Non-degree Students

We do allow non-degree (visiting) students and students from other GW degree programs to take TSPPPA courses, pending sufficient space. Course registration will require TSPPPA approval. Please contact the Office of University Students for application and tuition information.

To learn about transferring courses taken as a non-degree student into the Trachtenberg School, please see our Transfer Applicants page.

Course Registration Process

Many of our courses are coded such that TSPPPA students receive priority registration. Registration requests depend on availability of space in courses as well as a variety of factors, including year of study and degree/concentration. (Selection of students to be promoted from the waitlist is not always simply a first-come, first-served process.)

If you are a non-degree student: Start with the Office of University Students. Once you have identified which course you would like to take, complete a registration transaction form. Then return the form to the TSPPPA office. You will be notified the week before classes start whether (or not) we will be able to add you. This will depend on available space. At that time, the School will sign off on the request and forward it to the the Office of University Students for their signature; they will forward it to the Registrar's Office where they will make the actual change in Banner.

If you are a GW student: once you have identified which course you would like to take, complete a registration transaction form. Then return the form to the TSPPPA office. You will be notified the week before classes start whether (or not) we will be able to add you. This will depend on available space. At that time, the School will sign off on the request and forward it to your Dean's Office for their signature; they will forward it to the Registrar's Office where they will make the actual change in Banner.