How to Register for Classes (Undergraduate)
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 Undergraduate 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 Undergraduate 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: Meeting with an Academic Advisor
Connect with the appropriate advising unit.
Step 3: 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.
Edit a Class (Credits, GPNC etc)
Students can make certain edits to existing enrollment, either adjusting the credits to be pursued/earned for variable credit courses or electing a certain grading scale.
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.
- Navigate to SOLAR, Manage Classes tile
- Under Enrollment Menu, click on Enrollment :Edit Classes
- Select course from currently enrolled courses to be worked on
- Under the “Units” menu, select the credits to be adjusted to
- Click “Next” review to confirm accuracy, then click “Finish”
Students should review with an advisor the impacts of electing the GPNC option on a course, as this could have impacts towards not only degree progress and graduation requirements.
Common reasons students would not be able to select the GPNC option for a course:
- Courses they have taken previously (W grades, NC etc.).
- Limited to selecting the GPNC option for only one course per semester - Summer counts as a whole term, so students cannot elect the GPNC in two different summer sessions.
- Not all courses offer the GPNC option, please review Courses without the GPNC Option within the Undergraduate Catalog.
For guidance on how to set up the GPNC setting on a course, students can refer to the tutorial guide on our SOLAR for Students page.
Students can swap courses if they would like to exchange one for another, rather than
a separate drop and add transaction. Students would need to be enrolled in the course
to be “dropped” and then select the course to be added into.
Please note that students who use the swap feature will be dropped from the originally
enrolled course if they are successfully enrolled or wait listed for the new course.
Gor guidance on how to perform a course swap, students can refer to the tutorial guide on our SOLAR for Students page.
Class Permissions
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.
Enrollment Forms
As students enroll, there may be a need for the enrollment to be performed by the Registrar's Office to override or carry out certain functions. Please review with an advisor or instructor based on the need.
- Drop Down Form
- Section/Credit Change
- Time Conflict (CAS, MSRC, COB,SOJ, SBS)
- Time Conflict (CEAS)
- Permission to Drop Co-Required Course or Drop with Permission Only Course
- Permission for Undergraduate Students (Accelerated Program) to Enroll in Graduate Courses
- Permission for Undergraduate Students to Enroll in Graduate Courses
Undergraduate Petitions
For students seeking to perform an action that is past its deadline, it is likely a petition will be required. Confirm based on your major which college you are affiliated with and click on their specific petition links below.
Please note that the Division of Undergraduate Education includes all College of Arts & Sciences majors.