Before You Register

 
Academic advising availability:

• Now through mid October: 30-minute advising appointments will be available again for long-range multiple semester degree planning or more in-depth questions.  
  
  
• Mid October to mid November: Appointments may be shortened to 15-minutes for spring 2023 schedule questions only.  Long-range planning will require a follow-up appointment after registration is over. 

Contacting us:

• 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 Sierra!
  
  
  • Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-noon & 1:00-4:30pm
  • 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 2023 Registration: october 31 - November 11

Preparing for registration and advising appointments:

1. View Classes, Registration Times, and Bars:
   
   - Course Schedule: Posted around Oct 3rd.
   - Registration Information Sheet: Updated by mid-October with your specific access times.
   - Registration
   
   
   
2. Clear Advising Bar / Get Feedback (if needed):
   Check updates from your advisor about advising bars for spring 2023. Still check your RIS pages for other bars that may need to be cleared.  We are happy to support you as you prepare for registration, though!
   
   
   
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
     • When searching for classes for Core requirements, use the core curriculum filter option (menu 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.