Registration

The HE advisors are happy to help you during registration, but it is important that you’ve taken steps to plan and be ready for each registration period. Please take a moment to review the steps to being prepared and look at the following registration information.

Fall 2018 Timeline

The Academic Calendar is the official listing for all the important academic events/dates each semester.

August 24 Friday – Registration and add/drop for the fall semester for all students.
August 29 Wednesday – First class day.
September 4 Tuesday – Last day of the official add/drop period; after this date, changes in registration may require the approval of the department chair and usually the student's dean.
September 14 Friday - Twelfth class day; this is the date the official enrollment count is taken. Last day an undergraduate student may add a class except for rare and extenuating circumstances.
November 1 Thursday - Last day to Q-drop or pass/fail a class; last day to apply to graduate.
October 22 Monday - Advising Worksheet Due for Spring Registration.
October 29 - November 9 Daily – Registration for spring.
December 10 Monday – Last class day.
December 13 - December 19 – Final exams

Please refer to the Departmental Information page for specific information regarding registration details and/or changes within your major

Before You Register

Call or stop by to make an appointment with your advisor to discuss course planning, to fill out any necessary forms (please notice the deadlines), and/or to let us know of any nonacademic concerns that are impacting your grades and/or attendance. We can also get your registration advising bar cleared early during an appointment!

Academic advising appointments are available the following dates:

30 minute appointments: September 17 - October 12 (and after registration, November 12 - December 21)
15 minute appointments: October 15 - November 9 (right before and during registration)
- These short appointments are designed only to discuss registration and upcoming courses for the next semester.

Walk-in advising is only available on the Deadline Day on November 1st for Q drop and pass/fail forms. You can make an appt any time before Nov. 1st though to Q drop or discuss pass/fail.

Review requirements, check your registration times, and clear any registration bars:

Review the following before an advising appointment and before registration:
- Interactive Degree Audit
- Sample four-year plans
- Health Professions Office website for any professional school prereqs
- Minor/Certificate requirements

Around October 18th: Check the Course Schedule & your Registration Information Sheet (RIS page)
- Please check your RIS page for your personal registration times and to see if you have any bars to clear.

All HE students will have a registration advising bar. To clear your bar, you can either submit an Advising Worksheet online before October 22nd or make an appointment to see your advisor any time before you register.

Back-ups, back-ups, back-ups. Make sure you plan for back-up courses in your schedule and USE THE WAIT LISTS!
- “Add to Waitlist” is the second bullet on your registration page, after receiving the error message that the coures is closed/restricted.
- You can be on a maximum of 4 different wait lists.
- And a maximum of 2 waitlists from the same course.

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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.

During Registration

Check back for any important updates about registration from the HE Advising Center.

Select alternate classes, if the classes you want are full!
- Use the wait lists! This is very important.
- If necessary, SET YOUR SWAP CLASS! Make sure you don’t have any time conflicts in your schedule with the class you’re waiting listing for, otherwise the system will just skip you and you will not be added to the course.

“Add to Waitlist” is the second bullet on your registration page.

Don’t panic! Your schedule will probably not be perfect during your first registration time, but do your best. Things tend to settle in your schedule around add-drops. As long as you have the number of hours you need and classes on your schedule, you’re going in the right direction.

After You Register

Create an updated Interactive Degree Audit that includes your "Future Registered Courses" to make sure you registered for things you need towards your degree.

30 minute appointments begin after the last day of registration.
- These long appointments are designed for long-range planning, graduation discussions, and petitions.

PAY TUITION! Don’t forget to pay tuition or confirm that you are paying with Financial Aid. Otherwise, you’ll be dropped from all your classes. Check the Academic Calendar for deadlines.

Make an appointment with your advisor to go over your 4-year degree plan. It will make future registrations go smoothly and will keep you on track to graduate.

Check your Registration Information Sheet for add-drop times in January.