Class Registration Guide

1. Log in to your myUCCS Portal with the username and password assigned for campus webmail and campus computers. If you have problems logging on, contact the UCCS IT Service Desk at (719) 255-4357 or oit@uccs.edu. You may also visit the My UCCS Account webpage for assistance.
    
2. Under the Student Center on the homepage of the portal, select Register for Classes (add/drop) or Class Search. You can also select the Records and Registration tab then select Register for Classes. 
    
3. You should be defaulted to the most current term. If not, select Change Term near the top of the page and select the correct term. You will then see a search bar to enter a keyword. If you previously selected Class Search via the Student Center, you will still have the option to change to the desired term and be brought to a search bar to enter a keyword.

4. If you know the exact course you wish to register for (Ex. ANTH 1040), you can type it in the search bar and then click on the arrow. Otherwise, you can use other keywords to find your desired course. 

   Tip: Use the Additional ways to search link below the search bar to search for specific criteria including: subject, catalog number, or instructor last name. The search bar itself can be used to search for classes based on a range of different keywords. For example, search 'session B' to bring up all courses that have a class section in Session B. You can search other keywords here such as: course, subject, class name, topic, session name. 

5. You will see all search results on the next screen. Use the additional search criteria options on the left hand side to narrow down your results further when necessary.  

   Example: If you originally searched the keyword 'session B,' you will see results for all classes that have a section option in Session B. Check the box on the left under Academic Session for Session B to then remove all other sections in other sessions from your search results - leaving only Session B class sections.

6. Select a class to see the offered sections and more information, including how many seats are available. Or, select Return to Search or the back arrow to return to your previous search results. You can also select Register for Classes on the left hand side to return to the main search bar. 

   Note: If there is a lab or recitation associated with the main lecture section of the desired class, you will see all available options and combinations. 

7. Once you select a class in the search results, you will see all offered sections. Either click the class hyperlink to pull up more class information or select Select Class (Option #) link to choose that class section option. You will be prompted to complete your Preregistration Tasks prior to continuing (see below dropdown for more information). 
   
   Important: If the Select Class (Option #) is greyed out it means shopping carts are not yet open, it is past enrollment deadlines for that class section, you have a time conflict with another class in your schedule (which you would then see a yellow caution sign giving more information), or you do not have access to enroll for the specific term due to other factors. 
    
8. Once you have selected your section, you can click the class hyperlink to pull up more class information. Once ready to continue, click the Next button in the top right. 
    
9. You will then be asked to either Enroll or Add to Shopping Cart. If you are taking a class that requires permission, you may add the permission number here as well. See our FAQs below for more information on permission numbers. You can continue to add a class to your shopping cart that you do not yet have a permission number for. You can add the permission number later to the class in your shopping cart. Select Accept when ready to continue.
    
   Important: If the Enroll option is greyed out, it usually means you have not reached your Enrollment Date & Time. Until your Enrollment Date & Time, you will only have the option to Add to Shopping Cart. 
    
10. On the final step, you will be asked to review information one last time. If correct, select Submit then Yes. You will see a message showing you have successfully placed a class in your shopping cart or enrolled in a class. Messages here may vary so pay close attention. If unable to be added or you are waitlisted only, this message will display that information here. 
     
11. IMPORTANT: If you have only placed the class in your shopping cart, you must officially enroll by moving the class from your cart to your official schedule. For more information, please see below! Always be sure to select 'View My Classes/Schedule' to validate your official schedule.

1. Log in to your myUCCS Portal with the username and password assigned for campus webmail and campus computers. If you have problems logging on, contact the UCCS IT Service Desk at (719) 255-4357 or oit@uccs.edu. You may also visit the My UCCS Account webpage for assistance.
    
2. Under the Student Center on the homepage of the portal, select Register for Classes (add/drop). You can also select the Records and Registration tab then select Register for Classes. Select Shopping Cart. If you have classes in multiple term shopping carts, be sure to select Change Term if needed. 
    
