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Department of Psychology at Illinois State University

PSY Course Override

Advance Registration for summer and fall 2010
Monday, March 15 — Friday, April 16

Approval for a psychology course override is not guaranteed; students should register for an alternate course in case their override request is not approved. Priority for approving an override is based on credit hours closest to graduation and other considerations. All override decisions for closed psychology courses are made after Advance Registration closes. Students will be notified through their University e-mail account only if their override request is approved by the department. It is the student's responsibility to use an approved override to register for the psychology course as soon as possible. If an override is approved, students should drop their alternate course and register for the psychology course. Override approval may expire if the student fails to register for the psychology course in a timely manner.

Override requests will be accepted for:
  • PSY 200 Careers in Psychology
  • PSY 231 Research Methods in Psychology
  • PSY 253 Cognition and Learning
  • PSY 263 Physiological Psychology
  • any PSY 300-level course (except PSY 302)

 

Override requests WILL NOT be accepted for:
  • any PSY 100-level course
  • PSY 213 Lifespan Development
  • PSY 215 Educational Psychology
  • PSY 223 Social Psychology
  • PSY 230 Business and Industrial Psychology
  • PSY 233 Psychology of Personality
  • PSY 302 Adolescent Development

Closed PSY Courses

Students should try to register for the PSY course before completing an override request. Be sure all prerequisite requirements have been satisfied for the PSY course; check the appropriate Undergraduate Catalog. If unable to register for a PSY course because it is identified as closed, students should submit an override request on their specific Advance Registration date.

Click on the link to download the form to the computer. The form is an interactive Microsoft Work document that must be completed on the computer and saved as a Word .doc file. Other format,s such as Vista Word, .rtf, or .txt files, are not acceptable. Send the completed override request, as an e-mail attachment, to the department. Include the PSY course number and "override" in the e-mail subject line (i.e., PSY 350 override). Incomplete override requests will not be considered for approval.

The PSY Override Request and the E-mail links will only be available during Advance Registration.

Override for a Prerequisite Course

If the PSY course is not closed but students cannot register for the course, and students have completed the prerequisite course and a grade has been recorded, contact Dr. Karen Mark by e-mail for a prerequisite course override. Indicate in the e-mail subject line that the request is for a "prerequisite override." Do not submit the PSY override request form.

Other Courses

Contact the specific department or school to inquiry about a course override.