You can register for a course online from the time of your priority registration date/time through the end of the add/drop period, which is the end of the second week of classes. The add/drop deadline date for each term is defined in the academic calendar. Courses added during the second week of classes require departmental approval in the form of an electronic override.
You may not attend a course for which you are not registered. With instructor approval courses may be taken on an audit basis for no grade or credits. All applicable tuition and fees are charged for audit registration. This is accomplished by completing an Audit Registration form and returning it to the Office of the Registrar by the end of the second week of the term.
If the course is available for a variable number of credits you may change the credits on the course through out the add/drop period. To do so during the second week of classes requires an override from the department.
Contact the department offering the course to discuss your options. Courses may be restricted in many ways; prerequisites, corequisites, majors/minors/options, college, class standing and others. Restrictions are displayed in the class schedule. The ability to make exceptions to these restrictions lies with the department offering the course.
To add a class during the second week of the term requires an override from the department offering the course. Contact the department directly for their particular policies and procedures for receiving an override. Once an override is entered you must return to your registration and enroll in the course; it is not done for you by the deparment.
If a course is closed you may monitor the enrollment throughout the add/drop period and enroll if a seat opens. Beginning in Phase II of registration students may register to be on the wait-list for courses that have wait-listing available. Waitlisting for a course is not a guarantee that you will be enrolled in the course.
Late change of registration petitions may be submitted to the Office of the Registrar. The petition will be reviewed and referred to the Academic Requirements Committee for review as necessary.
Do you want to add another course or perhaps drop a course that you are enrolled in? You only have until a certain point in the term to do these types of things. Familiarize yourself with the registration dates & deadlines so that you are not caught unawares.
If you’ve never registered for courses at OSU before watch the Add A Course Video to get started.
You may use the Class Search feature of the student online services to find and register for courses. Login to the Online Services, choose the Registration menu, choose Add/Drop classes, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the Class Search button. Here you can define the criteria for the course(s) you are looking for. Review the search results to determine what course(s) you will enroll in. Once the course is identified select it. Add it to your worksheet if you intend to continue searching for more courses. Once you have selected all of the courses you wish to enroll in click Register. The screen will reload and display the courses you were successfully enrolled in. If you were not enrolled in a course there will be an error message that explains why you were not enrolled in the course. Note: the Class Search feature cannot be used if you have received an override to enroll in a closed class.
During the Registration process it can be tempting to use Auto Refresh features of your web browser or other automated processes such as bots to attempt to register for classes. However, registration attempts are limited, after which your account is locked and all registration activity including Add, Drops, Withdraws and Credit changes will need to be made in person at the Office of the Registrar.
Now is the time to use the plan you and yoru advisor developed using the Planner feature in your MyDegrees. Login to the Online Services and choose the MyDegrees option from the Student Records menu. Now choose the Planner tab. Use the drop down box to choose the plan that you intend to build your registration from. Load that plan. Note, you'll need to identify the CRN's of the course sections you intend to enroll in. This can be accomplished by clicking on the still needed course in your degree checklist in the left hand column, this will load information about that course including when it is scheduled, the CRN, and the available seats in the course. You can also search for the courses in the course schedule to identify the sections you intend to register for.
Once the plan is loaded, open another browser window, log back into your student online services, enter the Registration menu, choose Add/Drop classes, and scroll to the bottom of the page. Here you may enter the CRN’s of the courses you wish to enroll in and click the submit button or you can use the class search feature to find the CRN's of the courses on your plan. The screen will reload and display the courses you were successfully enrolled in. If you were not enrolled in a course there will be an error message that explains why you were not enrolled in the course.
If you receive an electronic override from a department to allow you to enroll in a course from which you would otherwise be restricted you must return to your Online Services to enroll in the course. You will not be enrolled by the department providing the override. If you receive an override to enroll in a closed course you must enter the CRN of the course in the boxes on the add/drop pages and submit the registration change from there. If you attempt to use the Class Search feature you will receive the error message “course does not exist”.
Audit registration cannot be completed online. Do not register for a course that you intend to audit. Students may register for a course on an audit basis by obtaining instructor approval. Registering for a course on an audit basis incurs the same tuition and fees as normal registration. The completed Audit Registration Form must be returned to the Office of the Registrar during the second week of classes. In accordance with the audit registration period defined in the academic calendar the audit registration form will be accepted no earlier than Monday of the second week of classes and no later than Friday of the second week.
The credits for a course cannot be changed from those published in the schedule of classes. However, some courses are offered with a range of possible credits. When students enroll in courses with variable credits they are automatically enrolled in the course for one credit only. It is the responsibility of the student to alter their registration within the add/drop period to reflect the number of credit hours they will be completing.
Courses can be restricted to only allow the appropriate student population to enroll in the course. Restrictions can include prerequisite requirements, major/minor/option restrictions, class standing restrictions, and more.
Before beginning registration verify you meet any course restrictions associated with the courses you intend to register for. Course restrictions are listed in the schedule of classes. Don’t be caught off guard at the time of registration.
To request an explanation of or an exception to the restriction(s) associated with a course contact the department that is offerring the course.
With departmental approval students can enroll in courses online during the second week of the term. Inform the department of all restrictions that would prevent you from enrolling in the course (closed course, major/minor/option restriction, etc...). The department will need to provide an override for each restriction as well as second week approval. Department approval is provided in the form of an electronic override. Contact the department that offers the course to request an override.
Once an override is entered you will need to return to your Online Services to enroll in the course. You will not be enrolled by the department providing the override. If you receive an override to enroll in a closed course you must enter the CRN of the course in the boxes on the add/drop pages and submit the registration change from there. If you attempt to use the Class Search feature you will receive the error message “course does not exist”.
If you’ve never waitlisted a course before watch the Waitlisting Video to get started.
If you know the CRN of the course; login to the Online Services, choose the Registration menu, choose Add/Drop classes, scroll to the bottom of the page, enter the CRN and click submit. The page will reload. Scroll to the bottom, use the action column to choose wait-list, and click submit again. Scroll to the bottom of the page and verify that you have been wait-listed for the course.
To wait-list a course using the Class Search feature; login to the Online Services, choose the Registration menu, choose Add/Drop classes, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click Class Search. Here you can define the criteria for the course you are looking for. Once the course is identified select it and click Add to Worksheet. The Add/Drop classes page will reload. Submit the request. Scroll to the bottom, use the action column to choose wait-list, and click submit again. Scroll to the bottom of the page and verify that you have been wait-listed for the course.
With the exception of Summer term, wait listing will be available only in Phase 2 of the priority registration schedule.
Not all classes will have wait listing. Departments will choose which sections will have a wait list. The online schedule and course look up will display wait list details for each section including the wait list maximum and the remaining wait list seats.
All registration restrictions (prerequisites, major/minor/option, etc...), with the exception of Duplicates, Links, and Time conflicts, are enforced at the time a student wait lists the course. However any, duplicates, links, and time conflicts must be resolved at the time the student enrolls in the waitlisted course.
Wait listing remains active through Sunday midnight at the beginning of the second week of classes. Students may wait list up to 3 courses.
Check out our WL FAQ's for more information.
Once you are on the wait list for a course monitor your ONID email account frequently.
When an opening becomes available you will receive an email directing you to return to your registration and enroll in the course within the designated 24 hour window.
If you do not enroll in the course within 24 hours you will be removed from the wait list.
At the time you attempt to register for the course the system will check for registration errors including; Time Conflicts, Duplicates, and Link Errors . If you have a registration error, you must resolve it and enroll within the 24 hours or you will be removed from the wait list and the available seat will be passed on to the next student on the waitlist.