How to Register for Classes (Graduate)
The below instructions can be referred to for all semesters, including Fall, Spring, Summer and Winter sessions. Please refer to the Academic Calendar for the semester/session you are seeking to enroll for important dates and deadlines.
Current Graduate Students can enroll during the advanced registration period on or after their enrollment appointment date. Please refer to your SOLAR account to review your enrollment appointment date to confirm the earliest day/time you can enroll.
Keep in mind enrolling on or after the first day of classes will result in a late registration fee of $50.
Students are responsible for reviewing, understanding, and abiding by the University's regulations, procedures, requirements, and deadlines as described in official publications. This includes, by way of example only, the Graduate Catalog, the University Conduct Code, the Student Handbook, and class schedules.
Steps to Enroll
Step 1: Enrollment Appointment
To view your enrollment appointment, students can check out the tutorial guide offered on our SOLAR for Students page.
Students can register at any time after this enrollment appointment begins within the enrollment period.
Take the time to also check for any holds on your record within SOLAR to avoid enrollment errors.
Enrollment appointments are issued based on both credits earned and in progress.
Step 2: Register for Classes
Enrollment can be performed either in SOLAR or using the Schedule Builder feature. Check out our tutorial guides below.
- Designed with student experience in mind, step-by-step guides on how to successfully plan and refine their schedules before enrolling.
Post Enrollment
Students can edit or drop their enrollment within SOLAR in accordance with the Academic Calendar.
After Add/Drop - students who drop after the Add/Drop deadline will receive a W grade.
Students should review the Tuition Liability Schedule and connect with a Financial Aid counselor to understand how it may affect financial aid and/or refunds.
For guidance on how to drop a course, students can refer to the tutorial guide on our SOLAR for Students page.
Students can make certain edits to existing enrollment, either adjusting the credits to be pursued/earned for variable credit courses.
Credit Changes: Variable credit courses allow students to adjust the credits to be earned within certain courses, typically research, independent study, TA positions etc. Once a student is enrolled, prior to the Add/Drop deadline students can edit their currently enrolled course credits.
Past the Add/Drop deadline, these changes can only be done manually by the Registrar’s Office.
When a course is designed to require permission from the instructor or an override of some kind is needed, permission from the academic department is the next step. Permissions must be entered in SOLAR and contain the correct override input to be successful.
Situations include courses that specifically require consent from the department, closed class status, pre/corequisite overrides etc.
Permissions are granted at the discretion of the academic department.
Once the permissions are entered, it is exclusive to that section and semester, allowing the student to enroll and bypass that specific error. Students receive a SOLAR message when permission is entered into the system, which confirms the course/section it is attached to.
Graduate Petitions
For students seeking to perform an action that is past its deadline, it is likely a petition will be required. Please connect with the Graduate School team for further assistance.