Registration definitions
Learn some of the terms commonly used in the registration process.
Enrolment start time
Your enrolment start time will be the exact date and time when you can begin enrolling into courses. Some faculties/student groups have specific enrolment start time dates and times. You can find your enrolment start time in your Student Centre.
Requisites and restrictions
Many courses are reserved for students who are admitted to a specific degree program or a particular major. Restrictions tell you who can register for the course, and when. You may need to wait for a restriction to be lifted before you can register in some courses. (Restrictions in course search will be indicated by a purple star in Course Search and with a brief sentence in SB)
This is a course (or courses) that you must complete before you can enrol in a given course. If a course is specified as a prerequisite, you must achieve a passing grade in that prerequisite before you can take the course (unless a specific grade is indicated, in which case you need to achieve at least that grade [e.g. some courses may indicate you must achieve a grade of 80% or higher in the pre-requisite course]). Pre-requisites are listed in the course description when registering on your Student Centre and in the Academic Calendars course descriptions.
Two courses that cannot both be taken for credit because the content that is covered is too similar to one another.
Two courses that can be taken at the same time because the content is complementary.
Registration actions
Add a new course to your schedule.
Completely remove a course from your schedule
Trade or substitute one course for another.
Change the sub-component of a course (such as a lab or tutorial) while leaving the main component of a course (typically the lecture section) unchanged.
If a course is full, you may be able to join a wait list and wait for a seat to open in the course (if this functionality is enabled*). If a student drops the class, a seat will open up and be automatically filled by the next student on the wait list.
After the term drop deadline passes, the drop function allows you to withdraw from a class up until the last day of classes for the term.
Wait lists
If a course is full, you may be able to join a wait list. If a student drops the class, a seat opens and is automatically filled by