Before You Register

 
Academic advising availability:

Throughout the summer, your academic advisor is available for 30-minute appointments and by email!  Check previous emails for appointment scheduling link or email them with any questions.

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 (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.
    
    

Summer & fall 2022 Registration: April 18 - 29

Preparing for registration and advising appointments:

1. View Classes, Registration Times, and Bars:
   
   Links: 
   - Course Schedule: Summer will be posted around March 30th; Fall posted around April 6th
   - Registration Information Sheet: Updated on March 31st & April 7th (summer and fall registration times are the same)
   - Registration
   
   You can get ahead of the game by making a plan & clearing your advising bar now!  See #2 & #3 below.
   
   
   
2. Clear Advising Bar:
   Update: HE students advised at the Human Ecology Advising Center will NOT have a registration advising bar to clear for summer and fall 2022 registration.  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!
   
   There are a couple of options for registration advising support, and see links below for guidance on some self-advising tips to see what classes might come next for you!
   
        - Your advisor may send you a link via email for an online Advising Worksheet option. See your advisor's emails for details. 
   
        - Schedule an advising appointment.  See your advisor's email for scheduling details, or email headvising@austin.utexas.edu if you are not sure how to schedule an appointment.
   
   
   
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.