A registration override allows the course section's assigned primary instructor to permit a student to register online for an existing course/section, according to the override code(s) provided by the primary instructor. The system allows one primary instructor. 

Types of Overrides
Permit Code Description Special Approval Time Capacity* Class Field of Study
ALL Class year, major/minor, capacity & permission (approval) X   X X X
CAPACITY * Capacity *     X    
CLASSYEAR Class year restrictions       X  
MAJORMINOR Major, minor restrictions         X
PERMISSION Approval or permission X        
TIME Time conflict   X      
* Instructors may exceed the capacity of the course ONLY when the classroom capacity will not be exceeded. Direct questions regarding classroom capacity to curriculum@conncoll.edu.
Overrides DO NOT:
  • allow early or late access to online registration 
  • allow overpointing
  • register students: the override is permission, not registration. The student must register using online registration (and online registration has to be open).

For Self Service instructions to submit an override, click here.

Tracking

You will need to keep a list of the names/IDs of students to whom you give an override. You can go back into ID selection/Registration Override and see which course(s) you gave an override for a particular student, but you cannot see a list of all the students who have overrides for a particular course. Review your own override list against the Self Service class list to track who did and did not register. Then you may follow up with students to whom you gave an override but didn’t register. The student may use the override as long as online registration is available.

Other Notes:
  • If your course contains both a lecture and a lab with separate CRNs, you will need to give overrides for both CRNs. Whether or not permission is needed, students must register for both at the same time each piece is a corequisite of the other.
  • Students may not overpoint (i.e., sign up for more than 19 credits) until the first day of classes in each semester. They may wait until then to register for a course with an override. An override will not allow a student to exceed their max credit limit.

A tutorial video is available in our media channel for Faculty and Adviser Tools in Self Service.