Override Request/Special Permissions Form

1. Sign in to the online override request form found here:  https://overrides.natsci.msu.edu/ 
2. Choose Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the drop-down menu
3. Fill out the form entirely and add any comments in the notes area that would be helpful to the override processor. 
4. If requesting an override because of prerequisite courses taken at another institution you MUST send a screenshot from transfer.msu.edu - showing course equivalency to Mary Villarreal (villar30@msu.edu). Students are also required to email Mary Villarreal (villar30@msu.edu) a screenshot of their official transcript showing the prerequisite final grade, before the MSU course begins.
5. Overrides will be reviewed within 48 hours, and an email confirmation will be sent to the email address on the form.  

1. Submit the Lifelong Education Application form

   1. For more information, please visit the guest student website

2. Once the application is processed and your MSU netID and password are activated, submit the online override request form

3. Guest students are required to email Mary Villarreal (villar30@msu.edu) a screenshot of their official transcript showing the prerequisite final grade, before the MSU course begins. Conditional overrides may be given for those completing prerequisites at other institutions, prior to the semester the MSU course begins.

4. A 2.0 or higher grade is required to fulfill prerequisite requirements. Grades less than 2.0 require the course instructor’s approval. Please email the instructor with your specific situation

5. If prerequisite courses taken at other institutions have not ever been evaluated for equivalency to MSU courses, you are required to send a syllabus to Mary Villarreal (villar30@msu.edu) for review. Please reference the MSU transfer website to see what has already been evaluated.

An "Enrollment Requisites are not met" error message may mean you have not fulfilled the prerequisite requirement(s) (or the computer cannot identify a prerequisite you took at another institution).

To see what prerequisites are required, visit the MSU Course Descriptions website.

We do not process overrides to waive prerequisite unless you get instructor approval. If you have an extenuating circumstance that you believe warrants an exception, you must contact the course instructor for approval. Once you get instructor approval, forward the email to Mary Villarreal (villar30@msu.edu) and complete the override request form.

Yes, as long as it’s the same course (e.g., BMB 470). Section numbers should be separated with a comma on the override form.

Students who want to take a graduate level course as an undergraduate must contact the course instructor for permission before an override would be processed (graduate students wanting to take an undergraduate level course must also contact the instructor).

No. Holds must be removed prior to receiving an override.

No. Courses that are full (ex. Labs) are not usually able to be overridden. Please add yourself to the waiting list for your preferred section.