Add/Drop

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General Instructions
Adding a Subject
Dropping a Subject
Changing Status in a Registered Subject

General Instructions

After a student has turned in the Registration Form, changes in subject registration must be made with Add/Drop/Change Forms. Obtain a PDF copy here: Add/Drop/Change Form (paper forms are available at the Student Services Center, 11-120).

The advisor or registration officer keeps a copy of the completed form. The student should bring two copies immediately to the Student Services Center, 11-120, where they will be stamped with the date submitted. The student should save a stamped copy for his or her records.

Undergraduates registered for fewer than 36 units (not including Listener or ROTC subjects) are considered to be less than full-time. Read how registration load affects financial aid, loan deferments, compliance with immigration regulations, eligibility for varsity athletics, and external health insurance.

After the specified deadlines, requests for registration changes must be made by petition. A $40 processing fee will be charged for permitted changes. Undergraduate students petition the Committee on Academic Performance (CAP) and graduate students petition the Office of the Dean of Graduate Education (ODGE).

See deadlines for Sophomore Exploratory subjects.

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Adding a Subject

All add forms must be approved and signed by an undergraduate student’s advisor or a graduate student’s registration officer.

Instructors must also approve and sign add forms for subjects added after the first week of the term. For lotteried subjects, the instructor must sign all add forms.

To add a UROP for credit, specify the department and grading method. Dept#.UR is graded P/D/F; Dept#.URG is graded A/B/C/D/F (for example, 7.UR or 7.URG).

Add Date: Friday, October 9
Drop Date: Wednesday, November 18

Type of Subject	Add Deadline
Full-term subject	Add Date
Subject scheduled entirely in the first half of the term	Add Date
Subject scheduled entirely in the second half of the term	Drop Date
Subject which begins after Add Date e.g. UROP for credit, thesis, special topics	Drop Date

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Dropping a Subject

All drop forms must be approved and signed by an undergraduate student’s advisor or a graduate student’s registration officer. Instructors of subjects being dropped do not sign the form.

Dropped subjects never appear on the student’s transcript (external record).

Subjects dropped by Add Date do not appear on the student’s internal grade report. Subjects dropped after Add Date appear on the internal grade report with the notation DR.

Add Date: Friday, October 9
Drop Date: Wednesday, November 18

Type of Subject	Drop Deadline
Full-term subject	Drop Date
Subject scheduled entirely in the first half of the term	Add Date
Subject scheduled entirely in the second half of the term	Last Day of Classes, Thursday, December 10
Subject which begins after Add Date e.g. UROP for credit, thesis, special topics	Drop Date

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Changing Status in a Registered Subject

Add Date: Friday, October 9
Drop Date: Wednesday, November 18

Status Change	Required Signature	Deadline
To or from P/D/F grading under Junior-Senior P/D/F or Graduate P/D/F Option	advisor/registration officer	same as adding the subject
From Listener to Credit	advisor/registration officer	same as adding the subject
From Credit to Listener	advisor/registration officer	same as dropping the subject
Change number of units for thesis or a units-arranged subject	advisor/registration officer AND instructor	Last Day of Classes, Thursday, December 10

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