Waitlist
BICH 409, BICH 410 and BICH 411 will be utilizing the registrar’s waitlist system for the foreseeable future.
All other courses will require a force request if you are unable to secure a seat during registration.
Please visit the registrar’s website for more detailed information about the waitlist, how to enroll, and the notification process: https://aggie.tamu.edu/registration-and-records/classes/registration/waitlist-information. Be sure to check the FAQs found on that same webpage for any questions you may have.
Departments and advisors do not control the waitlist. Please do not email your advisor or the department to ask for a status update or to see where you are on the waitlist. You will be automatically notified via your TAMU email if a seat is available and it is your turn to register.
REMINDER: Students are not guaranteed a specific position on the waitlist and being on a waitlist does not guarantee a seat will be made available in the course. Students should monitor their TAMU email account regularly to check for waitlist notices.
Force Requests
BICH/GENE FORCE REQUESTS SUBMISSIONS WILL BEGIN AT NOON ON MARCH 30 AND END AT 5:00 P.M. ON APRIL 14.
We will be processing requests April 17- April 24 Decisions regarding force requests will be completed and communicated by May 1. No late force requests will be accepted.
Please do not email your advisor or the department for a status update on your force request. All communication will be sent out by the date listed above.
Please be aware that force requests DO NOT guarantee you a spot in the course. Force requests are processed based on graduation needs first, then prerequisite and course sequencing needs, then by date/time stamp.
NOTE:
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- If you are already enrolled in the course you are requesting, your force request will not be processed. Please monitor the course schedule in Howdy for a seat in another section if you wish to change sections.
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- If you request a force into a waitlisted course, your force request will not be processed (please see the “Waitlist” section above for courses utilizing the wait list).
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- We cannot force you into another department’s courses! If you submit a force request for courses other than BICH or GENE, your request will not be processed. You will need to reach out to each department individually for their force request/waitlist policy.
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- If you submit a request for a course that does not exist, i.e., “BICH 301” or “GENE 410,” your request will not be processed.
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- No duplicate requests will be processed. If you submit more than one request for the same course and do not notify our office as to why, only the most recent request will be processed; no other versions of the request will be considered.
If you need to update or make a change to your force request, please email biobiougradadv@ag.tamu.edu or khara.spears@ag.tamu.edu.
Prerequisites
Prerequisites for BICH and GENE courses are listed in Howdy. Please contact your advisor for more information on transfer credits.
If you have not completed the prerequisite for a course, you will not be granted access to register in that course.
If you submit a force request for a BICH or GENE course for which you do not have the prerequisite, your force request will not be processed. If you are taking a prerequisite at another university or institution, and are requesting a force into the successive course, your force request will not be processed unless you can show completion of the prerequisite course during the force request time frame. We will not consider force requests for prerequisite courses in-progress at institutions outside of Texas A&M. Once you have completed the prerequisite, and can provide proof of completion (transcript with the course’s final grade), you can request an override into your desired class by emailing biobiougradadv@ag.tamu.edu or khara.spears@ag.tamu.edu. An override does not enroll you in a course, but it does give you the ability to register for the course if a seat is available.