No. Only a staff member from the English Department can enroll you in a class that is full.
The English Department will override you into a section, but you must be an English major and you must do the following:
- Have an official letter from your Department Advisor on the letterhead stating you are filing your intent to graduate and that you need the course to graduate.
- File your intent to graduate.
- Submit the letter from your Advisor to Lynn Setzler, either in person in 434 Burrowes or by email at las36@psu.edu).
- Continue to try to enroll in the class. Add your name to the waitlist of the course and/or keep checking the schedule of courses for openings. (Note that the waitlist updates hourly, so you may not see your name immediately. Rest assured it will appear.)
- If you have followed all of the above steps and are still unable to enroll in a section, midway through the Add/Drop period Lynn Setzler will assign you to the class.
- The department can only override seniors into a class during the Add/Drop week. After the first week of classes, graduating seniors will have to pursue other options.
- Finally, the department can override you into a section only once. If, for whatever reason, you drop the class, it will not help you again.
The English Department will override you into a class, but you must be an English major and you must do the following:
- Have an official letter from your Department Advisor on letterhead stating that you will be studying abroad—or have other commitments—during your senior year and that you need to take the course this semester.
- Submit the letter from your Advisor to Lynn Setzler, either in person in 434 Burrowes or by email (las36@psu.edu).
- Continue to try to enroll in the class. Add your name to the waitlist and/or keep checking the schedule of courses for openings. (Note that the waitlist updates hourly, so you may not see your name immediately. Rest assured it will appear.)
- If you have followed all of the above steps and are still unable to enroll in the course, midway through the Add/Drop period Lynn Setzler will assign you to the course.
- The department can only override students into a course during the Add/Drop week. After the first week of classes, students will have to pursue other options.
- Finally, the department can override you into a section only once. If, for whatever reason, you drop the class, it will not help you again.
- Add your name to the waitlist of the course and/or keep checking the schedule of courses for openings.
- Note that the waitlist updates hourly, so you may not see your name immediately. Rest assured it will appear.
For more information on the waitlist, see the Registrar’s Office Waitlist FAQ.