<p>Any suggestions?</p>
<p>1). Email the professor. Sometimes it’s left up to the professor, sometimes one person in a department is in charge of all overloads. Either way, the professor should be able to let you know.</p>
<p>2). Email the department. Departments often have permission numbers for declared majors. You might be able to get one of those if you explain your situation as a transfer student.</p>
<p>@aigiqinf thank you very much kind sir.</p>
<p>Oh, and by department, I mean someone like the coordinator/co-director of undergraduate studies/director of undergraduate studies. Don’t email the chair… lol That may be obvious, but just thought I’d clarify.</p>
<p>What are the chances of getting into those classes after trying those?</p>
<p>To be honest, probably not very high. Chances are lower if those classes are 1. Pre-med, or 2. Intro classes in a high-demand major (e.g., economics).</p>
<p>What about these classes that “need permission” before signing up?
What is that about.</p>
<p>Could you give me an example? I’ll try to address as many possibilities as I can think of, but might miss what you’re encountering:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>“Prerequisite XYZ or permission of instructor.” The professor has more or less all authority of his or her class, including allowing students to take it who do not meet the stated prerequisites when their preparation deems it advisable.</p></li>
<li><p>Specific Programs. Some courses are restricted to those in the honors program (i.e., the courses related to writing an honors thesis), while sometimes there are other programs that require acceptance before registering for specific classes (e.g., ethics and servant leadership fellowship, community building and social chance fellowship).</p></li>
<li><p>Independent Study/Directed Study/Internship. Since a faculty member has to agree to work with you independently for such classes, you can’t just sign yourself up.</p></li>
<li><p>Special area courses. Sometimes, because of the amount of interest in the class or its rigor, a professor will request to correspond with students about their interest or preparation. For example, there’s a psychology course this semester on autism spectrum disorders that requires students to submit an essay to register.</p></li>
<li><p>Major-specific courses. For example, the ECON/MATH seminar (ECON/MATH 425) is permission only because it is required for the econ/math joint major, and the program is struggling to provide enough seats to get these students through. In other cases, they’ll be junior or senior colloquia or seminars that are intended as capstone experiences for those in the major (e.g., 400-level English courses, POLS 490R: Advanced Seminar).</p></li>
<li><p>Graduate courses. You may register for graduate courses only with the permission of the faculty member teaching that course.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Well it is an Educational Studies course</p>
<p>*Department Consent Required to enroll in this class</p>
<p>The Division of Educational Studies is closing, so they want to make sure that majors/minors can enroll first. I would assume they would allow others to enroll now that add/drop/swap has been going on so long… I’d contact the instructor.</p>
<p>Would it be better to call or email professors?
Also it seems that some professors have two emails - is there a page where I can find the right one or should I just email both?</p>
<p>Definitely e-mail. If you call, you’re very unlikely to get them and will have to leave a message (which is far more work for them to return and they probably just wouldn’t do it). </p>
<p>Either email should work; don’t email both–they likely go to the same inbox. [Emory</a> Online Directory](<a href=“http://directory.service.emory.edu/]Emory”>http://directory.service.emory.edu/)</p>