Class Registration 101

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1 Class Registration 101 This guide will teach you the process for the following: Finding out who your advisor is/obtaining your registration PIN Finding out when your enrollment dates are Checking your account for holds and what those holds mean Figuring out what GenEds you have fulfilled and still need to fulfill Figuring out what your major s suggested curriculum is Searching for classes Wait-listing classes if they are full Adding classes to your wish-list Enrolling in classes

2 Your Student Center What are all these buttons and links for?! View the classes you have already registered for here Check out which GenEds you still need here Click here to start searching for classes If you have a hold, click here to get more info about why it s there The date listed here is when you can actually ENROLL in the classes you ve put in your wish list Your advisor is listed here. You will need to get your enrollment PIN from your advisor before to being able to register for classes

3 Program of Study Figuring out which classes you need for your major Option 1: Search for the information yourself Go to From here, make sure you are looking at the correct year. If you re not, select the correct year and hit GO. Click on Majors and Minors. Select your major/minor. From here, you can view all requirements for your major/minor. Many programs even have a suggested curriculum, which can tell you what classes you should take to stay on track. Option 2: Come to the FYC! If you re still having trouble, come into our office (016 Andro) for help. We have printouts of every major and minor UMaine offers. Plus, we have snacks and helpful staff members that can help you sort through all this information. Sample Curriculum- Biology First Semester Bio or Chem major? Chances are this is what your first semester looked like. You can find this information for most majors using this website.

4 Meet with your Advisor! Remember all those s from some strange person you never opened...? Yeah... That was your advisor. Figure out who your advisor is: Use your MaineStreet Student Center to figure out who your advisor is. If you are in the Honors College or are in multiple majors, you probably have more than one advisor. It s a good idea to keep all advisors in the loop. Things to discuss with your advisor: Classes you want to take. Any academic questions or concerns you may have. Your registration PIN (you NEED this to enroll in classes. Do not leave this meeting without your PIN!). Contact your advisor in late October or early November: 1- Try If that doesn t work, try calling the department phone number. 3- If that doesn t work, go to your department s office. 4- If that doesn t work, repeat steps 1-3. Do not give up until you have an appointment. Once you have your PIN: Write it down somewhere. Save it in an . Add it as a contact in your phone. You will NEED this to be able to enroll in classes.

5 Searching for Classes Where the Back button on your browser is your mortal enemy Getting to the Class Search page: From your MaineStreet Student Center, click Search for Classes in the top right corner. Getting Started: 1- Select Institution and click University of Maine 2- Make sure the correct semester pops up next to Term. If not, fix it. Note: Class search for a given term will not be available until a few weeks before the registration period begins. Course Subject If you know the 3 letter code for the course, type that into the box here. If you do not know this information, click the green select subject button and browse by the first letter. We ll stick with BIO as our example here. Once you have that typed in, click Search. Another tip: The Show Open Classes Only button will be automatically selected. If you would like to see all classes regardless, deselect that button. This will show classes that are full and wait listed or closed. Search too broad? Try one of these to narrow your search: If you know a course number, enter that in the box next to course number-contains. If you don t know the course number, but you know it is a 100 or 200 level course, try changing the contains to is less than or equal to and type in the appropriate range.

6 Advanced Searches Looking for something very specific? Select two criteria: Some popular searches are searches for specific days of the week or mode of instruction if you are looking for online classes only. Using the three letter course code where we typed in BIO before counts as one of those two. Selecting Undergraduate for Course Career is another helpful one. Gen Ed Category Our suggestion (if you are a first-year student) is to change Course Number to less than or equal to and use 299. Otherwise all classes If you know which GenEd categories you need to fulfill but aren t sure what classes to take to do so, this is a very helpful tool. The very last option is Gen Ed Category, where you can select one of the categories.

