Class/Enrollment Management

Who can take my class?

Please note that unless specifically requested, our classes are reserved for Ross School of Business students only. Non-Business students will need instructor permission to enroll in a course.

  • Core Courses: We are academically committed to teaching both our BBA and our full-time MBA core classes in student cohort groups. These student groups are managed through the Ross Registrar’s Office, and students are mass enrolled into the appropriate sections. Students should NOT be permitted to change sections from their cohort assignment in core courses. Should you receive such requests, please redirect the student to our office. Note that BBA students are permitted to change sections if they have a documented requirement conflict. There are processes in place to facilitate making changes and should not be coming to faculty with requests to change core sections. Please direct students to our office.
  • 200-Level Courses: Sophomore BBAs are eligible to take 200 level courses.
  • Courses Numbered 300-499: 300 and 400-level elective courses are generally restricted to Junior and Senior BBAs. Please check with an advisor or the Ross Registrar’s Office to find out which electives are available to Sophomores this term.
  • Courses numbered 500+: Reserved for Graduate Level students only. Undergraduate students may take Graduate Level courses with permission of instructor if the following criteria are met:
    • Student must be in their Senior year of the BBA program and have earned at least 90.0 credits toward their program before the graduate-level class.
    • GPA for all work attempted at Ross must be at least 3.300.
    • The graduate-level class cannot be a core course from any Ross graduate program.
    • The class cannot be one for which a close approximation exists at the BBA level.
    • Student should request written approval from the instructor of the class. The instructor should send this approval via e-mail to the Ross Registrar’s Office (rossregistrarsoffice@umich.edu). Instructors may only admit BBA students into graduate-level courses if space is available after graduate students have had ample time to register.  A student must meet any criteria determined by the department offering the course in addition to the criteria above.  Instructors cannot override the criteria above and the final decision to allow a student to take the course rests with the Academic Standards Committee.
       
  • Prerequisites: Most Ross classes utilize enforced and/or advisory prerequisites to control enrollment. If a certain prerequisite is required for your course, please be sure to note that in the first class sessions, as well as on your syllabus and Canvas site. This protects you and the other students who did abide by the guidelines. To edit the enforced or advisory prerequisites for your course please contact ross.curriculum@umich.edu.

When can I let students into my class?

Seats in Ross classes are first reserved for Ross students, and may be reserved for specific student groups within our student population (e.g. MBA1, MBA2, OMBA, etc.). We need to ensure that students in the correct student group have had ample time to register for the class before issuing permissions to students who do not match the reserved seats (a permission will override any requirements in the system). Some cross-disciplinary classes may also arrange with Department Chairs and our Curriculum Manager to reserve a portion of class seats for other appropriate student populations outside of Ross. These conversations and plans should occur before the class is open for student registration.

How do I let students into my class?

  • Waitlist Management: Beginning Fall 2021, waitlists will be rolled by the RRO. Students will be added in the order of the waitlist as space becomes available in the course. No action is needed by faculty.
  • Permissions/Overrides:  A student may request a permission to override stated prerequisites and corequisites via the Student eForm.  The RRO will review the request and forward it via email to the faculty member with supporting documentation. The faculty member will review and respond to the email to  approve or deny the student’s request to enroll in the course.
    • Granting a student a permission (or override) to enroll will override ALL prerequisites and student level requirements. 
    • If a waitlist exists for the course, the student will be added to the waitlist. The permission will not override the waitlist. 
    • If you wish to submit a list of students to receive permissions for your course, you can complete a Staff/Faculty eForm request.
  • Permission Expiration: Permissions are valid for a set period of days, the expiration date is listed in the email the student receive when the permission is issued and is also posted in their Student Center in Wolverine Access.
    • Once a permission expires, a student is no longer eligible to enroll in the course and the system removes them from the waitlist. 
    •  The number of days a permission is valid depends on a variety of factors.  For example, whether a course has a waitlist, the add/drop deadline, etc.. 
    • If the student does not use a permission to enroll before it expires and they are still interested in taking the class, the student needs to rejoin the waitlist and wait for another spot in the class to open. 
  • Drop/Add Procedure for Students: Click here to link to our student pages instructing students how to drop a class or how to add a class before/after deadlines.

When can I drop students from my class?

An instructor may set up specific guidelines regarding attendance of the first class meeting for once-a-week classes or first two class meetings for twice-a-week classes.  You are strongly urged to state attendance guidelines in the class syllabus, on Canvas and in an email sent directly to enrolled students.  Should instructors require an attend-first-class-or-be-dropped policy, students must be notified prior to the start of the term via these media.

Can students Audit my class or take it as Pass/Fail?

Audit and Pass/Fail rules are controlled at the student level by each individual school. In other words, Ross students may have different rules and processes for auditing or taking a class as pass/fail than non-Ross students – even if both are in a Ross class.

  • Audit Rules & Procedures
    • Instructor Consent: All students need to request instructor permission in order to Audit a class. The permission should be granted only if there are open seats; students wishing to take the class for credit should be given priority if seats are limited. Students must forward instructor approval to the Ross Registrar’s Office via email. The Ross Registrar’s Office will then submit a request to have the course changed to Audit/Visitor status.
    • Core Courses: Students are not allowed to audit core courses.
    • Changing from Audit to Graded: Students are not permitted to change their enrollment from Audit to Graded (or vice versa) after the third week of a full term course, or the second week of a half term course.
    • Participation: Auditing students are expected to participate fully in the course. Instructors who feel a student has not participated adequately may submit an SGR to have the students’ record altered to an “E” or “ED” (unofficial drop).
    • Regular course tuition and fees apply to audited courses.
       
  • Pass/Fail
    • MBA students are not permitted to take any Business or non-business classes as Pass/Fail, unless the course is set-up as a Mandatory Pass/Fail course.
    • OYM students may not take any Business or non-business classes as Pass/Fail, even if the course is set-up as a Mandatory Pass/Fail course.
    • BBA students are allowed to take non-business classes (e.g., LSA, Engineering, etc.) on a non-graded basis (P/F, CR/NC, S/U).
    • Non-Ross students may elect to take a Ross course on a Pass/Fail basis if approved by their advisor/school registrar. Instructors cannot view whether or not a student has elected a course as pass/fail.