Frequently Asked Questions
Registration dates are listed in the online Comet Calendar. All dates for registration and late registration and all formal procedures for registrarion are listed in the online Class Schedule for each semester by the Office of the Registrar. New students will have an opportunity to register at orientation. All freshmen, undeclared, and transfer students are required to meet with their academic advisor prior to registering for classes.
There's a hold preventing me from registering, how do I clear it?
Contact the Office of the Registrar to learn the nature of the hold and how to clear it, 972-883-2342.
I missed registration, what can I do?
Students who miss regular registration should schedule an appointment to meet with their academic advisor, if they have not already done so, and then register during the late registration period. Consult the current class schedule for late registration dates.
Freshman: Successfully completed fewer than 30 semester credit hours(SCH)
Sophomore: Successfully completed 30 - 53 SCH
Junior: Successfully completed 54 - 89 SCH
Senior: Successfully completed 90 or more SCH
Freshmen and sophomores comprise the lower-division students. Juniors
and seniors comprise the upper-division students.
How do I co-enroll at another college
General Information
Visiting UT System Students Program
Concurrent Enrollment Tuition
Tuition for Concurrent Enrollment
Although UT Dallas normally accepts credit from academic courses taken at other regionally accredited institutions in which a grade of 'C' or higher has been earned, specific course and degree requirements must be met in order for these courses to be included in the student's degree plan. The Office of Enrollment Services determines which credits earned at another college or university will transfer to UT Dallas.
Each candidate for a baccalaureate degree must complete a minimum of 120 semester credit hours of course work, at least 51 hours of which must be upper-division. While a student at UT Dallas, each candidate must complete at least 25 percent of the total semester credit hours required for a degree, 12 hours of which must be in advanced courses in the major subject. In addition, there is a UT System rule which states that 24 of the last 30 hours taken for a degree must be at UT Dallas. An additional requirement for the School of Management is that at least 50 percent of the upper-division Business credit hours be taken at UT Dallas.
To ensure that credit earned elsewhere will be accepted, continuing UT Dallas students who wish to take courses elsewhere should consult their academic advisor registering for the course(s).
Visiting UT System Students Program
The Visiting UT System Students Pprogram is designed to allow upper-level and graduate or professional students enrolled in an institution of the UT System to take courses or engage in research at another institution within the UT System during a regular semester or summer session.
Every campus has the responsibility to determine the academic qualifications necessary for their students to participate in the visiting program. Approval of a student's proposed visitation will be contingent on space and desired courses being readily available in the proposed visitation program and, for participation in a research laboratory, on approval of the director of the laboratory.
Interested UT Dallas students should contact the Office of Undergraduate Education for additional information, GC2.200, 972- 883-2231. Students at other UT System schools wishing to take courses at UT Dallas under this exchange program should contact and work through the office designated by their home institution.
A cooperative arrangement among component institutions of The University of Texas System has been authorized by the Chancellor and the Board of Regents. The university has a concurrent enrollment agreement with The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Branch and The University of Texas at Arlington for students who wish to enroll concurrently. This agreement allows any student enrolled concurrently between these institutions to receive a waiver of certain fees.
At the time of registration, a Concurrent Enrollment form obtained from the home registrar's office will be completed by the student and submitted to the home campus fee assessor; the host campus registrar will enroll students upon receipt of the Concurrent Enrollment form. Students will pay all mandatory student fees (including the Student Union Fee) to the home campus. Such fees are waived at the host campus (Sec. 54.503(g), Texas Education Code). Students wishing to take advantage of student services (including use of the host library) may elect to do so by paying the mandatory Student Services Fee for the hours enrolled at the host campus.
Tuition for Concurrent Enrollment
For a student who enrolls at more than one public institution of higher education, including the publicly supported community (junior) college, at the same time, special tuition rates may apply (Sec. 54.062, Texas Education Code). A student planning to enroll concurrently at The University of Texas at Dallas and any other public institution of higher education should see the UT Dallas Bursar; MC1.302, 972-883-2612; for the applicable tuition rates to be charged for the UT Dallas enrollment. Other general fees in addition to tuition shall be as provided in the undergraduate catalog, and the current class schedule, for such student's enrollment.
How do I withdraw from the University?
A student who wishes to withdraw entirely from the university must submit a completed 'Registration, Drop/Add and Withdrawal Form' to the Office of the Registrar. A student should follow the same procedures as outlined in How do I drop a class?. Students who withdraw from the university must return their ID cards to the Office of Admissions and Records on the date of withdrawal.
What is a typical course load?
There is no general minimum course load; however, to be considered full-time, an undergraduate student must be enrolled in at least twelve semester hours during each long term (fall and spring semesters). The standard full-time course load is fifteen semester hours.
The maximum load for a summer session is normally six smester credit hours for the five-week term, eight semester hours for the eight-week term or twelve semester hours for the twelve-week term. Special arrangements may be made for a student enrolled in the twelve-week summer term to take up to sixteen semester hours if the student needs no more than sixteen hours to graduate at the end of the summer session.
Students who are working while attending UTD should consider the total number of hours required to successfully complete their course work. Students are expected to study 2 -3 hours per week, outside of class, for every class credit hour in which they are enrolled. Therefore, a student enrolled in 15 credit hours should plan to study 30 - 45 hours per week in addition to the 15 hours of class work; for a total of 45 - 60 hours. Students are encouraged to balance work with their course load so as not to exceed a total of 60 hours per week.
Athletes as well as most students on scholarship or financial aid packages are required to maintain full-time enrollment during each long term (twelve semester hours). Students should check with the Financial Aid Office concerning the requirements of their particular package. Scholarship and financial aid students and athletes planning to complete twelve hours in a given semester often register for fifteen hours, should the need arise to drop a course.
Can I take more than the maximum number of credit hours?
Students wishing to register for more than eighteen semester credit hours must have the permission of the Associate Dean of their school; undergraduates with an undeclared major may seek that permission from the Dean of Undergraduate Education.
Students may audit courses with the exception of Computer Science and Engineering courses, Geoscience courses, Physical Education courses, Foreign Language courses, Studio/Ensemble courses, online courses, and any courses that charge a lab fee. Participation and discussion is at the discretion of the instructor. Auditing grants only the privilege of hearing and observing and does not grant credit or access to online course tools.
A student may obtain an Audit Form in the Office of the Registrar beginning the first day of classes through Census Day. Students may audit courses only by obtaining permission of the instructor and by completing audit registration procedures. Please consult the Office of the Registrar for more detailed audit procedures and associated fees.
this page last updated April 22, 2009
