Hey everybody! It's almost registration time. I know you all have been through registration before, but every school does it differently and UCSD's way can seem confusing at first. But it doesn't have to be! Here is a handy little guide on how to navigate the Schedule of Classes and WebReg.
1. Once you get your course recommendations, go check out the Schedule of Classes (located on TritonLink). Make sure "Fall Quarter 2010" is selected under term. Finding classes by subject is the best way to go about it. Go through the scroll list to pick which department you want. On the right side, you can mark if you want to see lower division classes (Numbered 1-99) or upper division classes (100-199). If you only want classes on certain days, you can mark that off, but I wouldn't recommend that. It's best to keep all your options open. Once you pick the department, click "Search."
2. You'll be taken to a new page showing all classes that are offered in the fall.
Important things:
-Each blue line is a different class.
-LE means Lecture, this will generally be either 3x a week for 50 min, or 2x a week for an hour 20 min.
-Most classes will have listings underneath a class that say DI (discussion section) or maybe LA (lab).
-Discussion sections meet once a week and are lead by a TA and labs can meet two or three times a week. They offer different times, so you can pick whichever one you want. You'll actually enroll for a specific discussion section or lab that corresponds with that lecture.
On the very right, you'll see some numbers. The first column shows how many seats are currently available and the second column shows how many seats total are offered for that class. Each section will have about 20-30 spots open, giving you about 100-200, maybe even 300 students in your actual lecture. If that section is full, it'll say Full Waitlist (#). That number shows how many people are on the waitlist. Listed under discussion sections is FI which means final. That's the day your final will take place on. After FI, there should be another blue line, which means it's a different class.
Important: the 6 digit number to the left of LE/DI/LA is the section ID number. You'll need that number to actually enroll in the class. And to the very very far right, there's a little red book. If you click on that, it'll tell you what books you need for the class.
NOTE: for most biology classes, you actually just enroll in the lecture (that's the only section ID available) and you pick your discussion section once you're actually in class.
3. I recommend picking a few different discussion sections per lecture that could fit into your schedule. There is a nifty tool called Class Planner (also located on Tritonlink) that allows you to make a schedule and see it laid out on a planner. You can't actually enroll via Class Planner though.
4. Your counselor will give you class titles, like HIUS 131, BIMM 100, or CHEM 140A. If you want to find specifically these classes, you can. Go back to Schedule of Classes, and pick "by code(s)" Here you can enter multiple class titles in various departments and you'll get all those search results on the same page.
5. Once you have picked which classes you want to take and have all your section IDs written down, head on over to WebReg. Pick which term (Fall 10, Undergraduate) and click submit. You'll be taken to a new page.
-Under the "Add a Class" section, go to "Section ID" and type in the section ID for the class you want. Then click "Add A New Class." You'll be taken to a page that will give you the class detail, and here you can pick if you want to take the class for a letter grade or pass/no pass. (Note: You can take 25% of your classes pass/no pass and you usually cannot take major classes pass/no pass.) If everything looks good, click "Add." You'll be taken back to the main WebReg page, and now you'll have a class listed under "Enrolled Classes." Repeat as many times as you like!
Another note: Before the quarter actually starts, you can only register for 19.5 units (Most classes are 4 units). Once the quarter officially starts, you can register for more.
6. Also, in regards to waitlisting a class...if it's a large lecture hall class (like chem, bio, history, etc) of about 100-300 people, and you're 1-10 on the waitlist, you have a good chance of getting in. Definitely show up on the first day and the professor will generally make an announcement on how the waitlist generally moves for their class. But, if there is another section open at a not as desirable time, sign up for that instead of being waitlisted. It's important to get you enrolled in classes. If it's a small class, perhaps 15-20 people, and the waitlist is over 1 or 2, your chances of getting in is very low and then it's a judgment call on you. Sometimes even if you're first on the waitlist for a small class, you won't get in. It all depends on the class.
7. Once you're all registered, you can go to Classes/Waitlists (also on Tritonlink) and see your Weekly Planner, Final Planner, and even all your books for the quarter. Weekly Planner is a nice tool, you can add your work schedule and things like that too and print it out.
I hope that helps! It's not a difficult process, and once you do it a few times, it becomes second nature. You'll find even more shortcuts and tricks along the way, too.
Happy registering! Good luck!
Afshawn
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