Adding a Course

If the course you wish to add is open, you may add it before the deadline to add.

It is the instructor’s prerogative to judge whether you can enter the course when the class capacity has been reached. In that case, you must complete an override authorization form, which involves getting the instructor’s signature and the department’s stamp, before adding the course.

From the third week of the term on, you must petition to add courses. You can obtain the petition form from the Registrar’s Office or from our website at http://www4.nau.edu/registrar/index.asp.

You may add mini-courses and summer session courses on a schedule with the same proportion as is used for fall and spring terms.

You may petition the Registrar’s Office in writing for an exception to the add policy. Your petition requires justification and the written approvals of your advisor and the course instructor. In applying for an exception, you must provide specific and verifiable reason(s) that your petition should be granted and enclose the applicable fees. Please be aware that petitions for exceptions are not automatically approved.

For mountain campus 16-week classes, the $25 fee is replaced with a $100 late census fee effective the 22nd day of a spring and fall term.  The late census fee is a one-time charge each term that covers late adds after the 21-day census date.

Click here for Dropping a Course or Administrative Drop.