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James Tarpo Jr. and Margaret Tarpo
Department of Chemistry

How To Register

If you have a written or verbal agreement with a faculty member to participate in undergraduate research in their group, you will need to add CHM 49900 to your schedule of classes. It is recommended to add CHM 49900 before the end of Week 4 (for SP25, this is Feb 7). New students in their first semester are not allowed to take CHM 49900.

Remember to read the CHM 49900 Syllabus and discuss additional requirements with your research advisor.

To add through Scheduling Assistant for Spring 2025:

You can add CHM 49900 research in Scheduling Assistant during Open Registration starting December 2nd. Check your time ticket on your Student Profile in myPurdue for when you have access to your schedule. Do not add CHM 49900 to your Course Request Form; it will be denied.

STEP 1: Add One Credit

  1. Log into myPurdue.purdue.edu.  Go to the Register for Classes card, then select Scheduling Assistant.
  2. In the upper right, make sure it says Spring 2025(PWL).
  3. On the Class Schedule page, and select "Add/Drop Classes" (lower left).
  4. Type in CHM 49900M, it should drop down a short menu with the course number, click on it.**
  5. Click on the magnifying glass icon at the end of that line. on the pop-up select the tab "List of Classes."
  6. Click the box next to your research advisor's name, then click "Select" on the upper right.
  7. You will get a Registration Error. In the pop-up box,  click the Request Approvals button.
  8. In the Override Request Comment Box, you must state the total number of credits you'd like to register for ("e.g., "I would like one credit/two credits/etc"). Do NOT use the prewritten comments.
  9. Click Submit Schedule. This will send the approval for the class and number of credits to your research professor.
  10. NOTE: this will only register you for ONE credit. Follow directions below to request more than one credit.

STEP 2: How to Request More than One Credit of Research

  1. Go to myPurdue and open Scheduling Assistant, then confirm you have one credit of CHM 49900.
  2. To to the the List of Classes Tab, and click “Grade Modes & Credits”
  3. In the pop-up that will appear, click on the drop-down and select the number of credits you want to take.
  4. In the second pop-up, confirm the credit change and click Submit Changes.
  5. You should then go back into Scheduling Assistant in a day or two and confirm that credits (and title, professor, etc.) are correct.


Remember to complete the Departmental safety training, which is required before starting research.

 ** If you type in CHM 49900M, then "Build Schedule", if you click the class to choose a section it pulls up a list with blue text that may not show all the possible sections. If you do not see your professor, use the Search box and search on their last name.