Opening Thoughts

It’s time to register for classes. That means that the semester is almost over. I thought I’d come and tell you about registering for classes and what it can look like when meeting with your advisor for the first time. It will always be slightly different, but I’ll tell you about MyPlan and Schedule Builder, how to ask your advisors for advice on other classes, and what you will gain from taking specific courses.

MyUI

So, MyUI is basically the hub for everything you need to get ready to register for classes for your upcoming semester. We must meet with our Academic Advisors, depending on major(s), to register for courses for freshmen and sophomores. For your first year of college, you’ll mostly be doing General Education classes required for your major. Each criterion is different for each major and its sub-categories. I’ll use my majors, for example.

I’m a Psychology and English and Creative Writing major on the publishing track. For the most part, my general education classes overlap very nicely. Still, sometimes, if you wanna switch your major to something from Engineering to Translation, it might be hard for some general education classes to transfer over. I have two/three academic advisors to help me create a schedule for my majors. They also created a Plan to help me stay on track for graduation. They use MyPlan when your academic advisor goes in and has placeholders for classes, so you don’t have to do an extra semester of courses. A remarkable feature lets you look at classes through schedule builder and put it on your plan. That way, you can see how many semester hours you will need. Then, once you have an idea about what classes you wanna take for that semester, you can click a button that exports those classes into the schedule builder. That way, you don’t need to go fishing around in the schedule builder to find the courses you are considering doing.

Once you’ve met with your advisor, the schedule builder opens up, and you can start looking at classes to take for the upcoming semester(s). Once you have a couple of schedules, you’ll get a date and time to register for courses. I know that freshmen must meet with their advisors to have their classes approved before they can register. Ensure you keep an eye on the classes you want and remember you may not get your number 1 schedule. Just make sure you have extra schedules you can use for other courses that fit your plan to stay on top for graduation.

My Ideal Schedule

My registration is coming up soon, so I’ve been figuring out which classes align with MyPlan in MyUI. To stay on top of my classes, I’ll need to take a historical English class, foundations of creative writing, a basic level psychology class, research methods and data analysis 2 in psych, and a statistics class to stay in line for graduation.

After meeting with both of my advisors, I was able to gauge what classes I’d need for both of my majors. All of the courses for my next semester will be for both of my majors, so I can take a break from the gen-eds. I also have varied schedules in case I can’t get my number 1 schedule, but fingers crossed I can get it. Always have extra schedules and classes that work for you because you create your own schedule each semester.

Truths/Myths About Registering for Classes

I’m gonna be honest: there are a lot of half-truths about registering for classes. I don’t know all of them, but I do know some because of how the undergraduate programs work here at the University. Here are some of the things I have heard about registering for classes.

Freshmen get to pick first, not true, well, mostly not true, let me explain. Most freshmen undergraduates don’t get to like first because they are first getting used to college and how it works, and they’re mostly taking general education classes. Here is the truth: Upperclassmen, like third, fourth, and even fifth years, generally get to pick classes first. Along with students going to the University and transferring into the United States armed forces. Like the army, navy, air force, or any military branch. They are usually the ones that get to the earliest registration dates and time for classes. But wait, there is more; it can also depend on how many credits you have from the University. The more credits you have, the earlier your registration time is. The credits have to be earned through university classes. You can also register early enough during the registration period if you are a part of different academic programs on campus.

Closing Thoughts

Registering for classes can be a fun and stressful experience, especially if you are new to campus and how the University does their registrations. Remember that if you don’t know what to take, talk to your academic advisors for their opinions on classes. You can also talk to people you know who have attended the University for classes. And remember, classes count for different programs, credits, and majors, so check and ensure you are doing the right things to stay on track for classes. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this post, and I hope some of these tips and tricks can help you when registering for classes. I hope you all have a wonderful day, week, month, and year!