Undergraduate: Academic Support: Overrides

An override allows a student to be registered for a course that he or she would not normally be able to register for. This may be for many different reasons, including but not limited to the class being full, not meeting prerequisites, or time conflicts between courses. Students seeking an override should follow the steps listed below:

• Attempt to register for the course through the online registration system at my.ucf.edu. If this registration is not successful make sure to note the error that is indicated in the error log accompanying the notice of unsuccessful registration.
• Determine what department teaches the course that you are seeking an override for. This is sometimes very apparent such as Chemistry I CHM2045 being taught by the Chemistry department. In other cases it is not so apparent, for example Statics EGN3310 is taught by the Civil Engineering department. If you are not sure what department teaches a course consult the course catalog. Each course description lists an abbreviation of the department teaching the course.
• If the course is taught by a department within the College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) a course override form will need to be completed. If the course is taught by a department outside of CECS, even if it is a course required for one of our majors such as calculus, this override form can not be used. In such cases contact the department teaching the course and they will inform you how to proceed.
• Once the override form has been filled out it must be approved. To accomplish this take the form to the office of the department teaching the course. In most cases a representative with the office will sign the form. However in some cases the student will be directed to the instructor that will be teaching the course to sign and approve the form.
• Once the form is complete and signed by the department teaching the course, you will still need to be registered in the course. The form should be brought to the Engineering and Computer Science Academic Affairs Office in the ENGR 107 for all engineering courses or CSB 201 in the case of Computer Science or IT courses.
• Once the staff at these offices confirms that the form has been completed correctly the courses will be added to the student’s schedule.
• After the course is added students should consult their MyUCF account in order to ensure that they are aware of any changes that may have occurred on their fee invoice.