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The HE advisors are happy to help you before and 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.
While our physical office is currently closed, our advisors are still available for virtual advising appointments. Please email headvising@austin.utexas.edu for assistance with setting up an appointment. If you are located in another time zone and our normal operating hours (8:30am-noon CST and 1:00pm-4:30pm CST) do not work for you to schedule an appointment, please let us know and we will accomodate you and help get an alternate time set up.
If you find that you have issues registering for a Summer or Fall 2021 course in a Human Ecology department as a result of using a COVID-19 pass/fail for a Fall 2020 course, please send us an email to headvising@austin.utexas.edu and we will create a pre-requisite waiver on your behalf.
summer 2021 academic Timeline
The Academic Calendar is the official listing for all the important academic events/dates each semester.
See details and request links on the CNS Student Service website for pass/fail, Q drop, withdrawal after reading the information below. Deadline times are in Central Standard Time (CST).
- Pass/Fail Deadlines (Note that we are now back to normal pass/fail policy where a pass/failed class will count for general elective hours only. It will not fulfill specific degree requirements or prereqs).
- First, nine, whole session: June 23rd by 5pm
- Second session: July 30th by 5pm
- Q Drop Deadlines
- First: July 8th by 5pm
- Nine: July 27th by 5pm
- Whole: August 13th by 5pm
- Second: August 13th by 5pm
- Add/drop for second session: Check Registration Information Sheet for your next access periods. Second session classes begin July 12th.
- Dropping a second session class:
- If you are only registered for a second session class for the summer and want to drop this, please initiate this immediately by submitting a withdrawal request here. The refund amount is reduced if the class is dropped after the session starts. This is only in the situation where you are dropping your only summer class.
- If you also had first/nine/whole week session class(es) and want to drop a second session class, you have until the fourth day of the second session to drop a class using the online registration system for a refund for those hours. After the fourth day of session, a Q drop is required for no refund.
See Registration Information Sheet for fall 2021 registration add/drop access periods too.
Before/During/After Registration
Please refer to the Departmental Information page each semester for specific information regarding registration details and/or changes within your major (ex. prerequisite updates, common registration issues, etc.)
Before You Register
FAll 2021 Add/drop
See Registration Information Sheet for fall 2021 add/drop access periods occuring now and in August.
Until 4th day of school (Monday, Aug 30th by 5pm)
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- Add new classes
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Add yourself to waitlists
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Possibly still get into a class from a waitlist by end of the day
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Adding a class after today is discouraged and requires permission by the department offering the class, which may not be allowed. Consult with your advisor if you are still needing to make schedule changes during this time.
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Until 12th day of school (Friday, Sept 10th by 5pm)
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Drop classes from schedule (delete drop that is not visible and not listed as a Q drop)
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Adding a class between the 5th and 12th class days requires permission by the department offering the class, and this may not be allowed. Consult with your advisor if you are still needing to make schedule changes during this time.
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Academic advising appointments:
- 30-minute virtual registration advising appointments occuring now:
- See your advisor's past emails regarding online scheduling. Email headvising@austin.utexas.edu if you need your advisor's scheduling link.
Spring 2022 Registration: october 25 - november 5
Preparing for registration and advising appointments:
- View Classes, Registration Times, and Bars:
Course Schedules: Spring 2022 Course Schedule should be posted online by Wednesday, Oct 13th 5pm.
Links: Course Schedule & Registration Information Sheet
(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). - Clear Advising Bar:
All HE students advised at the Human Ecology Advising Center will have a registration advising bar.
To clear your bar before registration, submit an Advising Worksheet with proposed classes by October 18th for your advisor to review or 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 a worksheet even if you plan to have an appointment before you register. 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):
- 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 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 so that it's accurate.
- Degree Checklists - list format; shows more details about course options
- Sample four-year plans
- Health Professions Office website - professional school prereqs and timelines
- Core Curriculum: list of approved options for Core requirements
- Also see the core curriculum filter option on Course Schedule (see screenshot here)
- If you claimed AP U.S. History credit, double check your Degree Audit to ensure you don't accidentally take the same class for your remaining History!
- 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):
- Major-Specific Updates:
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 Spring 2021 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.
