Adding & Dropping Classes

CNS Advising and Student Services Staff is providing full services, we are just changing how those services are administered during Fall 2022 and Spring 2023. Registration advising will be offered both in person and via virtual meetings by Zoom appointment.

Contact the College of Natural Sciences Student Services Office

Zoom:
If you need assistance, click here to access our virtual office.
Monday – Friday, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm. (The front office is virtual Fridays.)

E-mail and Phone:
CNSinfo@austin.utexas.edu, please include your UT EID in all communications.

If you would like to speak to someone on the phone, please contact the CNS front desk at 512-471-4536. Our staff will do our best to assist with what we are able.

FAQ:

Visit the University FAQ page here for answers to common questions.

Students are encouraged to discuss drop and pass/fail changes with their advisor prior to submitting the request.

Adding Courses

Adding a Course

To add a course before the fourth class day:

To add a course by 5pm the 4^th class day - submit via the online registration page.

Verify your schedule here

To add a course during the 5^th – 12^th class day of the session, you must request permission from the department offering the course. A list of CNS departmental contacts are below. In order to find a department outside of CNS please use our friend Google to search for the appropriate contact email. Adding a course after the second class day is not guaranteed and depends completely on departmental permission.

Waitlists

Online waitlists will be active through the fourth class day, you can only be added to a course if a spot becomes available and you are next on the list.

Check your waitlist status often and resolve any errors that may be preventing you from being added. Contacting the professor or your advisor does not help bypass the waitlist process. After the fourth class day the waitlist is no longer used and you must follow procedures listed above for adding a course after the fourth class day.

If you are graduating and still need to get into a course to graduate, please contact your academic advisor immediately.

CNS Departmental Contacts

Biosciences (including biology, biochemistry, medical lab science, and neuroscience): bioscienceinfo@utexas.edu for advising questions and biology@austin.utexas.edu for course adds and research credit adds

Chemistry: css@cm.utexas.edu - Phone: 512-354-5045 M-F 9:00AM-12:00PM and 1:00PM-4:00PM

Math: mpaadv@austin.utexas.edu

Physics: ugaffairs@physics.utexas.edu

Astronomy: studentinfo@astro.as.utexas.edu

Statistics: stat.admin@austin.utexas.edu

Computer Science: under-info@cs.utexas.edu

Human Ecology: headvising@austin.utexas.edu

Textiles & Apparels: angela.patterson@austin.utexas.edu

Public Health: angela.patterson@austin.utexas.edu

Human Development & Family Science: angela.patterson@austin.utexas.edu

Nutrition: jill.lawler@austin.utexas.edu

Adding courses may change your tuition, please be sure to verify if any additional funds are charged. Click here to see how adding a course can impact your financial aid

Drop/QDrop/OTE

Drops for Spring 2023 - The University undergraduate Q-drop deadline for:

Spring 2023 semester is March 21, 11:59 PM (CST).

Q-drops will be considered academic and will count toward your six drop limit. Additionally, note that Q-drops may have an impact on scholastic status, financial aid, veteran’s education benefits, athletic eligibility, as well as other implications.

If you would like to drop a course submit your request here.

If you have any questions regarding the implications of using your Q-Drop feel free to contact your academic advisor via email.

OTEs (One Time Exceptions)

Undergraduate students who may not have urgent, substantiated, nonacademic reasons will be allowed to drop a single class or withdraw from the University after the deadline to drop or withdraw for academic reasons under the provisions of the One-Time-Exception (OTE). The OTE may be invoked only once during the student's entire undergraduate career regardless of college the student was enrolled in at the time the exception was allowed.

A student must request the OTE from the student's dean's office by the last class day. Request must be submitted via e-mail to CNSInfo@austin.utexas.edu by 11:59 p.m. on the last class day. Include your name, UT EID and request to withdraw using OTE, course number and unique number with the subject: UT EID, Request to drop by 11:59 p.m. on the last class day.
Any drop or withdrawal allowed under the OTE will be subject to the same academic and financial aid rules governing other drops or withdrawals taken during the semester.

Provisions for all Drops

A student may not drop a class in which a final grade has been assigned. This will be verified by the student’s dean’s office.
A student may not drop a class if there are any pending investigations of scholastic dishonesty for the class in question. Any drop assigned will not be considered final until any investigations of scholastic dishonesty for the class in question are resolved.
Drops allowed under the provisions of the OTE will be considered academic drops and will count toward the six-drop limit. Students who have reached the six-drop limit are not eligible to use the OTE to drop a course.

Pass/Fail

Standard Pass/Fail

This semester all Grade Status Change requests (to pass/fail or letter grade) should be submitted online no later than 11:59 PM (CST), 03/21/2023

This can be done here: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/cola/rtk/student_reg_change

Please note: Courses taken pass/fail will only count as elective credit. You may request to change your grading status once. You can take 2 courses pass/fail each semester. If you are an undergraduate student, in order to take a course pass/fail, you must have completed 30 or more credit hours. Grade status of a class may only be changed once. For more information, see the University Catalog.

It is important to keep in mind how classes taken Pass/Fail will be treated by graduate and professional school admissions, licensure requirements, and others. Changing a letter grade to Pass/Fail may have unintended consequences.

Withdrawal

Students wishing to withdraw during the fall or spring semester are required to meet with a counselor. E-mail CNSInfo@austin.utexas.edu to schedule an appointment. The deadline to request a withdrawal is 11:59 pm 03/21/2023. If you would like to withdraw from all courses click here to submit a withdrawal request.

Provisions for OTE Withdrawals

A student must request the OTE from the student's dean's office by the last class day. Request must be submitted via e-mail to CNSInfo@austin.utexas.edu by 5 p.m. on the last class day. Include your name, eid and request to withdraw, subject: EID, Request to withdraw
Any drop or withdrawal allowed under the OTE will be subject to the same academic and financial aid rules governing other drops or withdrawals taken during the semester.
Students who are requesting to use the OTE for a withdrawal will be allowed to withdraw regardless of current grades in classes.
Pending scholastic dishonesty will be verified by the student's dean's office with the Dean of Students Office. Withdrawal will not be approved if there is a pending scholastic dishonesty case.
Per University policy, withdrawals require a meeting with a non-academic counselor in the CNS Dean’s Office. Call 512-471-3796 to schedule an appointment with a non-academic counselor.

If you would like to use your OTE to withdraw from all courses click here to submit a withdrawal request.

Advising

CLICK HERE to find out who your assigned advisor is. If you don’t have an assigned advisor, one will be assigned to you by the third week of the semester. If you have any questions about advising and don’t know who your advisor is email CNSinfo@austin.utexas.edu

Once you are assigned an advisor they will email you to introduce themselves. Please refer to your My UT page and access your "Secure Academic Notes" to check on any messages from your advisor.

Contacts