Information for Students

If you require Force Registration, Registration for Independent Study, or Registration for Undergradute/Graduate Research and you are an Undergraduate student,  email Nicole Pannullo ndmercer@buffalo.edu. If you are a Graduate student, email April Stahl astahl@buffalo.edu. Please provide the following information:

• Your 8-digit person number
• The 5-digit registration number for the course (these change every semester) For Force Registration in lecture-based courses, you will need to provide the 5-digit registration number for the recitation, not the lecture. You cannot register for a lecture in the Department of Physics. Enrolling in the recitation automatically enrolls you in the associated lecture: Recitation+Lecture=the Course. Labs are a separate course that you register for separately.
• The course number (for example, PHY 101)
• Number of credits, if applicable. For example, PHY 499 is available for 1 to 4 credits.
• Reason you require force registration
• For Graduate Courses you must cc the Professor so we know they approve the request and agree to the number of credits.

Please note the following restrictions:

We do not Force Register into labs due to equipment and space limitations. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule. 

If you do not meet the reserve requirement you will not be Force Registered into a course. Please select a different section or take the course during the summer semester. (Most reserve requirements are for incoming freshman students, set by the University for the Finish in Four program, not by the department.)

Due to the number of requests we receive please do not call or visit the department to request force registration.  For 100-level courses, please do not contact the  instructor to request force registration.