3. Select the classes within your Enrollment Shopping Cart that you wish to enroll in and move to your official class schedule then select Enroll. You can also use the Validate option to check if there are any enrollment barriers (requisite, capacity, time conflict, etc.) present. This option is available once your Enrollment Date & Time has been reached and is helpful to double check for any issues prior to enrolling.
   
   Note: Use the Change Preferences hyperlink to update a class when needed. For example, if you have a Permission Number and did not enter it when adding the class to your shopping cart, you can do it now. Or if a class is now at capacity (closed) and was not when you originally added to your shopping cart, you can now choose the 'Waitlist if class full' option to get waitlisted. Or if it is a variable credit class and you need to update the units you originally selected. 
    
4. Select Finish Enrolling.
    
5. Resolve any errors if needed or select View My Classes/Schedule to validate your schedule.

Addresses

1. You must provide UCCS with your HOME and LOCAL contact information as well as your EMERGENCY contact information each semester before you may register. This information will be used in the event we need to contact you urgently for health or safety reasons.

   Note: If you do not know what your local address will be at the time of registration, you may match the LOCAL address with your HOME address.

   Note: Your local address is vital for contacting you nearby your campus of attendance.

2. Once you have entered your required information, be sure to check the box next to "I verify that the address(es) above are accurate and up to date."

Phone Numbers

1. Your cell phone information will be included in the UCCSAlerts Emergency Notification System unless you specifically "opt out" bellow. Opting out is strongly discouraged as UCCSAlerts is designed to send emergency notifications and timely warning information regarding urgent campus closures, extreme weather, and emergencies directly to your mobile device via text message.
    
2. An entry in cell/mobile number field is required. If you do not have one, you must enter "000-000-0000". Have questions about UCCSAlerts? Please visit the UCCS Alerts homepage. 
    
3. Once you have entered your required information, be sure to check the box next to "I verify that that the phone number(s) above are accurate."

Emergency Contacts

1. Emergency Contact Information: In the event the University needs to contact someone on your behalf should you be involved in or experience a health or safety emergency. This information will not be included in our Emergency Notification System. You must provide contact name, relationship, address and phone.
    
2. Once you have entered your required information, be sure to check the box next to "I verify that the emergency contact information is accurate and up to date."
    
3. Click Continue
    

Tuition and Fee Agreement Disclosure

Review the Financial Obligation Agreement and select "I Agree."

Pre- Registration Complete 

After completing the Tuition and Fee Agreement Disclosure, your pre-registration process is complete. Click Close and continue adding classes. 

1. Log in to your myUCCS Portal with the username and password assigned for campus webmail and campus computers. If you have problems logging on, contact the UCCS IT Service Desk at (719) 255-4357 or oit@uccs.edu. You may also visit the My UCCS Account webpage for assistance.
    
2. Under the Student Center on the homepage of the portal, select Register for Classes (add/drop). You can also select the Records and Registration tab then select Register for Classes. 
    
3. Select Drop Classes from the left hand menu. You should be defaulted to the most current term. If not, select Change Term near the top of the page and select the correct term. 
    
4. Check the boxes next to the classes you wish to drop, and then select Drop Selected Classes and select Next.
    
5. Select Drop Classes to continue.
    
6. Review class drop/withdraw confirmation details. A confirmation page will confirm whether your class drop request was successful. If it was not successful, it is past the online self-service withdraw deadline or you have a hold that prevents your from dropping or withdrawing from classes. Remember to review Course Deadlines and Drop and Withdrawal Policies and Procedures prior to dropping/withdrawing to understand the impacts. After a course's census date, you are withdrawing from the course. You will receive a 'W' notation and be financially responsible for the class. 

• The University defines a cancellation as the termination of a student's enrollment for any given semester prior to census date. Students dropping all their courses prior to census date is canceling their enrollment for the semester. Students wishing to terminate their enrollment prior to their class census date(s), are no longer registered for any classes, nor have they completed any classes for the semester. Classes that are dropped by 11:59pm (MT) on the class census date will be refunded tuition and most fees, will not receive any grade, and will not appear on a student's transcript. 
   
