Overrides

What is an override?

An override is a request to enroll in or drop from a class when the student is unable to do so through UAConnect.  The request is submitted via an Administrative Change of Registration Form.  Enrollment failures occur for various reasons. A couple of common reasons are the lack of requisites and instructor consent required.

How to Fill Out the Form

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The objective here is to determine if you really do need an override. Enrollment failures occur for many reasons. Overrides require the completion of a form and the signature of the course instructor. However, some enrollment failures have simple fixes and eliminate the need for an override.

Listed below are common causes for enrollment failures that require corrective action by the student and may eliminate the need for an override:

  • Co-requisites (both courses must be selected and in the cart)  
  • Pre-requisites not completed
  • Class not open
  • Time conflict
  • Holds
  • Out of Career (Graduate/Undergraduate)

Listed below are causes for enrollment failures that will require an override:

  • Instructor Consent Required
  • Overriding Pre- or Co-requisites
  • Full Class (overrides are NOT permitted into full labs)

If you determine that you do need an override, please complete the Administrative Change of Registration form (link is provided below), obtain the instructors’ signature, and bring the signed form to CORD 136 or email it to arsccert@uark.edu for processing. You are responsible for obtaining the instructor’s signature yourself, usually via an in-person meeting.

IMPORTANT: Please note that most 10000- and some 20000-level chemistry classes that have a lab AND lecture co-requisite, in which you want to drop the lecture but keep the lab, will require you to meet with the professor in person to discuss this before they will sign it. It will be necessary to remain engaged in lecture (completing homework and exams) up until the last week before the drop deadline in order to qualify for this.

Override Form availability:

  • Hard copies are available in the Chemistry Office in CHEM 119.
  • Forms in PDF format are available online at the Registrar's Office website.