University of Waterloo
Engineering 5 (E5), 6th Floor
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext.32600
Staff and Faculty Directory
Contact the Department of Systems Design Engineering
The Department of Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) manages course waitlists for SYDE and Biomedical Engineering (BME) courses that are expected to reach capacity during the add/drop period.
Follow these steps to be added to a course waitlist:
Students that tried to add the course during course selection but were not enrolled do not get preference on the waitlist. It is your responsibility to check your enrollment status by November 17. If you were not enrolled in the course, you must follow the steps to add yourself to the waitlist.
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:
For a unit-load override/overloading:
For a time conflict override:
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.
University of Waterloo
Engineering 5 (E5), 6th Floor
Phone: 519-888-4567 ext.32600
Staff and Faculty Directory
Contact the Department of Systems Design Engineering
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