Registration and Wait Lists

Registration for the Summer 2007 and Fall 2007 semesters begin Friday, March 16, 2007. The timetables can now be viewed at: http://www.uleth.ca/ross/timetable.html

Continuing students:

To access your registration dates log onto the Bridge and click on Registration. To register, log onto the Bridge, click on the Registrar’s Office and Student Services link, then Registration, and then the Add/Drop Classes link. After your classes have been successfully added you may print off your class schedule by clicking on Student Schedule by Day and Time, and printing. For more information on registration visit: http://www.uleth.ca/ross/timetable.html

Note: All outstanding fees must be paid in full before you will be granted permission to register for the Summer 2007 and Fall 2007 semesters. You can check the status of your fees by logging onto the Bridge, clicking on the Registrar’s Office & Student Services, clicking on Student Records, and then on View Holds. If any holds exist they will appear on the screen and if you have none it will say so.

Tips for registering:

ּ Register as early as you can on the first date assigned to you. This will give you a better chance of gaining access to your desired classes. Lots of registration times begin at 5:00 in the morning, and the people that get up that early will have a better chance of getting their classes then people that wait until later.

ּ If you are planning on taking five classes and can’t decide on which to choose, remember you can add a sixth course on the first day of classes. This way you can go to all of them, and then drop whichever one you don’t want BEFORE the add/drop period ends (September 11, 2007).

ּ If you are taking classes with labs/tutorials make sure that you enter their course registration numbers AND ALSO the registration numbers for the lecture when registering.

ּ If you can’t get into a class right away, keep trying; persistency is key for accessing your courses.

ּ Pay attention to room numbers when registering in courses, if you have a course at 10:00 in E690, and then one at 11:00 in PE275, you may want to choose a different time. I have done this many times and I find it stressful to have to run up and down the hill to get to class on time!

ּ When you are taking a full course load, remember that it is a big responsibility, and you are not going to want to work too many hours a week. If you find that you are too stressed out with school, you may want to give away some shifts or cut down on your hours.

Wait List Information

If you are not able to able to access a course that is a requirement for your major you have the option to be put on a wait list. To do this you will have to see an academic advisor in your faculty (Arts & Science, Management, Education, or Fine Arts). Each faculty will set aside certain times in which you can drop in and see an advisor to be put on a wait list. The wait listing period usually consists of five days, and finding out when these are is crucial, as this is your only opportunity to be placed on a wait list. These times will be available in the paper copy of the Summer/Fall 2007 timetable, as well as on the notice board and also in your faculty’s office. Each faculty has different criteria, which they use to assess your need to be put on a wait list, so check with your faculty as to what these criteria are.

In most cases, you will NOT be put on a wait list if:
ּ You missed your initial registration window, (the specific times assigned to you that could be viewed on the Bridge)
ּ You want to take courses which are in excess of the minimum required to complete the major (if you are required to have twenty Psychology classes as a requirement for your major, and you want to take your twenty-first course, you will not be wait-listed, as you can only have twenty).
ּThe course you want is an elective (not required for your major)
ּThe course you want is for your minor (If your major is Education with a minor in Social Studies, you will not be wait listed for a Sociology course).
ּ The course you want is a senior-level requirement outside of your major
ּ You want to take a course to fulfill the General Liberal Education Requirement (GLER).
ּ You have a course or section preference. This means that if a course is available which would fulfill your requirement, you should register in it. If you want to take the same course at a different time, however, you won’t be put on a wait list if there is still room in the other class.

**** Remember: keep trying to access your courses on your own, even if you are on a wait list!!****

Summer Courses

Pros: Taking summer classes allows you to catch up in your credits if you are behind, or want to get ahead. I find summer classes are much more interesting and sometimes easier than fall or spring classes. I find them easier because not as much material is usually covered in summer as compared to taking the course in the Fall or Spring semesters.
ּAlso, if you need to repeat a course summer is a good time to do it, if it is being offered.
Summer semesters are close to a month and a half long, and there is one semester in the middle that is three weeks long. The time flies by, and going to school twice a week for three hours (for one class) with breaks is not bad at all.

Cons: Cons, what cons??? Well, if anything the obvious downfall of summer classes is that you are missing out on your summer vacation. Taking classes interferes with your break from school or maybe even your summer job.
ּTaking classes in the third summer semester (July-August), and then going straight into the fall semester, and then spring semester can be hard without a break.

ּAlso, if you want to go home for the summer, or travel, summer courses will probably not work for you.