All on-campus first-year and sophomore students must meet with an advisor prior to pre-registering.
Pre-register for four courses; there are no enrollment caps or instructor consent flags at this point.
If you pre-register for a limited enrollment course, consider an alternative in case you are later dropped from the course.
If you pre-register for a multi-sectioned course (including labs or conferences) you may later be assigned to a different section of the course.
Faculty will be checking class rosters and enrollment progress.
November 5 – November 11
Departments review pre-registration demand; some courses may be cancelled, some meeting times may be changed, or extra sections added for high demand courses.
Students are notified by email of any course cancellations or meeting time changes.
Multi-sectioned courses are balanced by mid-November.
November 11 – December 9
Enrollment caps are set.
Instructors with overenrolled courses review class lists and select students to drop.
Any students dropped from overenrolled courses are notified by email.
Instructor consent flags are set on overenrolled courses or other courses as appropriate.
January 7 – January 20
Tuesday, January 7 - Monday, January 13: Registration is open only to students dropped from overenrolled or cancelled courses (this does not include being moved to another section in a multi-sectioned course); students receive an email reminder prior to these dates.
Tuesday, January 14 - Monday, January 20: Registration is open to all students; students not in the group above will receive an email reminder prior to these dates.
Students should consider their enrollment in courses secure at this point.
Students may make changes to registration within the constraints of enrollment caps and instructor consent flags set.
Instructors should not be dropping students after this point except in the case where prerequisites are not met.
January 21 – January 31
Multi-sectioned courses are balanced again.
Lab and conference enrollment caps are set where needed to control balance; virtual sections are created.
Administrative holds for drop/add are set.
February 3 – February 14
Check Williams Student Records for holds before drop/add opens and resolve any holds as early as possible.
Students may make registration changes within the constraints of enrollment caps and instructor consent.
Check your class schedule in Williams Student Records—if you enrolled in a multi-sectioned course, you may be assigned to a different section.
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.
You may add an extra-graded fifth course.
Registration for Fall 2020
April 20 – April 27
All on-campus students must meet with an advisor prior to pre-registering.
Pre-register for four courses; there are no enrollment caps or instructor consent flags at this point.
If you pre-register for a limited enrollment course, consider an alternative in case you are later dropped from the course.
If you pre-register for a multi-sectioned course (including labs or conferences) you may later be assigned to a different section of the course.
Faculty will be checking class rosters and enrollment progress.
Mid-July
First-year pre-registrations are added to courses—at this point upperclass students can see if their pre-registration choices have over-enrolled (closed).
Departments review pre-registration demand; some courses may be cancelled, some meeting times may be changed, or extra sections added for high demand courses.
Students are notified by email of any course cancellations or meeting time changes.
Multi-sectioned courses are balanced by mid-July.
July 13 – August 3
Enrollment caps are set.
Instructors with overenrolled courses review class lists and select students to drop.
Any students dropped from overenrolled courses are notified by email.
Instructor consent flags are set on overenrolled courses or other courses as appropriate.
August 11 – August 24
Tuesday, August 11 - Monday, August 17: Registration is open only to students dropped from overenrolled or cancelled courses (this does not include being moved to another section in a multi-sectioned course); students receive an email reminder prior to these dates.
Tuesday, August 18 - Monday, August 24: Registration is open to all students; students not in the group above will receive an email reminder prior to these dates.
Students should consider their enrollment in courses secure at this point; any exceptions will be noted in emails sent prior to the re-opening of registration.
Students may make changes to registration within the constraints of enrollment caps and instructor consent flags set.
August 25 – September 7
Multi-sectioned courses are balanced again.
Lab and conference enrollment caps are set where needed to control balance; virtual sections are created.
Administrative holds for drop/add are set.
September 8 – September 18
Check Williams Student Records for holds before drop/add opens and resolve any holds as early as possible.
Students may make registration changes within the constraints of enrollment caps and instructor consent.
Check your class schedule in Williams Student Records—if you enrolled in a multi-sectioned course, you may be assigned to a different section.
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.
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