• The University defines a complete semester withdrawal as the termination of a student's enrollment for any given semester after census date. Students are no longer registered for any classes, nor have they completed any classes for the semester. A student wanting to withdraw from all classes after census date, is requesting a 'complete semester withdrawal.' Classes that are withdrawn from after their census date are non-refundable and are assigned an official notation of ‘W’ (withdrawn).
   
• For additional information and steps students must take for university cancel and withdrawals, visit our Drop and Withdrawal Policies and Procedures page.

• In your myUCCS Portal under the Student Center, select the Register for Classes (add/drop) icon. Click on Enrollment Appointments. Your Enrollment Date & Time for eligible semesters will display in the pop-up box. You can also select the person silhouette icon in the top right of the homepage of the portal. 
   
• NOTE: All students (excluding extended studies students) will receive an email to their UCCS email address with their specific enrollment date & time. This email will be sent the day Enrollment Shopping Carts become available (or earlier) each semester.

• For any semester (fall, spring, or summer) your enrollment date and time is based upon your academic level at UCCS. The higher your academic level, the sooner you will be able to register for classes: graduate students, undergraduate seniors and juniors with 85+ credits, undergraduates with less than 85 credits, followed by non-degree seeking students. Some student populations get access to earlier enrollment, if you have questions please contact the Office of the Registrar. This date & time controls when you can register for your classes (move classes from your shopping cart into your official class schedule). 

• Important class and session deadlines are published on the Academic Calendar, in the Registration Handbook on the Course Information Center page, and on the Office of Registrar Course Deadlines page. Review your deadlines to avoid financial penalty/liability.

• Short courses are defined as courses that meet in an untraditional or condensed pattern within a semester. These types of courses have special academic and financial deadlines that differ from full semester length courses.
   
• Short course deadlines should be reviewed for a detailed list of academic and financial deadlines that vary from standard deadlines. You can also locate these specific dates by logging into your myUCCS Portal. Under the Records and Registration tab, select Register for Classes. Click on View My Classes/Schedule and review the Enrollment Deadlines via the blue hyperlink under the class. 

• Refer to the Course Deadlines page for additional details on enrollment deadlines and when waitlists are deleted.
   
• For full semester length classes, the only way for students to enroll in a class that is closed is by placing themselves on the waitlist. Students on the waitlist are automatically enrolled in the class if a seat becomes available or enrollment limits are increased. Instructors may accommodate students on the waitlist by requesting to increase their class enrollment limit, or by requesting that students be manually rolled into the class over the published limit.
   
• Waitlisting with multiple sections: The system will allow students to waitlist for more than one closed section of the same class. If a student is added from one section's waitlist, then they will be automatically dropped from the other section's waitlist. In addition, the system will allow students to fully register for an open section of a course and waitlist for another closed section of that same course. To do this, a student must enroll in the open section first before placing themselves on the waitlist for the closed section. If a student is waitlisted for a closed section and then registers for an open section after, the student will automatically be dropped off the waitlist for the closed section. 
  Important: If a student is fully enrolled in an open section of a course and waitlisted for a closed section of that same course, the student will be automatically dropped from the open section if they get added off the waitlist for the closed section (unless that specific class is repeatable for credit).
   
• Prior to waitlists being deleted: Instructors who wish to allow waitlisted students to enroll over the published enrollment limit, can contact their department assistant or the Office of the Registrar directly. They must be mindful of the classroom space limit. Students with certain enrollment barriers may not be able to be added (such as time conflicts, financial holds, etc.).
   
• After waitlists are deleted through the census date: For closed classes (at capacity), students can use an Add/Drop/Withdraw Course Form to obtain approval/signatures of the instructor and submit it to the Office of the Registrar in person or via UCCS email. If receiving approval via email from an instructor, this must be sent directly to registrar@uccs.edu from the instructor's UCCS email. Staff will enroll students if there are no holds or other enrollment barriers; and, if the classroom fire capacity has not been met. For open classes, students can continue to enroll through census date. 
   
