Registrar

How Does the Waitlist Work?

• Once a course reaches the maximum enrollment, eligible students who attempt to add the class will have the opportunity to enroll onto the waitlist if the department has created one.
• If a seat becomes available, the next student on the waitlist will receive a waitlist offer. Student will have a designated amount of time to complete their registration from the waitlist before the seat expires and is offered to the next student.
  • Students who encounter registration errors when enrolling from the waitlist, should reach out to the teaching department of the course.
  • See Waitlist errors and resolutions
• The last day a student can enroll onto a waitlist is the day prior to the start of the semester (or session the course is offered in - if the semester offers sessions).
• The waitlist process will continue to run throughout the Add/Drop period of the semester (or session the course if offered int - if the semester offers sessions).
• If the student is no longer interested in being enrolled into the course, the student needs to drop themselves from the waitlist.

Some Reasons Why A Student May Receive an Error when Enrolling from the Waitlist

• The waitlisted course meeting pattern (dates/days/times) conflicts with another course on the student schedule.
• Enrolling the student into the waitlisted course would cause the student to exceed the maximum allowable credits for the semester.
  • Maximum allowable credits (without requesting an overload)
    • Full-Time Students = 18.00 (Fall/Spring)
    • Part-Time Students = 11.50 (Fall/Spring)
    • Full-Time / Part Time Students = 7.00 (Winter/Summer)
• Students are already enrolled in another section of the same course.
• Student missing required co-requisite or pre-requite course

Departments may grant students permission to enroll in restricted courses or where enrollment errors occur for the following reasons. Once the override has been issued, students will be able to proceed with registration as normal.

Override Reasons issues by Department:

• Department Consent
• Prerequisites/Co-Requisite Override
• Closed Class
• Time Conflict Override

The Registrar's Office assigns enrollment start dates and times to all students.

• In late-September, appointments are assigned for the upcoming Winter and Spring terms.
• In early February appointments are assigned for the upcoming Summer and Fall terms.

Once enrollment start dates and times are assigned, they will be visible to students in RamPortal.  While students are not required to meet with their advisor to schedule courses, they must meet with them prior to registration to discuss potential course options and to get the advisor task cleared from their account.

The enrollment start date and time listed indicates the first time students are eligible to enroll in courses for the semester indicated. Once that date and time is reached, students can continue to adjust their schedules until the Add/Drop deadline for the course.  Enrollment start dates and times are based on student standing determined by the number of COMPLETED and TRANSFER CREDITS.  Courses IN-PROGRESS are not taken into account in determining student standing.  

• Please consult the Undergraduate Catalog for further information on how student standing is defined.  
• For more information on the policy regarding Priority Registration, please visit the Policies webpage on the Deputy Provost website.