1. On the CAMS Student Portal, click Registration.
2. The Unofficial Registration page opens with the student’s current schedule displayed at the top of the page. Unofficially registered courses may be dropped by selecting the check box next to the appropriate class. A course labeled Not Allowed cannot be dropped from the portal and must be dropped by the Registrar. Courses available for registration are displayed in the lower portion of the page. The portal compares the student’s transcripts against the course offering, and if prerequisites for a course have not been met, the course will not display. If a waiting list is available, the student may put themselves on it by registering for the course.
Click Show Academic Information to display Advisor, Major, and Minor. This information is pulled from the Status Record for the term for which the student is logged into the portal. Information will not display if a Status Record for the term does not exist.
Click Show Filter to expand the Course ID Filter section. Selecting Class Summary Only will display only the course number and course name of each class without any times, rooms or instructor details.Selecting Completed Courses will display a list of the student’s completed courses and will assist in course selection.Students may or may not see Credit and/or Audit check boxes and other codes, which define whether they can register for the class or not. Courses a student is qualified to register for credit will have Credit check boxes.If the “Wait list” code is next to the check box, the student can put themselves on the wait list for the course. Students may register for one section of a course and put themselves on the wait list for a different section. Credits associated with a wait listed course do not count towards the maximum allowed hours for registration. If a seat becomes available, only the registrar can determine who on the wait list will be registered for the course Other codes the student may see:
- Reg – The student is already registered for the course.
- FacAppReq –The Instructor’s permission is required. Only the Registrar can register this course.
- DegAudit – the course is not in the student’s degree audit as remaining.
- PreReq – Prerequisite has not been met.
- DLPreReq – this course has a prerequisite DL Orientation course that must have been completed in a prior term.
- Last Add – The date is past the date this course may be registered.
- Class is Full – The course is full.
3. Click the Credit check box next to the desired course.
Click the Course link to open a pop-up window with further details such as CoRequisites, Pre-requisites, and Equivalents.
Click the Book List link to display a drop-down list of books designated for this course.
4. Once all of the desired courses have been credited, click on Process Registration.
Upon processing registration, if the student is not registered for a required corequisite course, a warning prompt will appear and registration cannot continue until the corequisite course is selected. If the student has already met a corequisite in a previous term, a notice will display indicating the corequisite has already been met. A warning prompt will also display when dropping a course that is needed as a corequisite.
5. Once a student has unofficially registered for classes they will see the Unofficial Registration Checkout page with their schedule including any waitlisted courses.
Students can then print their schedule by clicking the printer icon. The student can drop the course at any time as long as it remains unofficial. Only the registrar can authorize unofficial classes.
When registering courses that utilize relative start dates, such as a 30 day course within a 4 month term, clicking Process Registration will present students with an additional screen where they may choose the Start Date for these courses. The End Date will calculate automatically according to the length of the course. You must adhere to the Restriction Information displayed for each course when choosing the Start Date. No registration changes are saved at this point. All registration changes will save upon clicking Save Registration on this screen or you may click Cancel Registration to cancel all changes made in this session.