Student Registration
Answers to most registration questions are provided below; if you do not find the answer you need, contact Undergraduate Services for the Chemistry Department at (206) 543-4658.
- Adding a Course: Add codes are available in person from the Undergraduate Services staff in Bagley 303 (M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.). For most lab courses add codes are required during the second full week of the quarter. For 200-, 300-, and 400-level courses and the honors series, add codes are required the first week of the quarter. If an add code is not required, you can simply add the class online without a code. Non-matriculated students should see Undergraduate Services for signatures on the third day of instruction for the quarter.
- Dropping a course: Drop codes are available in person from the Undergraduate Services staff in Bagley 303 (M-F 8:30 a.m. to 4:20 p.m.) For Chem 120, 152, and 162 students will need a drop code beginning in the second week of the quarter. For all other lab classes you will need a drop code starting in the first week of the quarter. After the second week of the quarter, lab fees are not refunded if you drop the course. For lecture courses, you may drop online up until the seventh week of the quarter. After this time the student must petition to drop, or file for hardship withdrawal from the course with the registrar.
- Overloading: Courses with a laboratory may never be overloaded past the student limit, due to safety reasons Lecture classes can be overloaded depending on the size of the room and the willingness of the instructor. The department suggests avoiding this unless the course is only offered once per year or the student needs the course to graduate. Students seeking to overload a course should see one of the academic advisers (Bagley 303).
- Switching sections. To switch to a different section (for example from Chem 142 BC to Chem 142 BA or Chem 142 AD: you must go through the drop and add processes described above.
- Audits: Audits are not allowed for the laboratory part of a course. It is left to the instructor to allow audits; however, the availability of classroom space should be considered when making this decision.
- Time Conflicts: Time conflicts occur when a student wants to take two classes that have overlapping meeting times. When this occurs, the student must add the second course in person at the Registration Office (225 Schmitz Hall). Students must obtain approval from both instructors to add courses that conflict one (1) hour a week or less. Instructor signatures on a Registration Transaction form are required for courses that conflict more than one (1) hour per week. Department policies regarding time conflicts are as follows: Time conflict with lab: Not allowed; Time conflict with tutorial section: Since the tutorial is optional this time conflict is allowed; AND, Time conflict with lecture or with quiz section: Allowed, but not encouraged. The student must get instructor permission.
- Cancelled Registration: The UW registration system automatically checks prerequisites when a student enrolls in a course. If a student does not meet the prerequisites they are dropped from the course. For example, if a student earned less than a 1.7 in Chem 142 and is registered for Chem 152 in the upcoming quarter, they will be dropped a few days after grades are submitted. Students may also be dropped from a course due to academic performance (repeated quarters on academic probation). In these cases you will need to see one of our academic advisers in 303 Bagley.
