Registration

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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.

While our physical office is currently closed, our advisors are still available for virtual advising appointments. Please email your advisor in regards to setting up an appointment. You may also email headvising@austin.utexas.edu for more information or assistance.

If you find that you have issues registering for a Summer or Fall 2020 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.

spring 2020 Timeline

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

January 21st: First class day.
January 24th Fourth class day. Last day to add a class online without departmental permission.
February 5th: 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.
April 13th, Monday: Advising Worksheet due for Summer & Fall 2020
April 27th - May 8th: Registration for Summer & Fall 2020
May 8th, Friday: Last class day.
May 13 - 19: Final exams
May 29th, 5pm: Last day to Q-drop or pass/fail a class (see Secure Academic Notes for online procedures); last day to apply to graduate)

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

Before You Register

Our physical office is currently closed, however our advisors are still available for virtual advising appointments. Please email your advisor in regards to setting up an appointment. You may also email headvising@austin.utexas.edu for more information or assistance.

Please stay in touch with your advisor if you're experiencing any nonacademic concerns that are impacting your grades.

See online Q drop and pass/fail procedures in your Secure Academic Notes (SAN) inbox.

Academic advising appointments:

30 minute appointments: occurring now

Summer & fall 2020 Registration: April 27 - May 8

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

See registration news for your major on the departmental pages below including prereq updates, common registration issues/questions, etc:
The Course Schedule & your Registration Information Sheet (RIS page) are now updated

All HE students will have a registration advising bar. To clear your bar, you can either submit an Advising Worksheet 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.

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 Summer or Fall 2020 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!
- 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.