Before registering

Meet with your adviser.

Learn more about academic advising, which is recommended for all students -- and required in many programs.

Check your Registration Information Sheet.

Your registration information sheet lists your access time, advising information, registration bars, and addresses.

Plan your schedule.

Check the Course Schedule for details about registration, access times, and course offerings; it comes out every semester, about two weeks before registration starts.

Keep an eye on the big picture: learn about degree and departmental requirements in the applicable university catalog. And check your progress toward that degree with our interactive degree-audit system, IDA.

See how prior students have rated the courses and instructors you want with our course-instructor survey.

Check for prerequisites.

Remember: before you register, it's up to you to know of any prerequisites needed by the classes you want to take.

Clear your bars.

Bars are codes placed on your record that prevent registration, and are listed on your Registration Information Sheet. Learn more about kinds of bars and how to clear them.

Take any tests you need.

Check your Registration Information Sheet to see if you’ve satisfied Texas Success Initiative requirements. And since some classes ask for placement tests before registration, see Instructional Assessment and Evaluation for details.