Useful Tips

Eligibility to register. When you use the ADD function, the system checks your eligibility to register. To register for any term, you cannot have any financial or miscellaneous stops. If a stop exists, the system identifies the office to contact to clear the stop.

Adding or dropping courses. There are deadlines and restrictions on changing your course load. Refer to the information on drop and withdraw, and deadline dates under "Academic Information". Note: If you fail to attend both of the first two class meetings, you are subject to being dropped from the class at the discretion of the teaching department.

After the second day of classes, undergraduate and graduate students are required to have their school dean's signature when registering for the first time or making any course additions. Deans will approve registration or course additions after this date only for truly exceptional circumstances.

Deadlines and restrictions apply to changing your course load. Refer to the information on drop and withdraw, and deadline dates. You may use the system to add a course through the second day of classes in each session. You may use the system to drop a course through the fifth day of classes as long as you remain registered for at least one course. You may not use the system to reduce your course load to zero credit hours; instead you have to withdraw. See "Academic Information" for drop and withdraw deadlines.
To add a course after the second day of classes, (and only under exceptional circumstances) or to reduce your course load to zero hours, (i.e., to withdraw from the session) contact your academic dean. Complete the appropriate form with all required signatures and submit it to the Registrar's office.

Course restrictions. The ADD function also identifies any course restrictions specific to the course section that you are requesting. Academic departments may restrict course sections by student classification (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, etc), major, school, or any combination of the above. If you are not eligible to register for a course section, the system does not permit you to add it. Contact the teaching department for approval to have a course added.

Closed and cancelled courses. The system identifies a course section which is closed or canceled and informs you about any open sections of the same course. Use the SEARCH feature to add an open section to your schedule. If there is a waitlist for the course during early registration, add your name to the list by using the WAITLIST feature.

Lecture/lab/recitations.  The system tells you when a lab and/or recitation must be linked with a course and prompts you to add the correct combination. You are not allowed to enroll in a zero-credit lab and/or recitation without first registering for the corresponding lecture section. If you add the lecture and are unable to schedule the linked lab and/or recitation, you must drop the lecture before proceeding with your registration.

Same course, two sections. If you are required to register for two sections in the same course and the system does not allow it, contact the teaching department.

Time conflicts. You are not permitted to register for two courses scheduled at the same time or for courses with overlapping meeting times. If some compelling situation arises whereby you wish to register for courses with time conflicts, contact the teaching departments to request special permission.

Variable and fractional credit. When you add a variable credit course, the system asks you to enter the number of desired credit hours. The system accepts fractional credit.

Veterans educational benefits. Veterans who expect to use veterans educational benefits should register and then contact Veterans Services, CB# 2100, 3100 SASB North (962-8292) or online (http://regweb.unc.edu/veterans/index.html).

Confirmation of enrollment. If you are registered in a summer session and require that confirmation of enrollment be sent to financial institutions, organizations, or agencies requiring proof of registration, complete an online request (http://regweb.unc.edu/regweb/servlet/enrollment_proof), call (919)962-3954, come by SASB North, or mail your request to the University Registrar's Office, CB# 2100, 3100 SASB North, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-2100.

Audit.You may audit any course that lends itself to this practice and has space available. Certain departments, such as Romance Languages, do not permit auditing. To audit, obtain written permission from the instructor and the appropriate dean or chair. The Registrar does not keep records of audits nor do they appear on your transcript.

If you are officially registered in at least one course for credit, there is no charge for auditing a course in the same session. Otherwise, there is a fee of $20 per course that you pay to the Cashier. Show a copy of the Cashier's receipt or your registration schedule to the instructor when you first attend class.

Pass/Fail. By action of the Faculty Council, Pass/Fail is not an option during the summer term, except when a course is regularly offered only on a pass/fail basis.