7 Your Search Results What does all this mean? Sorting through your results: Results will appear in alphabetical order by the three-letter code, and then in ascending order by the three-digit course number. Multiple sections may appear for any given course. Select the course with the day, time, location, and instructor that best meets your needs. The colored symbols: Green circle: Class is open and has available seats Yellow triangle: Class is currently full, however you can add yourself to the wait list. Blue Square: Class is not available at all. There is no wait list or wait list is full. Staff? TBA? What is this business? Some information may not be available immediately, such as the instructor or the location. Keep checking back for updates. The long blue link that says view details : Click this for more information (see page entitled View Details ) Will tell you: A course description Number of credits this course is worth Number of seats taken/available How long the wait list is, if applicable If the course counts for any Gen Ed requirements Location: This one is important. All on-campus classes will say Orono UM Campus. Some classes are online or located at the Hutchinson Center. The Hutchinson Center is located in Belfast and can be up to an hour away depending on weather and traffic. This information will appear in RED.

8 View Details More information than you probably wanted! Units: The number of credits this course is worth. This one is worth 4 credits. Class Components: Some classes have multiple parts.in this case, there is a lecture and a lab. Some classes also have recitations. Enrollment Requirements: This will tell you if you need any pre-requisites for this class. In this case, if you have not taken BIO 100 before or received a D or lower, you will need permission from the instructor to take this class. Class Attributes: This is just a fancy way of saying which GenEd requirement this class fulfills. BIO 200 can fulfill either a Basic Science or Applied Science. Availability: Capacity is the number of students allowed in the class. Enrollment total is how many people are registered for this class as of now. Available seats tells you how many spots are left in this class. Wait list capacity tells you how many people are allowed to be on the wait list if this class is full. Wait list total tells you how many are already on the wait list. In this case, you would be number two on the wait list. When you are done with this page, click VIEW SEARCH RESULTS, not BACK! The browser s BACK button will reset your entire search!

9 Select Your Class Choices, choices! Pick which one works best for you: In this case, we re selecting BIO 200 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-9:50am Choose the select class next to the class you want to take. Labs: Some classes have labs. Science, math, and introductory language classes tend to have labs. If this is the case, it will force you to choose a lab section. For BIO 200, we only have one chocie, the Tuesday 9:30-12:20 lab. Click the circle to select it and hit next. Note: This page only shows you FIVE labs at a time. If there are more than five labs, you can click View All Sections or click the arrow above the Next box to view the second page.

10 Select Your Class You re almost done! The last page: From here, just confirm that you have selected the right class(es) and hit Next. Confirmation: You should get a green check and confirmation notice. Note that this class has been added to your wish list. You will still need to enroll in the class to complete the registration process!

11 View Your Wish List You re almost done! Click the Wish List Link: This will be at the top of the page, as shown below. Select the semester: In this case, we re looking at Spring Make sure you actually click inside the bubble. Then hit Continue.

12 Other Wish List Functions You re almost done! Delete: Check the box next to a class you want to remove from your wish list and press delete at the bottom. Validate: Check the box next to all the classes and press validate. This will tell you if there are any potential problems, such as time conflicts or if you do not have the class standing or pre-requisites needed to take the class. If the page that pops up gives you all green checks, you re good to go! If you see a red X, it will tell you what is wrong. Return to search: Over here is another search button. This is the easiest way to get back to the class search if you need to add another class. Enroll: Once you have validated your wish list, select all the classes you wish to enroll in and hit enroll. The system will then ask you for your PIN that you should have talked to your advisor about. Note: Refer back to your Student Center for your specific enrollment date. You cannot get past this point until your enrollment date has been reached and you have your PIN from your advisor.

13 Program of Study Which GenEds have I already taken...? Minimized = fulfilled: In this case, Scienecs, Social Contexts & Institutions, and Population & Environment have all been fulfilled. Maximized = not fulfilled: In this case, Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity & International Perspectives, and Artistic & Creative Expression have NOT been fulfilled. More info: If you click on the triangle to maximize a tab, it will show you which course(s) you took to fulfill that GenEd and will also give you the grade(s).