The HE academic advisors are happy to help you before and during registration, and it is important that you’ve also taken steps to plan and be ready for each registration period.
See the Before/During/After Registration tabs below in preparation for your advising appointments & class registration each semester.
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Spring 2022 academic Timeline
**Recent Announcement**
See your SAN inbox to review an email message about Spring 2022 UT Registration Information & Deadlines.
The Academic Calendar is the official listing for all the important academic events/dates each semester.
See your Registration Information Sheet for registration access periods, and please note the following deadlines:
- January 3: Registration opens again for all continuing students. Note the deadlines below.
- January 6: Tuition deadline by 5:00pm for those who registered by the 6th (check tuition bill!)
- January 18 (Tues): First class day
- January 21 (Fri): Fourth class day
- By 5:00pm, last day to add a class or waitlist using the online registration system without departmental permission.
- Waitlists become inactive and no longer relevant after today.
- January 24 (Mon): "Late add" period starts (fifth class day)
- Starting today, adding a class at this point requires late add permission from the department offering the class and is NOT guaranteed.
- Procedures for all CNS classes: click here
- Procedures for Human Ecology classes: click here
- For other non-CNS courses, contact your academic advisor for guidance on course availability, or contact the course's department advising office directly.
- Starting today, adding a class at this point requires late add permission from the department offering the class and is NOT guaranteed.
- February 2 (Wed): Twelfth class day
- By 5:00pm, last day to delete drop a class using the online registration system without it being a "Q" drop. Q drops remain on transcript. Drops after today require a Q drop See procedures here.
- 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.
- April 4, by 5:00pm (CST): Deadline Day! Online request details here.
- Standard Pass/Fail (please note that COVID-19 pass/fails are no longer available)
- Q Drop
- Withdrawal (dropping all classes)
- Graduation Application & Walk Application due. Details here.
- For May 2022 graduates & for those participating in the ceremony who graduated in a previous semester or who will graduate in the summer 2022.
- March 30 & April 6: Summer & Fall 2022 course schedules posted by 5pm
- RIS pages updated on March 31 & April 7; summer and fall registration period occurs at the same time.
- April 11: Advising Worksheet due to clear advising bar for summer & fall registration. Details below.
- April 18 - April 29: Registration for summer & fall 2022
- May 6: Last class day & One-Time Exception (OTE) Q drop or withdrawal deadline
- May 11-14, 16-17: Final exams
- May 21: CNS Commencement Ceremonies. Details here.
You will receive a few Secure Academic Notes (SAN) via email this semester with important deadlines, policies, and procedures. These can also be checked on your SAN Inbox here.
Before/During/After Registration
Before you register for classes, please also refer to the Departmental Information pages each semester for specific updates regarding registration details and/or changes within your major (ex. prerequisite updates, class time changes, common registration issues, etc.)
Before You Register
Academic advising availability:
In January: appointments may be shorter & more limited to discuss spring 2022 registration questions only. See your advisor's email updates about availability, and email your advisor with any questions!
Between Feb 3 through end of March: 30-minute longer range academic planning appointments available (multiple semester planning, petitions, study abroad planning, etc.). You can clear your registration advising bar early too!
In April (Registration Advising): Appointments may be shorter at 15-minutes and are limited to summer & fall 2022 registration planning only. See your advisor's emails for updates. Registration occurs April 18-29.
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, Julia!
- 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:
- 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.
Advising Bars: If you've previously cleared your advising bar during an advising appointment in February, March or April, your bar will take about 24 hours to clear automatically. Contact your advisor if you notice your bar is not cleared on/after April 8th. - 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 April 11th 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! - 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
- Interactive Degree Audit (IDA):
- 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.
- 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.
- “Add to Waitlist” is the second bullet on your registration page after you've attempted to add the class. See below!
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.
- If you find that you have issues registering for a course as a result of taking a Spring 2020 course Pass/Fail, please send us an email to headvising@austin.utexas.edu and we will create a pre-requisite waiver on your behalf.
- Select alternate classes if the classes you want are full, and check back again during add/drop.
- Use waitlists! “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.
- 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.
