Force Add

What is Force Add?

Force adding is an administrative process that allows the department offering the course to place students into courses they cannot add themselves.

The Pamplin College of Business has a common platform for requesting that an ACIS, BIT, FIN, HTM, MGT, MKTG, or REAL course be administratively force added into your schedule. 

A force add request does not guarantee placement in a course.

The Pamplin department offering the course will determine whether you can be force added into a course. If you are force added into a course, you will not have the ability to change into another section of the course. 

Common Reasons to Request a Force Add 

Pre-requisite or Restriction Issues.  Students may not be able to add a class themselves during the add/drop period for a variety of reasons, including:

1. Pre-requisites were completed outside of VT and your student record hasn't been updated. In this situation, you must upload supporting documentation with your force add request (e.g., an unofficial transcript from the other school or a screenshot of a final grade).  
2. The class has a major restriction that you don't meet, but the class is required for your major or minor.
   You are a non-Pamplin student and intend to complete an application to change your major to Pamplin, but the courses required to be eligible to apply are major restricted.
3.  Class requires department or faculty approval
4. You are currently retaking a prerequisite 

Section is Full. Departments try to provide an adequate number of seats for all courses, but sometimes space is limited. If you need the class to stay on track for graduation, you may submit a force add request.

How quickly are Force Adds processed?

You will be notified via email when your force add has been processed. Each department will process the force adds as quickly as they can. However,  there are many factors that affect force add request results, including priority registration requirements, classroom seating capacities, and course restrictions.

All force adds will be processed by the last day to add a class for each semester.

Additional Information

Force-add information for each business department can be found below.

• Accounting and Information Systems (ACIS)
  
• Business Information Technology (BIT)
• Finance, Insurance, and Business Law (FIN)
• Hospitality & Tourism Management (HTM)
• Management (MGT)
• Marketing (MKTG)
• Real Estate (REAL)

* Please submit requests as soon as you can to allow sufficient time for review and processing, particularly if your schedule may have conflicts.