College of Business Administration
“Wait List” Procedures

General Procedures: these procedures apply ONLY to business classes

1. Choose the Reference Number of the section you want and place your name on the “Wait List” for that section, either at the Enrollment Center or on KATS. The college departments do not place names on “Wait Lists."
2. Choose only one “Wait List” for each course needed. Students on multiple “Wait Lists” for the same course (but different sections of this course) will be dropped from all but one (the one on which a student has the shortest wait).
3. If you have successfully enrolled in a section of a class, you should not place your name on a “Wait List” for another section. You might have to choose during enrollment whether to take a space in a section that is open or to place your name on the “Wait List” for another section, with the possibility that you might not be able to enroll in the course for the semester if you choose the latter option. If you have successfully enrolled in a section and have placed your name on a “Wait List” for another section, you will be dropped from the “Wait List.”

The following general information applies only to Accounting, Finance and Management classes. For department specific information, and for information on Marketing classes, see back.

1. Do not attend class on the first day if you are not enrolled in a section and you have not received permission to add the section. You will be asked to leave if you do. (Note: Although seats might appear to be available in a section, according to University policy non-attending enrolled students cannot be dropped until the end of the first week of classes.) Instructors cannot give you permission to add. All permissions-to-add are issued in the Departmental main offices. The Departments begin working the “Wait Lists” as soon as all sections are full.
2. Students will be notified by the respective department(s) via KSU e-mail prior to the start of the semester or within the first week of classes if they may move from “Wait List” to “Permission to Add” status. If you are on a “Wait List,” check your KSU e-mail regularly. You should process your enrollment immediately upon receiving the e-mail. You can access your KSU e-mail from an off campus location through Webmail at: http://webmail.ksu.edu/. Continue checking your e-mail over University holiday breaks. If any new sections open, you will automatically be given an opportunity to enroll in those sections based on your “Wait List” standing.
3. Do not send an instructor, an advisor, or the departments e-mail or call asking to get into a class that is closed. You will be notified automatically if a seat becomes available and you are next on the “Wait List.”
4. The Departments will issue permissions-to-add until the last day students may enroll without instructor permission. That date is established by the University and appears in the line schedule.

Department of Marketing:

• You need to go to class on the first day and ask the instructor for permission to add or contact the departmental secretary, Claudia, in person in 201 Calvin, by phone (785-532-6008), or E-mail () to check the status of the class. You must be proactive! The Department of Marketing does not reserve seats in any class. When the semester begins, seats are given on a first-come, first-served basis.

Department of Finance:

• The Finance department will work the “Wait Lists” as follows. Finance majors and seniors who are graduating at the end of the current semester will be assigned seats first. If additional seats become available, those students who need the course to progress though their curriculum will be assigned the seats next
• All students who have been admitted to the class from the “Wait Lists” will receive an e-mail with the expiration date for the permission. If you fail to enroll by the expiration day, you will be moved to the bottom of the “Wait List”, and another student will be assigned the available seat. You should process your enrollment immediately upon receiving the e-mail.

Department of Management:

The following are the “Wait List” procedures for all Department of Management courses. Please read these procedures if you choose to be on a “Wait List.”

1. Choose the Reference Number of the section you want and have your name placed on the “Wait List”, either at the Enrollment Center or on KATS.

   a. Choose only one “Wait List”. Students on more than one “Wait List” will be dropped from all “Wait Lists”.

   b. Do not enroll in one section of the course, and put your name on the “Wait List” for another section. You may have to choose during enrollment whether to take a space in a section that is open or to get on the “Wait List” of another section, with the possibility of not being able to enroll in the course for the semester if you choose the latter option. If you are enrolled in one section and also on a “Wait List” for a different section, you will be dropped from the “Wait List”.

2. Prior to the start of the semester, students will be notified by the Management Department via KSU E-mail if they may move from a “Wait List” to “Permission to Add” status. Please watch your KSU email for permission notices. You can access your KSU e-mail from an off campus location through Webmail at: http://webmail.ksu.edu/. Continue checking your e-mail over University holiday breaks.
3. Once the semester has begun, you should continue to check with the Management Department to see if you can move from the “Wait List” to “Permission to Add” status. You may check with the Management Department in person (see Tammie), by phone (785-532-6296), or email (tsh@ksu.edu). You must be proactive!
4. If you are on the “Wait List” for a class, do not attend a class on the first day. The classes are full, and the enrolled students are entitled to seats in the class.
5. Do not ask an instructor or advisor for permission to get into a class that is full. Neither instructors nor advisors can give you permission to add the class. Permission to add courses can only be given through the Management Department office.
6. The Management Department will issue permission to add courses up to the end of the first week of classes.