Registration

Spring 2024

October 30 – November 6

• Pre-Registration/Course Preference

  Pre-registration is a course preference process—it does not guarantee you a seat in the courses you select.

  After pre-registration you may be dropped from any course that over-enrolls (see "enrollment preferences" in the catalog). Have alternative course options in mind if you are dropped.

  Williams Student Records will be open from:

  Monday, October 30 @ 7:00 pm - Monday, November 6 @ 11:59 pm

  1. Use your APR to review your progress toward completion of distribution and degree requirements as well as major/concentration requirements: Main Menu > Self Service > Academic Records > My APR/Internal Transcript > Email me my APR
  2. Review your advising requirements below.
  3. Pre-register for up to four courses at any point during the registration window. At this point there are no enrollment caps or consent flags set. There is no advantage to registering early.
  4. Check your schedule in Williams Student Records to confirm you have completed the pre-registration process.

  First-Year and Sophomore Advising

  Meet with your academic advisor:

  • Review Early Concentration Rules.
  • Bring your Academic Progress Report (APR) to the advising session.

  Junior and Senior Advising

  • Meet with an advisor in your department.

  Coming Up...

  Enrollment caps and consent flags have not been set. After pre-registration ends and faculty review enrollments, you may be dropped from a course with an enrollment cap or assigned to a different section of a multi-sectioned course (including labs or conferences):

  • Students dropped from a course will be notified.
  • Students assigned to a different section of a multi-sectioned course will not be notified—so it's important to check your schedule before drop/add.

January 11 – January 18

• Registration

  Williams Student Records will be open from:

  Thursday, January 11 @ 7:00 pm - Thursday, January 18 @ 11:59 pm

  Students who were not selected for a course they pre-registered for will have priority. Appointments will be scheduled by Class Year:

  Class of 24 7:00 pm

  Class of 25 8:00 pm

  Class of 26 9:00 pm

  Class of 27 10:00pm

  Students who were not dropped from a pre-registered course can make changes beginning Friday, January 12 at 7:00 pm.

  Check the catalog for courses that are still open, making note of courses that may require instructor or department consent.

  Enrollment caps and consent flags have been set, and multi-sectioned courses will continue to be balanced.

  Students assigned to a different section of a multi-sectioned course will not be notified—so it's important to check your schedule before drop/add.

January 29 – February 9

• Drop/Add

  Before Drop/Add opens, check Williams Student Records for:

  • Holds and resolve as soon as possible (see task tile).
  • Schedule changes—if you enrolled in a multi-sectioned course you may have been assigned to a different section—you will not be notified of section changes.

  Williams Student Records will be open from:

  Monday, January 29 @ 7:00 pm - Friday, February 9 @ 11:59 pm

  At this point you may add an extra-graded fifth course.

  Tutorial drop deadline is Tuesday, January 30 @ 4:00 pm.

  First Class Meetings

  On the first day of class (Wednesday, February 1), classes follow a Thursday meeting pattern. Attend any course with a Thursday (R) class meeting on your schedule.

  It's important to attend first class or organizational meetings:

  • If you do not attend the first class or organizational meeting, the instructor may drop you and give your space to another student.
  • Instructors may refuse consent to add a course if you have not attended the first class or organizational meeting.
  • After first class meetings, all classes require instructor consent to add, whether instructor consent is flagged or not. Always check with the instructor if you would like to add a class after the first meeting.