ADD POLICY AND PROCEDURES

Adding or dropping courses for all lower division and upper division classes will be handled by the WebReg systems for the first two weeks of instruction. The waitlist option will be turned on. If space becomes available during the first two weeks of instruction, students will be added to the class, in waitlist order, by the Registrar automatically. In order for the system to work well, it is important that instructors not sign add cards or drop cards during the first two weeks.

After week two, adds for lower division classes and selected upper division classes will be handled as described in brief below. Please announce this policy to your class, if it is full; the policy is available on the Department web site http://www.math.uci.edu/courses/policy.html) and the Department has paper copies.

Students who wish to be in the course must have placed themselves on the electronic waitlist, as this will be the list that the Math Department will use to generate a priority listing of students wanting to add the course. They must also attend the lecture of the class they want to add on Friday of the second week, to show they still desire to add the class. In the third week, add cards will be given to instructors to distribute to students who have been selected to be added to the class. Students will be added based on the particulars of the class and the needs of the students, not on the order in the waitlist. For example, priority will be given to seniors who are near graduation, or students who must enroll in the class to maintain concurrent enrollment in a related class.

By the end of the third week of instruction, decisions will have been made about who will be permitted to add the course and no further adds will be authorized by the Department. Students, who are not registered in a course, will not be eligible to attend, and will not have their exams graded.

DROP POLICY AND PROCEDURES

Drops for all lower division and upper division classes will be handled by WebReg system for the first two weeks of instruction. Do not sign drop cards during the first two weeks of courses.

Add/Drop cards (ADC) may be obtained in the Registrars Office, 215 Administration Building, or in the Mathematics Department, MSTB 103.

After the second week of courses, instructors may sign drop cards. During week five, faculty will be reminded that Friday of week six is the last day for students to drop from a class with only an instructors signature and the staff will sign drop cards unless otherwise notified.

Dropping a class after the sixth week results in a W notation on the transcript, per Academic Senate Policy. After the sixth week in a quarter, students may drop a course only with permission of the instructor and the dean (or equivalent) of the appropriate school (academic unit) and only if the students are not failing the course and are not subject to disqualification. Permission to drop may be given only if such action would be to the educational benefit of the student or of the class as a whole, or both.

Courses may not be dropped, or changed after the end of instruction, Friday of the tenth week.