SYDE & BME Course Waitlists

Department consent is placed on courses that are in high demand and are expected to reach capacity quickly. A student cannot enroll into a class themselves that has department consent. Instead, they have to reach out to the department’s Undergraduate Coordinator to be added into the course.

If a course requires department consent, it is likely because there is a waitlist in place to ensure enrollment is fair and efficient.

If you need an override for a waitlist course, you must wait until you have been given permission to enroll into the course by the Undergraduate Coordinator.

For a pre-requisite override:

1. Contact the course instructor and ask for approval to be enrolled into their course.
2. Fill out the course override form. You do not need the instructor’s signature on the form.
3. Forward the email from the instructor to the Undergraduate Coordinator. Attach the form in that email.
4. Wait to receive confirmation from the Undergraduate Coordinator.

For a unit-load override/overloading:

1. Make sure that your last academic term average meets the grade requirement to overload:
   • 65% to overload during a co-op term.
   • 75% to overload during an academic term.
2. If you need a pre-requisite override for the course, see For a pre-requisite override above.
3. Fill out the course override form and send it to the Undergraduate Coordinator.
4. Wait to receive confirmation.

For a time conflict override:

1. Contact the Undergraduate Coordinator to see if a time conflict override is possible.
   • Dependent on grades and the amount of time overlap between courses.
2. If the Undergraduate Coordinator says that an override is possible, they will tell you which instructor to contact to ask for time conflict permission.
3. Forward the email from the instructor to Undergraduate Coordinator and fill out the override form.
4. Wait to receive confirmation.

For a reserve override:

If you are receiving a reserve error, it is because a portion of the class’s enrollment is reserved for a particular group of students and you don’t meet the reserve requirements for that course.

1. Use the Schedule of Classes and see if there is room left in the course.
2. If there is room left in the course but you don’t meet the reserve requirements, email the course instructor and ask for a reserve override.
3. Forward the email from the instructor with approval to the Undergraduate Coordinator. Fill out the course override form and attach it to that email.
4. Wait to receive confirmation.