You should include a description of why you wish to be admitted to any closed courses you select (please see criteria below). Requests made without an accompanying reason will be given lowest priority for admission, should seats be available. This form cannot be submitted until 9:00 am on the day after you are scheduled to register. For example, students with an April 3 registration date cannot submit this form until 9:00 am April 4. Forms submitted before your registration day has passed will not be reviewed. Do not submit a request for a seat in a closed section when you are registered in another section of that course. Please be timely in your requests, Dr. Buchanan will review the requests and add students after each successive class (i.e. rising seniors, juniors, sophomores) registers. You will be notified regarding his decision. DO NOT APPROACH FACULTY MEMBERS TO BE WRITTEN INTO CLASSES.
Criteria for placement in closed classes: Criterion 1: A student must be closed out of registering for all sections of the course or have a valid reason why they cannot enroll in a section that still has available seats. Reasons like “It fits my schedule better”, “I prefer a different professor” or “I want to be in a class with a friend” are not valid reasons for gaining admission to a closed section when seats are available in other sections of the course. Criterion 2: First priority will be given to students graduating in fall 2009, then spring 2010, and so forth. Criterion 3: Within each graduating group, priority will be given to psychology and neuroscience majors over psychology minors.
Please note the following soft and hard caps: PSYC 210 & 335 classes will add students from the soft cap of 25 students to a maximum hard cap of 30 students per section. PSYC 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 230, 234 & 360 classes will add students from a soft cap of 30 students to a maximum hard cap of 35 students per section. PSYC/NEUR 231 classes will add students from a combined soft cap of 30 students (PSYC 15 and NEUR 15) to a maximum combined hard cap of 35. PSYC/NEUR 231L labs will add students from a combined soft cap of 10 students (PSYC 5 and NEUR 5) to a maximum combined hard cap of 12. PSYC 490 classes will add students from a soft cap of 20 to a maximum hard cap of 25. PSYC 223, 238, 234L, 335L, and 390 will not add additional students. They currently have caps set at the maximum.
Once classes have reached the maximum hard cap enrollments listed above, Dr. Buchanan will only request that additional students be enrolled in a course only if students can prove that they must take the course during the current semester to graduate on time. This option would typically only apply to seniors graduating December 2009 or May 2010. Furthermore, Dr. Buchanan will consult with the faculty member teaching the course to determine if she/he will accept an additional student under this circumstance. Students will be enrolled in a course only with the instructor's approval. DO NOT APPROACH FACULTY MEMBERS TO BE WRITTEN INTO CLASSES.