Late Add Petition
The Late Add Petition is available after the Late Add Period has ended (last day to add a course through Register.UW) and remains open through the last day of each quarter. Late Add Petitions are only permitted during the quarter for which the course is offered. The Late Add Petition is for UW Seattle tuition-based students.
UW Academic Calendar
Refer to the UW Academic Calendar for specific dates for registration periods, adding & dropping, and late add periods for the given quarter.
Fees
Late Adds incur a Registration Change Fee of $20 and is only waived at the department’s request, with proof of an institutional error.
Late Registrations, first registration occurs during or after Registration Period III, incur a Late Registration Fee of $25 through the second week of the quarter, and $75 beginning the third week of the quarter.
Canvas Alert
Instructors are alerted when adding a non-registered student to a Canvas course. It is the instructor’s responsibility to notify the student to register for the course via Register.UW or via the Late Add Petition, to receive credit for the course.
UW Bothell, UW Tacoma, Continuum College
- UW Bothell: Submit a Late Add Petition.
- UW Tacoma: Review the Late Add Period information.
- UW Continuum College/UW Professional & Continuing Education: Students in fee-based degree programs need to submit a Late Add Petition to Continuum College Registration Services by email at c2reg@uw.edu or in person at the Registration Services office.
Late Add Petition Process
The student and instructor must complete the Late Add Petition when:
- Late Add Period Ended: The student can no longer add a course through Register.UW;
- Late Add: It is determined that an additional course is needed, or;
- Late Registration: A student must register for the first time for the current quarter.
Step One: Student
The Student completes and submits the Late Add Petition. The student should allow enough time for the instructor to review and forward the request to the Registration Team before the last day of the quarter.
Information provided by the student:
- Student: Name, UW NetID, ID Number, @uw.edu email
- *Course: SLN, Abbreviation, Number, Section
- *Code: Add Code, Entry Code, or Faculty Code
- **Instructor: Name, @uw.edu email
- Explanation: Reason for late add
- Consent: To registration changes, associated change fees, tuition charges
**Only the Instructor can be listed here. The Late Add Petition will not be processed by the OUR Registration Team if anyone other than the Instructor of Record (IoR) for the course is listed here and follows through with approving the petition.
Step Two: Instructor
The Late Add Petition is forwarded to the instructor for review. The instructor has through the last day of the quarter to review and forward the request to the Registration Team.
- Review: Correct SLN, Add Code, Reason for the Late Add Petition.
- Approval: If approved, forwards the email to the Registration Team affirming they are the Instructor of Record for the course, and they approve the Late Add Petition.
- Denial: If denied, the instructor should notify the student directly.
Step Three: OUR Registration Team
- Registration: The OUR Registration Team will verify add codes and the Instructor of Record before processing the Late Add Petition.
- Notification: Both the student and instructor will be notified if the Registration Team is not able to process the Late Add Petition.
Step Four: Post Registration
After the course has been added, the student should review their tuition balance.
Late Add Petition Form
The form opens at 8 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. on designated dates for each quarter.
Past Quarter Academic History Change
A Past Quarter Academic History Change is a request to add a course to a student’s academic history after the quarter has ended. These requests must be sent by the Instructor of Record (IoR) of the course to petition@uw.edu.
- Requests will only be approved if there was demonstrated institutional error that prevented the student from being registered during the quarter.
- Students who fail to register, even if they were added to Canvas for the course, will not be approved for a Past Quarter Academic History Change.