A petition for registration in absentia will ordinarily be approved for a degree candidate who has not exceeded the time limit for the degree and who has satisfied his or her department that the circumstances warrant recommending approval to the Graduate College. In absentia registration is less likely to be approved for a doctoral student who has not passed the preliminary examination. Occasionally a student may discover that he or she has not actually been registered for intended courses, or that he or she is still registered for a course that should have been dropped. Students can check U of I Direct at any time. Shortly before the beginning of the semester, students receive a printed schedule in the mail.
Students are responsible for checking their schedules.
Students who find errors in their schedules should immediately use U of I Direct to correct these errors. This process must be completed before the deadline for adding or dropping a course. Changing Departments or Programs To transfer from one major department to another, the student must submit to the current major department a petition requesting transfer. If the department approves the transfer, approval is noted on the petition form, which is then forwarded to the department into which the student wants to transfer. The second department adds its decision on the petition and forwards it to the Graduate College for approval.