PTA Request

Permission To Add a Course Process and Information

Students who encounter scheduling conflicts or other issues preventing enrollment in their desired EEC course through the regular registration system may be granted Permission To Add (PTA). During registration Pass One or two, PTAs will not be issued to students outside of the ECE undergraduate majors. If special circumstances require a PTA for a student outside of the ECE major, these students will need to wait until the Open Registration period to receive a PTA.

 When can PTA’s be granted?

• Pass One: Only available to ECE students with a schedule conflict.
• Pass Two: Only available to ECE students with a schedule conflict.
• Open Registration: Available to both ECE students and other students with faculty approval.

Steps to request PTA:

1. Communicate with your professor about receiving permission to add the course
2. Receive written approval from the professor
3. Complete the ECE PTA Request Form
4. Submit your form

Important Information: Deadline to request and utilize a PTA number: 

• If past the deadline, please go to: https://registrarnew.sf.ucdavis.edu/registration/register-for-classes/course-changes/late-actions#u_variableunit > go under Late Add Information -> Late Add of a Course After the PTA Deadline -> complete the Retroactive Change Petition form and submit to your instructor OR an ECE Staff Advisor.

After a PTA has been issued:

• The PTA is valid for 72 hours from issuance.
• The PTA can be used only once.
• PTAs issued during the last three days of instruction must be used by the last day of instruction.
• A student adding the course via Schedule Builder enters both the section CRN and the PTA number.
• Students on the waitlist for the same course should use the PTA and then drop the waitlisted course.
• A $3.00 fee is charged to the student account for late actions.