• After census date: Students can use an Add/Drop/Withdraw Course Form to obtain approval/signatures of the instructor, dean of the college in which the course is in, and Student Financials Services (Bursar). Once signatures have been received, the student can then bring the form to the Office of the Registrar, Main Hall, Room 108 or to registrar@uccs.edu. If receiving approvals via email, these must be sent directly to registrar@uccs.edu from the instructor's, dean's, and Bursar's UCCS email or through Adobe sign. Staff will enroll students if there are no holds or other enrollment barriers; and, if the classroom fire capacity has not been met. 
   
• Short Course/Class Waitlists: For short courses, waitlists are deleted the following business day after the associated last day to waitlist deadline. Review the Short Course Deadlines page these specific dates. The above procedures remain the same for adding short courses after waitlists are deleted. 

• A Permission Number is a unique number students can be issued to enroll in a class they would otherwise not be eligible for. Permission numbers take the place of the physical Add/Drop Form. Permission numbers are issued by academic departments or by academic advisors.
   
• Once you have selected your class section, you will be asked to either Enroll or Add to Shopping Cart. This is where you will see a box to input a permission. You can continue to add a class to your shopping cart if you do not yet have a permission number yet. You can add the permission number later to the class in your shopping cart (see below).
   
• If you add a class to your shopping cart without a permission number, you can add the permission number via your shopping cart. In your shopping cart, select Change Preferences next to the class you need to enter a permission number for. Enter the number, select save, and then continue to enroll in the class. If you receive an error message, it may be because the permission number is not set up correctly or it is after deadlines to enroll in the class. Contact the Office of the Registrar for assistance troubleshooting.

To change a lab component section while keeping your same lecture:

• The 'Update Classes' feature allows you to select a new lab or recitation section without losing your spot in the lecture for combined lecture/lab combos.
   
• Under the Records and Registration dropdown select Register for Classes. Then select Update Classes from the menu on the left. If you are in an eligible lecture/lab combo that can be changed, it will appear here as an option. 

*If you are waitlisted only, this is not an option. To change sections, you would need to fully enroll in an open combo and be auto dropped from the waitlisted combo. Or you would need to drop yourself from the waitlisted combo and re-waitlist for the new combo of your choice. 

**If having difficulties or wanting to change the lecture portion only, please email registrar@uccs.edu for assistance!

• The swap option allows you to drop and add classes in a single transaction.
   
• Under the Records and Registration tab, select Register for Classes. From the left menu, select Swap Classes.

• Some academic departments offer variable credit classes. A variable credit class could range from 1.0 credit to 12.0 credits.
   
• You may edit the number of credits on a variable credit class until the census date of the course. After census you must get approvals to increase the credits. Approvals are the same as add/drop approval requirements.
   
• Under Records and Registration tab, select Register for Classes. From the menu, select Update a Class. If you are in a variable credit class prior to census, the class will populate in your list of editable classes.

• The University defines a cancellation as the termination of a student's enrollment for any given semester prior to census date. Students dropping all their courses prior to census date is canceling their enrollment for the semester. Students wishing to terminate their enrollment prior to their class census date(s), are no longer registered for any classes, nor have they completed any classes for the semester. Classes that are dropped by 11:59pm (MT) on the class census date will be refunded tuition and most fees, will not receive any grade, and will not appear on a student's transcript. 
   
• The University defines a complete semester withdrawal as the termination of a student's enrollment for any given semester after census date. Students are no longer registered for any classes, nor have they completed any classes for the semester. A student wanting to withdraw from all classes after census date, is requesting a 'complete semester withdrawal.' Classes that are withdrawn from after their census date are non-refundable and are assigned an official notation of ‘W’ (withdrawn).
   
• For additional information and steps students must take for university cancel and withdrawals, visit our Drop and Withdrawal Policies and Procedures page.