Enrollment and Adds/Drops  Information

ASSIST (Advanced Services for Student Information Supported by Technology)

ASSIST provides a variety of online services to UTPA students regarding registration, financial aid, payment, and grades. For your security, ASSIST requires that you log in using your Username and password to www.myutpa.edu to access your records.

Registration thru ASSIST

Students enroll and drop/add courses in ASSIST. In www.myutpa.edu under My Application block select ASSIST.

Registration is available to currently enrolled students and applicants who have been accepted for admission to UTPA.

Registration Schedule by Classification

During the first 3 weeks of the registration cycle, registration is restricted by classification. Registration for Miniterm, Summer I, Summer II and Fall 2013 begins by classification:

Students must officially register through the proper registration procedure to be eligible to receive credit for a course. Students will not be added to the official class rolls or grade sheets after the registration periods have ended. Per The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Rules and Regulations, students may not enroll in a course after the official census date (Ch. 9, Subchapter B, Sec. 9.31a).

Advisement

Mandatory advisement is required for undergraduate students before registering. Continuing students are notified the start of mandatory advisement a week before advisement begins.

 *Engineering majors and Business majors require year round advising

Holds restricting Registration

Students with advisement, admission, disciplinary, financial or TSI holds will not be permitted to register until the hold has been cleared.

To Waitlist for a Course

If a course is full (closed), you may place yourself on the waitlist for this course during the Current registration cycle.

You can do this on the Add or Drop Classes page in ASSIST by selecting Waitlist – NOT ENROLLED under the Action column, and then click on Submit Changes.

Please keep in mind that you are not officially enrolled in a course if you are on the waitlist. The Student Detail Schedule will display your position on the waitlist.

If a seat becomes available in a class, the first person on the waitlist will be sent a notice to your BroncMail address.

If you are notified that a seat has become available for you, you will have 24 hours to register in the course from the time the email was sent. If you fail to check your email or fail to register within the 24 hour time limit, the seat will be offered to the next student on the waitlist.

Being on a waitlist does not guarantee that you will be able to enroll in a course; therefore, we recommend that you register in an alternate course in the event the waitlisted course does not open.

Refer to the Drop/Add Form in ASSIST registration for a schedule of the Last Day to Waitlist for the current registration cycle.

Last Day to Late Register

Register or add either online or written permission.             

To Drop a Course

1. through ASSIST for a full refund:
    Miniterm         Friday before class starts
    Summers        Second class day
    Fall/Spring      Fourth class day

2. In person in the Registrar’s Office for a full refund:
    Miniterm        Second class day only
    Summers       Third & Fourth class day 
    Fall/Spring     Fifth to the Twelfth class day

3. In person in the Registrar’s Office for a drop (DR) grade:
    Miniterm       Third class day to 85% of the semester
    Summers      Fifth class day to 85% of the semester
    Fall/Spring    Thirteenth class day to 85% of the semester

Six Drop Policy

In accordance with Texas Education Code, 51.907, undergraduate students who first entered college as entering freshmen Fall 2007or later may not drop more than a total of six courses during their undergraduate career. Courses dropped at other Texas public higher education institutions will count toward the six course drop limit. For purposes of this rule, a drop is any course that is dropped after the published census date (12th class for Fall/Spring semesters, and 4th class day for traditional 5 week summer sessions) and the student remains enrolled in other courses.

To Withdraw for the Semester

Dropping ALL courses for the academic term. To receive a 100% refund, the withdrawal must be submitted before the first university class day of the semester. Refer to utpa.edu/studentbilling for withdrawal refund schedule.

Additional Information

Students who register for classes, decide not to attend, and do not withdraw through ASSIST or the Office of the Registrar before the first day of class of the semester may be responsible for tuition and fees as designated by the withdrawal policy regardless of amount paid or not paid for classes.