UAF MATH/STAT Course Override Request

If a class section is already full, our office generally cannot add students to it. However, we can help guide you through your options below:

Start by Talking With Your Advisor

Your advisor can help you figure out whether you really need the class this semester and whether there are other ways to stay on track. If you do not know who your advisor is, either visit your college's advising center or schedule a meeting with an undergraduate coordinator or advisor related to your major department (found in your major's degree requirements page).

 

You May Not Need the Class Right Now (or at All)

• You may be able to take the class next semester when you have priority registration, or during the summer when fewer students are enrolling.
• You may already meet necessary requirements in other desired classes through existing placement or prerequisites. Check our Math Placement for Undergraduates page and compare it with what you see in your Workday.
• If you score high enough on our Math Placement Exam, you could register for a necessary (and possibly open) higher‑level MATH or STAT course instead.
• If you’ve taken a similar course in the past, your advisor may review whether it could count as a degree substitution.
• In some cases, another MATH or STAT course may meet your degree requirements just as well.

If You Need the Course This Semester

• Adjust your schedule to see if other open sections could fit.
• If the course has a waitlist, you may add yourself to it. Please note:
  • Being on a waitlist does not guarantee enrollment.
  • Some waitlists may allow for additional seats if space allows, but this isn’t always possible.
• You can only be enrolled or waitlisted in one section of the same course.
• Workday may not warn you about holds or time conflicts when you waitlist, so be sure to check your account carefully prior to enrolling yourself.

If None of These Options Work

• Talk with your advisor about adjusting your graduation timeline if needed.
• If you’re thinking about taking the class at another school, be sure to check the Registrar’s Course Equivalency Tool first.
  • If a course with another institution is not listed as equivalent, it would be best to check for a different course offering.
  • If the non-equivalent course has already been taken and transferred - and you believe it is equivalent to another University of Arkansas course - carefully read and follow the directions for a Petition of Transfer Credit.

IMPORTANT: Online Section Policy

The online section of [a chosen MATH or STAT Course] is exclusively reserved for students enrolled in online degree programs. Please note that no exceptions can be made to this policy - override requests from on-campus students cannot be approved by instructors or administrators. On-campus students should register for the designated on-campus sections only.

Required Lecture and Discussion ("Drill") Combinations

In classes such as Precalculus, Calculus, and Differential Equations, most sections require a co-requisite drill to accompany the scheduled lecture.

Discussions are a required meeting time that incorporate necessary learning, quizzes, or curriculum with regular lecture meetings.

For simplicity, the lectures and drills are numbered in a way that the last two digits of a lecture section (e.g. "MATH 24004 - 003") match the first two digits of their drill section (e.g. "MATH 24004 - D031/...D032/...D033").

• Discussion sections are assigned to specific Lecture sections and cannot be interchanged.
• Our department is unable to override these restrictions or approve enrollment in mismatched sections.
• Students are responsible for ensuring they select the correct Discussion section associated with their Lecture section.

It is the policy of the University and this department that these specific combinations cannot be broken or overridden.

Our department offers three developmental MATH lab courses for Remedial Math students. These lab courses must be taken in the same semester as their related lecture and will add one (1) or two (2) extra credit hours to a student's schedule.

• College Algebra (MATH 11003) Lecture
  • College Algebra Lab I (MATH 00101)
  • College Algebra Lab II (MATH 00202)
    
    
• Quantitative Reasoning (MATH 11103) Lecture
  • Quantitative Reasoning Lab (MATH 01101)
    
    

These labs do not link with their lectures, so students will need to be sure to manually enroll and drop both the lecture and lab. Students only enrolled in one of the aforementioned labs must drop the lab, or risk their GPA being affected.

If you are unsure if you need to take a lab with one of these lectures, or which lab you need to take, talk with an advisor or visit our Introductory MATH Co-Requisite Labs page.

Score and requirement cut-offs are also listed on our Math Placement for Undergraduates page.

Information to have on-hand when submitting an override includes:

• Your Student Information
• The Class You Want
  • Include the course and section number (e.g., MATH 11003‑002) or meeting times that fit your schedule
  • Overrides are manually added by our office; students cannot enroll themselves
• Supporting Documentation (if applicable, for unverified Workday items):
  
  • Math Placement Exam: enter the test date and score (we only accept proctored attempts, not the first practice)
  • University of Arkansas Credit: list the course you believe meets the prerequisite, when you took it, and your final grade
  • Transfer Credit: upload an unofficial transcript showing the course, where it was taken, and the final grade
  • Test Scores: upload a score report or screenshot and confirm scores are being processed by Admissions

The form also includes a text box where you may share any additional details about your situation.

Students receive an automated email once they submit their request. These requests cannot be edited after submitting them, so any edits will need to be sent via email to mathover@uark.edu with the form number and date submitted referenced.

Our office reviews each submitted request. The student may expect a response either same day or it may take up to 5 days during peak enrollment periods.

Longer processing times and limited seating in classes are reasons why we encourage students to verify their error is something we can override and ask for multiple sections options in case the primary choice closes.

Based on the information provided in the override, an override request may be...

Sent Back for Student Review

• The preferred section is closed and no other alternatives were given
• There is missing information (unofficial transcript, no time/section preference, missing proof of scores)
• Hold on the account is preventing enrollment
• There is a time conflict with another course and no other alternatives were given

Denied

• Student is already enrolled in the course and did not request a swap
• Multiple override requests for the same course are submitted
• Transfer credit is not equivalent - student needs to do a Petition of Transfer Credit
• Overload error - students needs to fill out an Overload Petition
• Preferred course is not MATH or STAT, or requires department consent

Approved Conditionally (Temporarily)

• Transfer credit or test scores are high enough and equivalent, but are not yet verified in Workday
• Our office will still enroll the student, but will drop those who have not yet verified their prerequisites in the week before and of the start of classes
• If the conditions of the override aren't met by 10 days before a class starts, you may be dropped.

Approved Unconditionally (Permanently)

• The prerequisites are already confirmed in Workday
• Math Placement Exam score is high enough, proctored, and verified