Course Registration
Returning students may participate in Round 1, Round 2, Add/Drop I, and Add/Drop II. There are also dedicated periods of registration for re-enrolled students for fall and spring semesters as well as first year and transfer students for fall semesters.
The Registrar's Calendar details all the dates and deadlines for course registration!
is ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾'s official source of the classes on offer each semester. It can be accessed by faculty, students, and staff from within is also available to the public.
Are you eligible to participate? Any student with an enrollment status of "Here/Matric" for the upcoming semester who has no registration holds, other than the advisor hold, is eligible to participate in course registration.
- Enrollment status can be found in the "My Status" section of
- What is "matric"? It's short for "matriculated" and refers to students enrolled in courses and working towards earning their bachelor's degree from ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾.
- If incorrect, contact your student dean or Off-Campus Study to update your enrollment status and become eligible to register.
Registration hold details are in the "My Academic Profile - Holds" section of
- Examples of registration holds include: failure to submit a mandatory form or not paying your tuition bill. Health Services, the Bursar (bill collector), and Student Aid (financial aid) are usually the offices who place these holds and students should work with them directly to resolve.
All students eligible to register have an advisor hold at the beginning of the course registration cycle to ensure they plan their schedules in conjunction with their faculty advisors. Students may submit course requests before the advisor hold is lifted, but it must be released for the requests to be processed.
Students ON campus MUST connect to the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ Network (not ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾ guest).
Students OFF campus MUST connect to VPN to access Polaris registration. Follow the instructions below to install ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾'s new VPN tool and test your connection in advance of registration.
After connecting to VPN, students should navigate to and look for the Polaris tile.
is ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø±¬ÍøÕ¾'s official student and course information system and is where the majority of course registration occurs.
- Registration Guide to Polaris
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Which registrations happen outside of Polaris?
- Students register for independent studies and honors projects through an online form every semester, even if the project is continuing from the previous semester, and
- Students use an extended course drop through an online form submitted by their advisor
- Teaching Fellows should use the Teaching Fellow Enrollment Form (PDF) instead of Polaris