During your assigned registration time-ticket, you may register for courses using any computer on campus, at home, or work that has internet access. Computers are available in the student labs on campus as well as in the lobbies of Decary and Hersey Halls.
We recommend that you read through the entire guide at least once. You may also click on the topics below to take you to a specific area of the document.
| Registering/Adding Courses | |
| Dropping Courses | |
| "Replacing" Course Sections | |
| Common Registration Error Messages | |
| How to Search for Courses or Look up Course Enrollments | |
| Selecting Variable Credits |
Login into U-Online and select the following links:
| Student Services and Financial Aid; then | |
| Registration Menu; then | |
| Register and Add/Drop Classes; then | |
| Select Term | |
| Select the desired term from the pull-down list. | |
| Click the Submit Term button |
The system will prompt you to enter your Alternate PIN (if one is required). Enter the six-digit number given to you by your advisor and click Submit PIN.
In the Register and Add/Drop Classes screen, enter the CRNs from your Course Selection Worksheet into the grid and click Submit Changes.
The Current Schedule screen will show you the courses for which you have been successfully registered. An error grid underneath your registered courses will list the courses for which you were not able to register and will contain a message telling you why the registration was unsuccessful. Explanations of common error messages are provided in the online Help and in this guide.
To drop a class, go to the Register and Add/Drop Classes screen to view your current schedule. In your schedule, click on the pull-down menu in the column titled Action. Choose the DROP option and then click the Submit Changes button.
Keep in mind that if you drop a course that is a co-requisite to another course (i.e. a lecture that is linked to a lab), you will be dropped out of that course and a message will be placed in your error grid. For example, if you are currently registered for a biology lecture and lab and you drop the lab, BOTH sections will be removed from your current schedule and lecture section will appear in your error grid with a "co-requisite" error. To avoid this, always enter the CRN for the new section at the same time as you drop the old section. For example, if you want to switch lab sections, choose the DROP option for your old lab at the same time as you enter the CRN for the new lab in the CRN grid, then click Submit Changes.
If you want to replace a class already in your schedule with another class (one in your error grid or an entirely new class) you may do so by choosing the DROP option in the Action column of the class you don't want (see instructions on dropping classes), putting the CRN of your preferred class into the grid, and then clicking the Submit Changes button.
NOTE: You must put the CRN of the preferred class in the Add Classes grid even if the preferred class is in your error grid.
IMPORTANT: The system will drop you from the class you DROP even if the class you want to replace it with is already full. Be very careful when dropping a class to make sure you can replace it; you may want to check to make sure that your preferred class has open seats, for example, before you drop a class you are already registered for.
Registration Errors appear in the error grid when you are unable to register for courses because of administrative or academic restrictions. With proper approval, some restrictions may be waived to allow registration. Registration Restriction Waiver Form (pdf) are available online and from the Registration Services Offices.
Closed Section: The course section has reached maximum capacity and is closed to additional registrations. You may attempt an alternate section of the course or choose a different course at this time or wait until the add/drop period for a seat to become available.
Duplicate CRN or DUPL CRSE WITH SEC-(CRN): You have added the same course/CRN twice. Take no action; the course will be deleted from the "Registration Errors" section. If you are changing sections of a course, you must drop the first section before adding the new section.
CORQ_xxxx REQ: You have selected a course that requires one or more co-requisites (such as a lecture/lab or a learning community). Add the course again with the required co-requisites. Remember to submit the CRNs simultaneously. If for some reason you cannot take the course and its co-requisites as prescribed, you must seek approval from the department chair and submit a Registration Restriction Waiver Form to Registration Services so that an override may be placed on your record.
CRN does not exist: The CRN is not recognized by the system. You may have entered the number incorrectly or the class may have been cancelled. Check the CRN in the Course Offerings List to make sure you have the right one. If it still fails, contact Registration Services.
Major Restriction: Registration is based on a student's declared major or minor. To register for the course you must seek approval from the department chair and submit a Registration Restriction Waiver Form to Registration Services so that an override may be placed on your record.
