How to Add a Class
Find out how to add a class for both undergraduate and graduate students.
Deadlines are as of 11:59 p.m. on date posted. Transactions requiring in-person assistance have a deadline of 4:30 p.m. on date posted.
Before classes begin, through Week 2
- To add a class that's open, follow the regular enrollment procedure in WebReg. If you wish to switch sections of course, it is considered a drop and add transaction, and all drop/ add/ change deadlines apply.
- If a class is full, you may add your name to the wait list via WebReg, and follow the wait list procedures.
- Graduate students, work with your graduate coordinators when altering your quarter class schedule to ensure you are meeting all campus, graduate program, and field area requirements and standards.
Note: The official university deadline to add classes (including Special Studies classes) is Friday of Week 2.
Week 3 through Week 10
- Requests to add classes after Week 2 are not guaranteed. Check with the academic department offering the course for specific guidelines.
- Submit a request through EASy, giving enough time to be approved by 4 p.m. on Friday of the final week of instruction.
Summer Session classes
If you are a Summer Session student, the deadline to add a class is the end of Week 1. For dates and information on Summer Session 3, see the Summer Session calendar. If you wish to switch sections of a course, it is considered a drop and add transaction, all drop/ add/ change deadlines apply.
- Requests to add classes after Week 1 are not guaranteed. Check with the academic department offering the course for specific guidelines.
- Submit a request through EASy, giving enough time to be approved by 4 p.m. the day before final exams begin for Summer Session I and II.
Due to the varying dates in Special Session, students are required to submit an EASy request with instructor and department approval to the Office of the Registrar by 4 p.m., Friday before the last week of instruction. For more Special Session dates, please see the Summer Session calendar.
- An academic department
- Registrar's Office, email registrar@ucsd.edu or (858) 534-3150
- Summer Session
- Graduate Division