A-056 Priority Registration

Overriding Principles

The following principles lay out the rules for establishing the priority registration windows listed in the following section.

  • Students with documented disabilities and their note takers may register first regardless of classification.
  • Priority Registration Groups:
    • Approved groups are Honors, Athletes, and Forensics.
    •  Faculty or staff members who wish to add additional groups must contact the deans’ office.
    • Priority registration Senior status is defined as students who have earned 75 or more credits.
    • All other priority registration students will be defined as 0-74 earned credits
  • Non-priority registration students will be defined using the following earned credits classifications:
    • 90+     Seniors
    • 60-89  Juniors
    • 30-59  Second Year
    • 0-29    First Year

Registration Windows

Registration windows will open in the following priority order:

Group 1 (Seniors)

  • Students with documented disabilities, note takers, and priority registration Senior status students
  • Seniors
  • All graduate students

Group 2 (Juniors)

  • All other priority registration students
  • Juniors
  • Success students in second year (30-59 earned credits)

Group 3 (Second Years)

  • Second years
  • AOS  First year students
  • Success students in first year (0-29 earned credits)

Group 4 (First Years)

  • First years

Policy History

Date of Adoption: October 2, 2017
Date of Last Review: September 14, 2024

Date and Subject of Amendments

9/14/2024 - Added Student Success students to the priority registration windows.

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