Preq and Test Score Error: You have not satisfied one or more pre-requisites required for the course. To register for the course you must seek approval from the department chair and submit a Registration Restriction Waiver Form to Registration Services so that an override may be placed on your record. If the missing prerequisite is a transfer course, contact Registration Services so that we may research the course and place an override (if appropriate) on your record so that you may register.
Repeat Count Exceeds 0: If you have already taken a course and would like to repeat it, you must come to Registration Services to register for it.
Time Conflict with (CRN): Either select another course or, if you prefer this course to the course with which it conflicts, change the "Action" of the registered course (the first column in the Current Schedule section) from "None" to "DROP " by using the pull-down menu. Then, re-enter the CRN of the course you want in the "Add Class" section, and "Submit Changes."
Maximum Hours Exceeded: Students may register for up to 18 credits on the web. Additional credits may be added, within the guidelines of the academic regulations, by going to Registration Services.
Class Restriction: Registration is based on a student's calculated class level. If you believe that there is an error in your recorded class level, please contact Registration Services so that it may be determined if an override may be placed on your record.
Go to the Course Search screen, by clicking the Class Search button in the Register and Add/Drop Classes screen.
In the search screen, you may use one or several criteria to search for a course, but you must select at least one subject to use the search mechanism. To select more than one or ALL subjects on a Mac, hold down the Apple key on your keyboard as you select each subject. On a PC, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard as you select. Highlight the other criteria on which you want to search and then click the Get Classes button.
Be patient while the system compiles your search results; it may take a few moments. If you want to stop a search, click the Stop button on your browser to interrupt the process.
Search Criteria
Once you have selected one or more subject areas, you may narrow your search by selecting one or more of the following criteria:
| Course: The specific catalog course number. You may use % as a wildcard. Example: If you were looking for all 400 level courses, enter 4% next to course and all course numbers beginning with 4 will be returned. | |
| Title: The specific catalog course title. You may use % as a wildcard to search a partial title. Example: If you were looking for all courses with the word child, enter %child% and all courses with child in the title will be returned. | |
| Part of Term: Different programs with different start and end dates are identified by part of terms. In general, courses for undergraduates and MSW students are identified as Standard Full Term. Non-Standard Term courses are those that have a start and end date different than the standard term published in the academic calendar. | |
| Campus: The campus where the course will be taught. | |
| Instructor: The primary instructor of the course. You may select one or more by using the same navigation for selecting multiple subjects. | |
| Attribute: Special identifiers attached to courses that fulfill the various elements of the core curriculum. Example: To find all explorations courses, select Explorations and all courses identified as satisfying the explorations requirement will be returned. | |
| Time/Days: You may narrow your search to a more specific time period or day. |
The system will return a list of classes that correspond to your search criteria. If there is a checkbox in front of the CRN, it means there are still spaces available in the course. If a "C" appears in front of the CRN, it means the course is closed. By using the horizontal scroll bar across the bottom of your screen, you can view how many seats are left in the class as well as other information.
To register for a course from the search screen, check the box next to the CRN of the course you want and click the Register button. If there are no conflicts, this will add the course to your schedule.
If you know that you want to register for a course on your Search screen, make sure to click the Register button and not the Add to Worksheet button. The Add to Worksheet button will only put the CRN in the grid in the Add/Drop Class screen; clicking this button will NOT register you for the course.
Login into U-Online and select the following links:
| Student Services and Financial Aid; then | |
| Registration Menu; then | |
| Select Variable Credits; then | |
| Select Select Term; then | |
| Select the desired term from the pull-down list. Click the Submit Term button. | |
| The Select Variable Credits screen will display the courses for which you have registered and the number of credits currently associated with each course. Variable credit courses will display the minimum credits as a default and will have an edit box next to it to allow you to change the number of credits. You may change the number of credits you wish to take as long as it is within the range established for the course. Enter the new number of credits and Submit. |
When you check your class schedule on the add/drop page or the schedule detail page, the new credit hours will display and will be included in your total registered credits. Please be aware that changes in credit hours may affect your enrollment status, financial aid status, and fee assessment.