Students may request to change credit hours online by obtaining required authorizations, or administrators and advisors can initiate hours request changes on behalf of a student. This process replaces the paper hours change forms used in previous sessions. 

When are online hours change requests available in MyUI?

  • Full session fall and spring courses: Beginning the 6th day of fall and spring semesters
  • Summer and winter session: Beginning the 1st day of summer and winter sessions
  • Off-cycle courses: Beginning the 1st day of off-cycle courses 

 

Other Registration Change Help Pages

Hours Change Permissions and Deadlines

Increase in Hours

Permissions

  • Instructor/department
  • Advisor
    • Advisor permission is not required for students who are admitted to the Tippie College of Business after their first year.

Collegiate Deadline (Last day to add without collegiate approval) - mimics add rules

  • Undergraduates: degree- and nondegree-seeking students need collegiate approval from the college that the course is offered in.
  • Graduates: degree- and nondegree-seeking students need collegiate approval from the Graduate College.
  • Professional: need collegiate approval from the college student is enrolled in.

Decrease in Hours

Permissions

  • Instructor/department
  • Advisor
    • Advisor permission is not required for students who are admitted to the Tippie College of Business after their first year.
  • International (if applicable) - Start of Course
  • Athletics (if applicable) -Start of Course

Collegiate Deadline

  • Undergraduates: degree- and nondegree-seeking students need collegiate approval from the college that the course is offered in. (Drop a Course - Last Day – Undergrad)
  • Graduates: degree- and nondegree-seeking students need collegiate approval from the Graduate College. (Drop a Course - Last Day - Graduate & Professional)
  • Professional: need collegiate approval from the college student is enrolled in. (Drop a Course - Last Day - Graduate & Professional)

Credit Hours to Audit (0 s.h.)

Permissions

  • Instructor/department
  • Advisor
    • Advisor permission is not required for students who are admitted to the Tippie College of Business after their first year.
  • International (if applicable) - Start of Course
  • Athletics (if applicable) -Start of Course

Collegiate Deadline (Last day to add without collegiate approval)- mimic add rules 

  • Undergraduates: degree- and nondegree-seeking students need collegiate approval from the college that the course is offered in.
  • Graduates: degree- and nondegree-seeking students need collegiate approval from the Graduate College.
  • Professional: need collegiate approval from the college student is enrolled in.

MAUI Users Who Can Authorize/Deny Using the Registration Change Authorization Panel

Advisor

Any advisor can approve a registration change authorization for any student.

Athletics

Those staff members assigned an athletics registration change authorization role in MAUI (registrar.athletes).

Collegiate Approval

Those listed as a collegiate administrator. Any collegiate administrator can authorize for department, advisor, and collegiate approval for any student.

Departmental or Instructor
  • Administrators: those academic departmental administrators assigned to the administrative home of the course (academic.dept.admin) scoped to academic unit).
  • Instructors: those instructors assigned to the credit hour section of the course.
ISSS

Those staff members assigned an ISSS registration change authorization role in MAUI (registrar.isss).

Authorize/Deny Using the Instructor Panel

Department or Instructor
  • Administrators: use Registration Change Authorization panel, not the class list panel.
  • Instructors: those instructors assigned to the credit hour section of the course.

Notification Email Types

Registration Change Emails
  • Sent to advisors and departments at 5 a.m. each morning.
  • Department: email sent to the registration email for the academic unit of the admin home of the course.
  • Advisor: email sent to all primary advisors regardless of a student's program of study.
Student Notification - Hours Change Request Approved

When all required authorizations have been provided, the student automatically receives an email indicating their hours change has been approved, with information indicating they must login to MyUI to finalize the hours change. 

Student Notification - Hours Change Request Denied

When an hours change request is denied, the student automatically receives an email indicating the request was denied. The email includes the reason for denial and the contact information for the individual or department denying the request.

Access Hours Change Requests in MAUI

  • Log-in to MAUI with your HawkID and Password 
  • Locate the student using the Person Search feature in the top yellow banner by typing in a name, HawkID, or University ID number, then click "Search"
UI person search field.
  • In the upper right-hand corner of the student record, select Registration Change Authorization in the tabs area
Tabs dropdown in person search with registration change authorization selected.

Access Hours Change Requests via Reports

On the Registrar tab, click on "View all Registrar reports"

View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.

Select either the Registration Change Request by Department or Program report

Two registration change report links in MAUI reports.

Enter report parameters to view add requests

Change requests by Program: 

reg change requests by program

Change requests by Course Department:

Reg change requests by dept results

Additional information is available in the Reports section on this page. 

