Special Permission Number / Pre-requisite Override

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject "PRE-REQ", exactly as that. In the body, please give your name, RUID (the 9-digit number), and details of your request, including the index numbers of your 3 preferred sections, if appropriate.  If you want to register for both "semesters" of a 2-semester course, e.g. both 203 General Physics 1 and 204 General Physics 2, you should request a pre-req over-ride for the 2nd "semester."   Note:  If you do not pass the first "semester" of a 2-semester sequence, you would be de-registered in early July from second "semester," including any associated lab.

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for an SPN if you want to take any of these courses.

If you need a SPN for an honors, research, or special topics course, or pre-requisite override, please email directly to Undergraduate Program Director This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the subject as "SPN-HONORS" or "PRE-REQ", exactly as that. In the body, please give your name, RUID (the 9-digit number), and details of your request, including the index numbers of your 3 preferred sections, if appropriate.

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 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..