Summer 2025 requests:
Please go to this site if you are applying for a special permission number (SPN) for any undergraduate course in Summer 2025.
https://secure.sas.rutgers.edu/apps/special_permission/physics/
SPN's will be accepted in two rounds. (If you didn’t get an email for an SPN, then it means the section is full.)
Round 1 will open March 17 at 8:00 am and close on May 19 at 5:00 pm.
Round 2 will open June 1 at 8:00 am and close July 5 at 5:00 pm.
For Special Permission Numbers (SPN) for the Summer Online Physics courses (203/204), please go to:
https://egp.rutgers.edu/cgi/summerSPN.pl
If you need an SPN and pre-requisite override, please email directly the Undergraduate Program Director
Fall 2025 requests:
Please go to the following link if you are applying for a special permission number for any undergraduate course. System will be open to SPNs for seniors and juniors on May 9, and to sophomores on May 30.
https://secure.sas.rutgers.edu/apps/special_permission/physics/
This site distributes Special Permission Numbers (SPN) to students seeking enrollment in the Fall (2025) semester offering of Online General Physics 203, Section 90: https://egp.rutgers.edu/cgi/PhysSPN.pl.
SPN's will be accepted in three rounds. (If you didn’t get an email with a SPN, then it means the section is full.)
Round 1 will open May 9 at 8:00 am. It will be open only to students in the classes of 2025 and 2026 with more than 90 credits, and close on May 30 at 5 pm.
Round 2 will open May 30 at 5pm and close August 8 at 5 pm. It will be open to all classes for students with more than 60 credits.
Round 3 will open August 8 at 5pm and close September 12 at 5 pm and will be open to all students.
For SPN's for the on-line sections of General Physics, please request here: https://egp.rutgers.edu/cgi/PhysSPN.pl.
Quantum and Atomic Physics (750:361), Classical Mechanics (750:381) and Electricity & Magnetism (750:385) are intended for students planning on following the professional physics or astrophysics majors, or other very well-prepared students. The Modern Physics lab (750:387) is only for B.S. Physics degree majors and students need to register before first day of classes. Please send e-mail directly with your RUID (the 9-digit number) to Undergraduate Program Director
If you need a SPN for an honors, research, or special topics course, or pre-requisite override, please email directly to Undergraduate Program Director
Contact Information
For questions about physics/astrophysics major programs, advice on course selections, and evaluations of courses taken at other universities, send email to the Undergraduate Program Director