Permission Required to Add Classes, Spring 2026

To add classes from Monday, Jan. 26, 2026 and on, you must request a permission number from your professor or the department offering the course. Not sure how to add with permission? Visit Registration FAQ: Permission Numbers.

During Weeks 2 through 4 of Classes

From Monday, Jan. 26, through Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026:

• Wait-listing is not available.
• Permission is required to add all classes.
• You can continue to add online using self-service registration through the CSUN Portal.
• Graduate students have until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 6, to drop** classes online. After that, formal approval is needed. See Last Day to Drop, Graduate Students, Spring 2026.
• Undergraduate students can continue to drop** or swap classes and change grading basis online until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15.

If possible, please finalize your schedule by Feb. 15, the end of Week 4, when recorded enrollments are considered official.

* Before changing the basis of grading from a letter grade to CR/NC, please be aware of the Credit/No Credit Grading Policy and its limitations.

** Please review the potential impact of reducing the number of enrolled units.

Resources

Learn how to drop or swap classes, change the basis of grading online, and much more with the registration How-To Guides.