ONLINE REGISTRATION Table of Contents
1. Logging into the Online System If using a PC, use Internet
Explorer versions 4 and higher; if using MAC, use Safari versions 1.3 and
higher. Log into the After clicking as directed you will be able to log in at "Students, Faculty and Staff-Click Here to Log In." Enter your User ID and Pin number to proceed. LOGIN: In order to gain
entry to the secured areas of the menu: Enter
your ID Number
in the User ID Field Enter your PIN (Personal Identification
Number) in the second field Click on LOGIN. Please take care
when entering your ID and PIN number. Entering the wrong PIN or ID number 8
times disables your account. If your account has been disabled, you must come
into the Registrar’s office with proper ID to have your account reactivated. If you have forgotten your
pin number, click on the "Forgot Pin?" button on the login page to
answer your personal security question, (which you have previously set up),
to access your account. From the Student Services & Financial Aid Menu Click on Registration Click on Register for Classes From the pull-down menu, choose the term. (ex. Fall 2008/Spring 2009) Click on Submit Term Click on Register for Classes Registering for courses for the first time A blank registration form titled "Add Class" appears. You may begin the registration process by placing your cursor in the first CRN field and typing in your first CRN. Moving your cursor with the mouse or the tab key, continue to insert CRNs in each of the blocks until you have recorded all of your course selections, including lab, conference and discussion sections. When all of your CRNs are recorded, click on Submit Changes. If you do not, NO COURSES WILL BE ADDED. The registration results appear and may include courses for which you are registered successfully and courses in which an error was encountered, with options for resolution. Courses for which the registration is successful appear first. There are 10 columns of information for each course: Status - The fact that you are Web Registered appears here. Action – If registration is successful, then the word "None" appears, indicating that no further action is required. CRN Subject Course Number Section Level (this appears even though all except Post Bacs will see "Undergraduate") Credit Grade Mode (this distinguishes between taking a course for a grade and credit/non) Title Closed courses and those for which errors were encountered appear next, in a Registration Errors section. If you wish to be waitlisted, you must add yourself to the waitlist* using the action column. If you exit the registration process and do nothing about the errors or closed courses, the courses listed will disappear and it will be as if you never attempted to register for them in the first place. To select another course, see section VI. How To Put Yourself On A Waitlist If One Is Available: The action column has a pull-down menu with the following options: 1. None 2. Web Drop and 3. Web Wait List*. If you wish to add yourself to the waitlist, click on the triangle next to the action column until the Web Wait List option is highlighted and then click on the Submit Changes button. (If you do not click on this button, you will not be waitlisted.) *Note:
Be sure to read the paragraph on waitlists under #4. 3. Error Messages and Possible Actions (See V. for fuller explanations)
Waitlists will be available for some labs, conferences and discussions. Certain registration actions cannot be done online. Course requires a signature: Click on the link to the Exception form, print the form and get the required signature. Then bring the completed form to the Registrar’s Office for manual entry into the computer system. Professors may use the electronic override process in place of the paper exception form. Repeat Count exceeds 0: this type of error message occurs for two reasons: 1) a student has taken the course previously, possibly withdrew or failed the course, and wishes to take the course again, or 2) this is a topics course and the topic has changed. This needs to be manually investigated in the Registrar’s Office, so print out the Exception form, note the course you want to repeat and submit the form to the Registrar’s Office. Linked Courses: if all the labs/conferences/discussions are full in a course that requires both a lecture and a lab/conference/discussion, you must to fill out the exception form to have the course and lab waitlist added manually in the Registrar’s office. Class Restriction: some departments restrict a course to a specific class or classes, but do allow students in other classes to register if they get approval from the department. You should submit the exception form with the appropriate signature to the Registrar’s Office. 6.
Making Changes To Your Course Schedule (During the time the
online system is open to your class or open to all students.) From the Registration Menu Click on Registration for Classes Scroll down through the text to reveal your Current Schedule. If dropping a course from your current schedule, click on the pull down menu in the action column to the left of the course and select WEB DROP. Click on Submit Changes to drop course from your schedule. If adding a course, scroll down to the Add Class portion of the screen. Proceed as you did with your original registration by typing in the CRNs you want to add. Click on Submit Changes to add the course(s). By checking your Current Schedule on the screen and looking at the Status blocks you can see the courses for which you are registered and those that are wait listed. Caution: Before Add/Drop at the beginning of the semester, students may not register and wait list themselves for more than a combined total of 4.75 units. During Add/Drop at the beginning of the semester, the upper classes may register for a maximum of 5.75 units. First Year students may register for a maximum of 4.75 units during their first semester. 7.
Using The "Look Up Class To Add" Function and Search Capability If you do not know the CRNs or do not have a printed copy of the schedule available, use the following instructions to find classes for your schedule. From the Registration Menu Click on Look Up Class To Add This form allows you to
search the class schedule using any of the selection options provided. For
example, you can search for all Economics classes which meet at If you find a course or courses that meet your needs and you wish to add it/ them to your schedule, click on the check box to the left of the course. When adding classes, you may click either the Register or the Add to Worksheet button. Both of these buttons will bring you to the Add/Drop Classes page. If you want to WEB Wait list yourself for a lab, discussion, or conference, click on the Add to Worksheet button and type in the CRN number of the lab, discussion or conference as well as the matching lecture and Submit changes. You may also WEB Wait List yourself by using the pull-down menu in the action column as described on page three. You must add both components of the lab, discussion or conference and the matching lecture at the same time. The Register button will process all registration error checking and add the classes to your registration. The Add to worksheet button will put the classes into the registration form of the Add/Drop Classes page and allow you to continue selecting classes by clicking on Class Search and following the procedure above. Once you have selected your class (es) you must click on Submit Changes. 8.
Other Registration Menu Items: Student
Schedule by Day & Time Displays your schedule online by day and time. Courses for which you are waitlisted appear on this schedule and this may cause some confusion. The detail schedule gives you the registration status for each course. (This may be printed from your browser’s print function using landscape format) Student Detail
Schedule Displays your schedule online in more detail (This may be printed from your browser’s print function landscape format)
9. Exiting from the Online Registration System Click on the Menu or Exit button at the top of the form when you are finished with your registration. ***Remember to EXIT
when you are finished with your registration and close your browser for added
security. ***
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