Time Conflict
Students are generally not allowed to enroll in multiple classes with overlapping meeting patterns. CAESAR will prevent students from doing so manually in self-service enrollment. If students wish to enroll in time-conflicting classes, explicit approval from the instructors of all such courses is required; some requests may also require approval from a student’s home school.
Directions for Undergraduate Students:
If you are an undergraduate student and would like to take two or more courses with slightly overlapping meeting times, you must complete the following steps to be registered for classes with time conflicts on CAESAR. If you have any questions, please contact our office at registration@northwestern.edu.
- Instructor Approval
Instructors for each conflicting course must explicitly approve your plan to navigate the time conflict. Include a copy of their emailed approval in the time conflict form. - Closed Class/Requisite Courses
If the class is closed or if you do not meet the requirements for the course, you must also obtain a permission number from the instructor/department and include this permission number in the time conflict form. - Submit the Time Conflict Frevvo form
Complete the time conflict frevvo form and make sure to fully read through the form before submitting. Do not submit this form until:- You have an open registration time for the quarter.
- You have enrolled in at least one of the classes in conflict.
- You have available unit load space within your schedule to add the conflicting course.
- If the processing of this time conflict would place you in a unit overload (over 5.50 units for most undergraduate students), please submit an Add/Drop/PN Request to have your unit overload approved.
Directions for Graduate Students:
- For TGS students, please fill out the pdf time conflict form and submit to gradservices@northwestern.edu.
- For graduate students in non-TGS programs, please fill out the pdf time conflict form and submit to registration@northwestern.edu with your program advisor copied.
* If a time conflict exists due to an incorrect class time on CAESAR:
- Please notify the department offering the class. The Registrar's Office can only update times on CAESAR when notified directly by the department offering the class.
- If the time is not corrected on CAESAR you will need to fill out a Time Conflict Frevvo form like normal.
- Please note: Regardless of your plan, and whether it renders a course’s meeting time superfluous, instructors from all involved courses must signal their approval for your request to be processed.