Initiate Hours Change for Student

Steps to Initiate Hours Change for Student

In the Tabs dropdown select Registration Change Authorization
Registration Change Authorization in Tabs area
On the Registration Change Authorization panel, click the pencil next to the chosen course
Edit pencil to change hours
Select Correct Enrollment, Course Section, Choose New Hours and Save
Choose new credit hours for hours change and save.
The hours change request is now present on the Registration Change Authorization panel
Hours change request is now listed under Registration Changes for the student in MAUI.
The student will now see the hours change request on their Courses/Registration page in MyUI
After all authorizations are granted the student receives a message with instructions for completing the hours change

Authorize Hours Change Request

Steps to Authorize Online Hours Change via Person Inspector

In the upper, right-hand corner of the student's record, select Registration Change Authorization in the Tabs area
Reg Change Auth drop down in tabs
Within the Registration Changes table, locate the course for hours change authorization
Select Authorize under the appropriate signature area
Hours change authorization link.
The Registration Change panel is updated with timestamps and HawkIDs for individual(s) who authorized the hours change
Reg auth panel shows hours change has been authorized.
When the last required authorization is granted the student receives an email notification and they login to MyUI to complete the hours change
Administrators can also Revoke their authorization should they need to do so

Deny Hours Change Request

Steps to Deny Hours Change Request

In the upper, right-hand corner of the student's record, select Registration Change Authorization in the Tabs area
Registration Change Authorization in Tabs area
Select Deny under the appropriate signature area
Link to deny hours change request.
Provide a denial reason, provide contact information and click "Deny and send email"

This information will populate in a notification email to the student when the hours change request is denied. 

Admin must provide denial reason and contact information in MAUI.
Student receives email indicating registration change denial with reason and contact information
Hours change denial email.
Once denied by one individual, another individual cannot then approve the request, and a new request would need to be initiated
The student's registration panel in MAUI shows a timestamp of when the hours change was denied, along with a comment including reason for denial
Reg panel updated with denial notes
The student's MyUI Courses/Registration page shows the hours change has been denied

Reports

The following reports will help departments track registration requests and review registration contact information for their courses. 

Course Subjects Email Report

On the Registrar tab click "View all Registrar reports"
View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.
Select "Course Subjects Email" report
Choose Managing College(s), Course Subject(s) and "View Report"
Fields to choose report parameters requiring College and subject choices.
Report includes General Email, Registration Email, Registration Contact Info (if entered) and a list of Academic Department Admins for the chosen course subject(s)

This report can be exported by clicking on the floppy disc icon. 

Course subject email report returns based on choices made when setting report parameters.

Registration Change Requests by Program Report

On the Registrar tab click "View all registrar reports"
View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.
Select "Registration Change Requests by Program" report
Select Session, Reg Change Type, College, Program, and click "Go"

Registration Change Requests by Course Department

On the Registrar tab click "View all Registrar Reports"
View all reg reports link on Registrar tab.
Select "Registration Change Requests by Course Department" report
Choose required report parameters and click "View Report"

My Advisees Registration Change Requests

This report is available to advisors
On the Advising tab in MAUI, click on My Advisees Registration Change Requests
My Advisees Registration Changes report link on Advising tab in MAUI.
Results default to show all registration changes and can be filtered by registration change type
This report will show registration changes for the current academic session only

How to Add Registration Contact Information

When students initiate registration changes in MyUI, they are provided multiple pieces of information before they are able to complete the initiation of the course add or drop.

The department's registration email is listed for the student's use.

Registration email listed in MyUI when student initiates add or drop.

A new Registration Contact Information field has been created in MAUI which allows departments to provide additional information.

If this optional field is used, the information in that field will display in MyUI along with the registration email. 

Information in the Registration Contact Information field should not duplicate the department's registration email. 

Steps to Add Registration Contact Information

On the Registration tab in MAUI click on Academic Organizations
Academic Org link on Registrar tab.
Choose a College
Choose a college from the list on the academic org panel.
At the top right click on "View Course Subjects"
View Course Subject link on college page.
Locate your Course Subject and click "View"

You will only be able to add or edit registration contact information for subjects you have security rights to edit. 

Click pencil to edit subject information.
Review the information and guidelines at the top of the Registration Contact Information panel
Help text for registration contact info text field.
Enter Registration Contact Information but do not duplicate the registration contact email already in place and click "Save"
Updated reg contact info panel shows text field to enter information and instructions regarding field use.
The information entered now displays in the Registration Contact Text column for the course subject
Reg Contact Info now displays on course subject summary page in academic orgs.
If used, information in this field will display in MyUI when students initiate the process for adding, and in some cases dropping courses

Additional Help With Registration Change Requests