Students should pay careful attention to deadlines for registering and changing registration. Deadlines for fall 2017 are available here: https://registrar.utexas.edu/schedules/179/whentoregister
Students can add or drop courses, or switch between credit and no-credit status online through the 4th class day of the fall or spring semester.
From the 5th to the 12th class day, students must contact the graduate coordinator for the department hosting the course they want to change. A list List of graduate coordinators is here: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/connect for all departments.
For Chemical Engineering course changes through the 12th class day, email kbaird@che.utexas.edu the Chemical Engineering Graduate Coordinator with your EID, and the unique IDs of the courses you want to change. If you are adding a course, the coordinator will also want to see an email from the instructor giving you permission to late-add.
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