Before You Register

 
Academic advising availability:

30-minute academic planning appointments are now available!  See your advisor's emails for scheduling link.

Beginning in mid October, appointments may be shorter at 15-minutes and geared specifically to spring 2022 registration only (spring 2022 registration: Oct 25 - Nov 5).  Longer-term academic planning can be done before mid-October or after November 5th once registration is over.  

• Email your advisor directly:  The best way to connect with your advisor right now is by email (see below for contact information).  Always include your EID.  Be on the lookout for emails from us related to registration deadlines and updates on advising appointment availability!
  
  
• Virtual office hours are now available to speak with our Administrative Associate, Maria!
  • Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-noon & 1:00-4:30pm (except Wednesdays, closed 12-2pm). 
  • Zoom Link: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/5324139668 
  • You'll be admitted from the waiting room as soon as someone is available.  Please email headvising@austin.utexas.edu if you experience any issues.
    
    

Spring 2022 Registration: october 25 - november 5

Preparing for registration and advising appointments:

1. View Classes, Registration Times, and Bars:
   
   Links: 
   - Course Schedule (Spring 2022 will be posted Oct 13th by 5pm)
   - Registration Information Sheet (will be updated on Oct 14th with your registration times & bars)
   - Registration
   
   You can get ahead of the game by making a plan & clearing your advising bar now!  See #2 & #3 below.
   
   Advising Bars: If you've previously cleared your advising bar during an advising appointment this semester, your bar will take about 24 hours to clear automatically.  Contact your advisor if you notice your bar is not cleared on/after October 18th.
   
   
   
2. Clear Advising Bar:
   All HE students advised at the Human Ecology Advising Center will have a registration advising bar.  There are two options to clear your bar:
   
   (A) Submit an Advising Worksheet by October 18th with proposed classes for your advisor to review 
   
   (B) Schedule an advising appointment.  If you've already had an advising appt this semester, your bar was likely already cleared. 
   
   It is still recommended to submit an Advising Worksheet even if you plan to have an appointment before you register, and you can review it with your advisor during your appointment.  See links below for guidance on what classes might come next for you!
   
   
3. Review Requirements:
   View the following to prepare for an advising appointment and registration.  See registration instructions here. 
   
   
   • Interactive Degree Audit (IDA): 
     • View your audit at least once or twice per semester, once before & once after registration (you can select to include "future registered classes" after registration).
     • See this handout, How to Run & Read an IDA, about how to create and read your Degree Audit.
     • To open your Audit after creating/requesting it, click "Audit Results" on the left menu then the blue hyperlink under "Audit ID".  Refresh the page if your audit is still processing.
     • Be sure to note when the audit was created, and re-run often so that it's accurate.
     • AP credits can take about 1 week to post to your record after paying the fee. 
   • Degree Checklists - list format; shows more details about course options
   • Sample four-year plans - semester layout as an example. 
   • Health Professions Office website - professional school prereqs and course timelines
   • Core Curriculum: list of approved options for Core requirements
     • Also use the core curriculum filter option (#3) on the Course Schedule to ensure you're selecting an approved course (see screenshot here) 
     • If you claimed AP U.S. History credit, this gives you HIS 315L credit. Double check your Degree Audit to ensure you don't accidentally take the same class for your remaining History!
     • Re-run your degree audit after registration to include "future registered courses" to ensure you're in the correct classes that will count. 
   • Automated Transfer Equivalency (ATE) database: To check tranferrability between Texas schools. 
     • Common Government questions & acceptable combinations: see details here.
   • Minor/Certificate requirements
     
     
     
4. Review Major-Specific Updates Each:
   Each semester before you register, see registration news for your major on the departmental pages below including important prereq updates, common registration issues/questions, etc. 
   Also see our FAQ page.
   
   
   • Nutritional Sciences
     
   • Human Development & Family Sciences
   • Public Health
   • Textiles & Apparel
     
     
5. Back-ups, Back-ups, Back-ups:
   Make sure you plan for back-up courses/sections in your schedule and USE THE WAIT LISTS!
   • “Add to Waitlist” is the second bullet on your registration page after you've attempted to add the class.  See below!
     • If a class doesn't have a waitlist available, the option won't appear and you need to keep checking for availability throughout registration and add/drop.
     • Selecting a SWAP class is optional, but please do if there is a time conflict or if adding the waitlisted class would put you over 17 hours.
     • You can be on a maximum of 4 different wait list
     • And a maximum of 2 waitlists for the same course.

Know the lingo:

• Advising Bars – All HE students will have an advising bar.  This will be cleared once you complete an advising worksheet and/or schedule an appointment with your assigned academic advisor.
  
  
• SANs – Secure Academic Notes. These SANs are sent to the official email address that you have on file. If you are not receiving these emails, you are responsible for making sure that you update email your address online. You should check your spam folder as well.