Help With Closed Classes
Partial List of Closed Classes (Check CAESAR for real time info)
- This page will be updated during New Student Registration on September 12, 2025
Please see below for other classes:
ASIAN Languages: Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, Korean
For classes that are closed and have a waitlist, please join the waitlist.
If you encounter pre-requisite issues, contact asianlac@northwestern.edu.
Business Institutions
- There are no waitlists for Business Institutions (BUS_INST) courses. If a class closes before your registration time, please check CAESAR periodically in case a seat becomes available.
CHEMISTRY
If you need to request enrollment in a closed section, please submit a request through the following forms:
- For CHEM 132/142: https://bit.ly/CHEM132-142-Spring2026
- For CHEM 235-1: https://bit.ly/CHEM235-1-Spring2026
- For CHEM 235-3: https://bit.ly/CHEM235-3-Spring2026
- For CHEM 220: https://bit.ly/CHEM220-Spring2026
- For CHEM 350-3: https://bit.ly/Chem350-Spring2026
For placement questions or any issues registering for a chemistry class, please email chemhelp@northwestern.edu.
COMM_ST 102-0 (Public Speaking)
If all sections are full and you need this course for a graduation requirement, please email Randy Iden
COMP_SCI 111-0 (Fund Comp Prog)
If you encouter issues, contact CS Permissions Advising.
DSGN 106-1/ENGLISH 106-1 (Design/Thinking/Communication)
See the McCormick undergraduate registration site for questions about DTC enrollment.
ECONOMICS
For classes that are closed and have a waitlist, please join the waitlist. The Department will email you if we are able to add you off the waitlist. Please email any questions or concerns to econBA@northwestern.edu.
French
For closed courses
- Regularly check CAESAR since seats often open after registration.
- If the course section for which you would like to enroll remains closed, please send an email to the Director of the Language Program (DLP), Professor Dempster, (m-dempster@northwestern.edu) as well as to the coordinator of the course (if it is a multi-section course :111, 121, 125) or to the instructor of the course (115, 201, 202, 203). Information about the coordinators is included in course descriptions in CAESAR and is forthcoming on the FRIT Course information page.
GEN_ENG 205-1 (Engineering Analysis I)
Students requesting placement in a closed section of EA 1 should fill out the EA 1 form found here.
GENDER & SEXUALITY STUDIES
- For 200 level classes that are full, enroll in the waitlist.
- For 300+ level classes that are full, enroll in the waitlist if there is one. If there is not a waitlist in Caesar, email the instructor with a brief explanation in your interest in the class.
- Students are welcome to contact Liv Caldwell at gender@northwestern.edu.
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT SCIENCES
If a class is closed, please see https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/industrial/students/current-undergraduate/waitlist-requests.html for information on submitting a waitlist. Note that in some cases, seats are initially reserved for declared majors.
Italian
If you need to request enrollment in a closed section, please email Daniela Pozzi Pavan at d-pavan@northwestern.edu and the professor who is teaching the class you would like to enroll in.
MATH
The Math Department requests that you periodically check CAESAR for changes in availability. For any questions, contact the department directly via email at jenima.lyon@northwestern.edu.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
- For classes that are closed and have a waitlist, please join the waitlist. The Department will email you if we are able to add you off the waitlist.
- For classes or discussion sections that are closed and do not have a waitlist, regularly check CAESAR since seats often open after registration
PRDV 101-1 (McCormick First Year Exp)
Students who encounter issues enrolling in PRDV 101 should submit the PRDV 101 form found here.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
If any of the introductory courses below are closed, or if you have an issue with a discussion section, please
complete our waitlist form and we can see how we can help you. Otherwise, contact the instructor teaching the course.
For RELIGION 200 Introduction to Hinduism, contact Professor Mark McClish @ mark.mcclish@northwestern.edu
For RELIGION 210 Introduction to Buddhism, contact Professor Kevin Buckelew @ kevin.buckelew@northwestern.edu
For RELIGION 221 Introduction to the New Testament, contact Dr. Lily Stewart @ lily.stewart@northwestern.edu
For RELIGION 250 Introduction to Islam, contact Professor Usman Hamid @ usman.hamid@northwestern.edu
For general registration issues email religious-studies@northwestern.edu.
RTVF 220 Analyzing Media Texts
This course will be reserved for RTVF majors only until all majors have had an opportunity to register; any available seats will be released after 1:00pm on Friday.
SPANISH
1) Some sections are currently capped because some spots have to be saved for different incoming student groups. In the fall, the extra spots will open up on September 19th.
2) Traditionally, we have been able to accommodate in our sections all students who need to fulfill the WCAS language requirement. However, please be aware that sections offered at 9am or at 3pm are more likely to have spots available than at other times.
3) For issues and sections set to "Department Consent," please contact:
- Spanish 101, Eider Etxebarria
- Spanish 115, Maria Teresa Villanueva
- Spanish 121, Tasha Ann Seago-Ramaly and Estilita Maria Cassiani Obeso
- Spanish 125, Irene Finestrat Martinez
- Spanish 127, Maria Teresa Villanueva
- Spanish 200, Julia Oliver Rajan
- Spanish 201, Wilmar López-Barrios
- Spanish 204, Claudia Quevedo-Webb
- Placement Exam, Elisa Baena
Swahili
If you need to request enrollment in a closed section, please email: Peter Mwangi at peter.mwangi@northwestern.edu
International Holds
Call: 847-491-5613
e-mail: intoff@northwestern.edu
Or contact your advisor directly here.