Registering for Physics 221 or Physics 222

Registering for Physics 221 or Physics 222

(for the spring or fall semester)

If you have difficulty registering for a section that fits your schedule, DO NOT PANIC; it is department policy that all students who need this course will be accommodated. However, you must do your part as described below.
Register in timely fashion. Do not delay needlessly.
If you are already registered for a section or course that you now know you will not be attending, DROP it as soon as possible. This helps everyone, even possibly you. For example, a student who is registered for a section that you want to add may be waiting for the space that you create when you drop!
Be sure to consider all sections of this course that do not conflict with your other classes or university commitments. To do this sensibly, complete a schedule grid (see below) showing the day(s) and time(s) of all your classes.
If none of the sections which do not conflict with your other classes are "open" (i.e., have space for you), try again in a few days.

Many "closed" sections become "open" again, as students drop sections or more space is opened by the department.
The administration typically holds many more seats than necessary for "Learning Teams"; these seats eventually get released for general use.
And occasionally, an additional section or two is opened if that becomes necessary.

You may have to change sections in one of your other courses in order to avoid a conflict with an "open" section of this course.
If you have not been able to register by the first day of classes:

Attend the section of your choice (unless directed by staff to do otherwise), including the lecture, recitation and lab classes.
Inform the section instructor that you are trying to get into the section.
Continue to try to register via the AccessPlus or the touch-tone system until the second week of classes. Control of the registration process is not given to the department until the second week.

If you have not been able to register by the beginning of the second week of classes:

Take your schedule grid to Room 12 Physics, and inform the physics course secretary, Ms. Judy Zunkel, of the problem. Complete a form to be placed on a waiting list for the section(s) which you can attend. Typically considerable space is available by this time as a result of lab waivers.
Check back as directed by the secretary; typically all cases will be resolved by the first few days of the second week of classes.
Difficult cases are referred by the secretary for resolution to the faculty lab supervisor or the Assistant Chair for academic matters.
We insist that you have completed a schedule grid before you request assistance; it is an invaluable aid to all concerned in resolving scheduling problems.

Background information:

Typically additional openings become available in the course after the first few days of classes, when some students request and receive a waiver of the laboratory. These open seats do not appear on the web or touch-tone systems, however. (Note: It is the maximum allowable enrollment in laboratory that limits enrollment in most sections.)
Typically sections in this course are "opened" gradually over a period of weeks after registration begins. For example, a section might initially be assigned 10 "seats", then 15, then 20, and then the actual maximum of 24. This procedure results in a more even distribution of enrollments, so that when students attempt to register, there are likely to be a few openings in many sections, rather than many openings in only a few sections.
On-Line Schedule of Classes
AccessPlus

Registering for Physics 221 or Physics 222

(for the Summer session)

In summer, there are only 2 or 3 sections.
Because there are so few sections in summer, sometimes it is not possible to resolve a conflict with another course.
The budget for summer classes is strictly controlled by the university. We can offer only as many sections as are approved.
Because of the above conditions, we cannot guarantee that we can accommodate all students who request the course in summer. However, in practice, it is rare that we cannot do so.
Be safe! Register as early as possible!

For the summer session, if you have not been able to register after trying numerous times, contact the physics course secretary, Ms. Judy Zunkel, at 294-4936, for advice.

Click here for a Printable Grid on its own page.

Schedule Grid (Day/Time Grid)

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