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Add/Drop Dates and Frequently Asked Questions

Add/Drop Dates

August 7-8/11-12 Known as TITAN II, this is an Open Registration & Change of Program by class level.
  • Beginning with graduate students, then seniors, then juniors, etc, students may add and drop classes through the New TITAN Online.
  • Unless specifically set up to require permits, no external permissions are necessary to execute these transactions.
August 13-22 Open Registration & Change of Program for all students. No fee charged for adding/dropping courses.
August 23 Instruction begins.
  • Late registration fee of $25 assessed for students registering for the first time through TITAN Online.
  • No fee charged for adding/dropping courses.
August 23-September 1
  • No signatures required to add or drop most classes.
  • Add/Drop transactions take place through TITAN Online.
September 2-8 Department issued registration permit required to register and/or add all classes (except classes offered at the IRVC).

September 2-8 Department issued registration permit required to register and/or add all classes (except classes offered at the IRVC).

September 8
  • Last day of late registration with $25 late fee.
  • Last day to add most classes with registration permit.
  • Last day to drop classes without a grade of “W.”
  • All permits issued during the first and second week of classes EXPIRE at midnight.

September 22 Census Date. What is so important about the census date?

November 14 Final deadline to withdraw from classes with a grade of “W” for serious and compelling reasons.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What are permits? How does the permit system work?
A: The class capacity is set in CMS; when the capacity is met, the system does not allow additional students to register for the class. The instructor may allow additional students in the course (up to the legal capacity of the room) by issuing a “permit to register”. Departments do this in different ways, but most often the instructor gives the appropriate staff member the list of student names and campus-wide ID numbers (CWIDs) and the staff member accesses the system to issue the permit. Once this is done, the student must go to the New TITAN Online and add the class. The permit issued in the student’s name allows the student to add the class even though that puts the number of enrolled students over the class enrollment limit.
Q: The student tells me that he still cannot add the class even though I requested a permit for him. What’s wrong?
A: If the student attempts to register for the class before the staff member has issued the permit, the system will not recognize the permission. Check with the staff member to find out if the permit has been issued. Remember: The staff may be severely overloaded with these requests at the beginning of the semester, so it may take a few days for them to input all of the permits.
Q: What happens if a permit is issued but the student does not go online to officially add the class?
A: The student will not be officially enrolled and will not appear on the class roster. If the student fails to officially enroll, the student will not earn credit for the class, the department loses the funding credits for teaching the student and it negatively impacts the college’s ability to meet its enrollment target. Everybody loses!
Q: How long does the student, who has been issued a permit, have to conduct the add transaction in New TITAN Online?
A: All permits expire at midnight on September 8. It is of utmost importance that the instructor verify that all students attending class are officially enrolled by reading the class roster regularly prior to September 8 so that students with registration issues are alerted to the problem.
Q: Is the student officially enrolled as long as his/her name appears on my Blackboard Class List?
A: No! Only students whose names appear on the class roster produced by New TITAN Online (or CMS) are officially enrolled in the class.
Q: On the first day of class I had 5 “no shows”? Is it reasonable, therefore, to issue 5 permits to students who are physically present?
A: Only if you are comfortable “over enrolling” by that many students (and 5 more students does not exceed the legal capacity for the room). Even if all 5 of the “no shows” drop the class, the seats made available will be available to any student attempting to register; therefore the seats could potentially be filled by new students and then the students with permits would account for 5 additional students.
Q: What is census and why should I care?
A: The census date marks the day we “capture” enrollment lists for the purpose of reporting our official enrollments to the state via the Chancellor’s Office. If a student is not officially enrolled by the census date, the University (and the College as well as the Department) do not get funding for teaching that student. Consequently, the administration is extremely reluctant to sign add petitions after the census date. Instructors should care about these things because the healthier the financial state of affairs for the University (and College and Department), the more likely there will be additional sections taught by part-time instructors.
Q: When do students need paper add/drop petitions and should I sign them?
A: Students must use the paper petition process once permits expire at midnight, September 8. It is to everyone’s advantage and convenience to resolve adds and drops prior to this date. There are a variety of reasons why this does not occur and we generally encourage faculty members to accommodate students whenever possible and if it seems reasonable to do so. A good reason not to sign a petition to add a class would be if the student has not attended class in the first few weeks and does not have a reasonable chance to succeed when joining the class this late. Paper petitions require the signature of the Department Chair or Program Coordinator and the signature of one of the College Associate Deans.