 

FLAGS will be used during add/drop period. FLAGS give a student permission to do online add drop. All freshmen have a default of faculty advisor permission required. For all other students, the default is set to permission NOT required.  A faculty advisor can change an advisees flag setting at any point during the add/drop period.