Registration

Before Registration

Meet with your advisor.

Schedule an appointment with your advisor to go over your long-term degree plan and make any necessary adjustments. Find your assigned advisor and check your email for updated information about appointment availability and scheduling instructions.

Run your degree audit.

Your Degree Audit (IDA) tracks all of your past, current, and future courses and shows you how they contribute to your degree. Areas that are gray are incomplete—these are areas you should focus on in order to satisfy your remaining degree requirements.

Check out our handout for more information on How to Run and Read Your Degree Audit (IDA). Make sure you are running your degree audit in the correct catalog as some requirements may vary. If you're unsure of your catalog, check with your advisor!

Check minor and certificate requirements.

Your degree may require a minor, certificate or a field of study. The website for each minor/certificate will instruct you on how to apply, but be sure to look for specific application deadlines and specifications.

Once you are approved to pursue a particular minor/certificate, you will receive a SAN. Your minor/certificate must be attached to your degree plan by your advisor in order for it to be contributing to your degree requirements. This process may need to be completed prior to registration in order for you to access certain classes. Email your advisor when you receive an approval SAN to have your minor/certificate attached to your degree profile.

If you plan to pursue a field of study (15 hours in a single department) to meet BSA degree requirements, contact your advisor for information on completing this process.

Look up prerequisites.

If you are planning to attend graduate or professional school after graduating from UT, you should look up any prerequisite courses you may need to take in order to apply to those programs.

• Pre-Health students can use the guides provided by the Health Professions Office and should also check with individual schools they plan on applying to for additional prerequisite courses.
• Pre-Grad students should check with individual schools they plan on applying to for specific prerequisite courses.

Find registration times.

Check your Registration Information Sheet (RIS) to find your registration times in the days following the release of the Course Schedule. Check for and resolve any holds that may prevent you from registering when your time opens up.

Create a list of courses.

Use the Course Schedule to create a list of courses and unique numbers that will work for your schedule and degree. Course schedules are published in October for Spring registration and in March for Summer and Fall registration.

• You can never be over-prepared for registration! Your list of courses and unique numbers should have plenty of backup options in case your ideal courses or sections are unavailable.
• Click on unique numbers in the course schedule to find specific prerequisites and co-requisites for each course and any other relevant information.

You may choose to run a Degree Audit (IDA) with planned courses as a guide. Be aware that audits run with planned courses may contain inaccuracies.

During Registration

Register as soon as possible. 

Classes at UT fill up quickly, so you should register as soon as possible after your time opens and add yourself to your desired courses.

If you are a transfer student and are having trouble registering for a course, you may need a prerequisite waiver. Contact your advisor for help.

Know who to contact for help.

If you are a graduating senior and need a BIO/INB/MBS, BCH, or NEU class in order to graduate, email your advisor ASAP. Your email should include your full name, UT EID, and the unique number of the course(s) you need that will work with your schedule. Please note there is a difference between the course you need in order to graduate and the course you want.

Struggling to add a course owned by another department (e.g., NTR, PHY, SOC)? Contact the owning department's advising center (e.g., Nutrition, Physics, Sociology, etc.) and ask for help with their registration process. If you are a graduating senior and the corresponding department was not able to help, contact the Student Success Help Desk.

Use waitlists.

If a course is closed, the owning department may have the waitlist feature turned on. You can add yourself to up to 4 total waitlists, 2 of which can be for the same class. Waitlists are managed by the advising center of the department offering the course. Your advisor cannot add you to or help you get off of a waitlist. Contact the owning department’s advising center directly if you have specific questions.

Waitlist 101

Set up a swap class

Strategically swap courses.

Use the registration system strategically to swap or add sections of popular courses. Choose “Drop [unique number] dependent upon successfully adding [unique number]” to keep your current registration while attempting to switch into different options.

Re-run your audit with future courses every time you update your registration to make sure classes are counting toward your degree requirements where you expect them to. Contact your advisor if you have any questions.

Be flexible.

More than likely, you will not get all of your ideal courses during the initial registration period. Keep checking back throughout registration to see if classes open up. Courses may also open during the Add/Drop period before the semester starts. The goal of registration is for you to enroll in courses you need to complete your degree requirements.

After Registration

Meet with your advisor.

Schedule an appointment with your advisor to go over your registration and adjust your long-term degree plan, if necessary. Find your assigned advisor and check your email for updated information about appointment availability and scheduling instructions.

Check your Registration Information Sheet.

Check your Registration Information Sheet (RIS) for your add/drop times before the semester starts. You will have the opportunity to make additional changes to your schedule then.

Re-run your audit.

Re-run your audit with future courses every time you update your registration to make sure classes are counting toward your degree requirements where you expect them to. Contact your advisor if you have any questions.

Pay tuition and confirm attendance.

Pay tuition or confirm that you are paying with Financial Aid so you don’t get dropped from your courses. Find general guidelines and instructions for confirming your attendance here. Check for appropriate and updated deadlines on the Academic Calendar.