Welcome to our student registration resource centre! Discover how to add classes, handle linked courses, and download your schedule. We also provide details to help you understand registration restriction messages.
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Add Classes
- Log into the Registration Application
- Select Register for Classes
- Select the term from the drop-down menu
- Enter the Subject and Course number
- Find your section and click Add
- Click Submit to register
- You are now registered in the course.
If you leave your selection in Pending mode, the course will not be added to your registration. Please note that it is your responsibility to ensure that your registration activity is correct.
If you see “errors preventing registration” message, check the top right of the screen for details. Full error explanations are available here.
If you experience issues, contact Student Enrolment Services!
Linked sections
- Log into the Registration Application
- Select Register for Classes
- Select the term from the drop-down menu
- Enter the Subject and Course number
- Find your lecture section and click Add
- Find your lab section and click Add
- In Summary Tab, you will see the courses and click Submit to register
- You are now registered in both the lecture and lab section
Tip: Another way to register - you may also click on View Linked button to display the link options and then choose Add All to add both the link options to your registration summary. Once you have added your selections, click Submit.
Print your Schedule
Once you have registered or waitlisted for courses, you can check your registration by going to the Registration History section in the registration application and under the Look Up Schedule tab, you will see a summary of your registration displayed. On the top right of the section you can see options to either email your schedule with an attached .ics file for your calendar, to your KPU email and up to three other email addresses, or print/download a copy for your reference.
Registration restriction messages
The following is a list of restriction/error messages and what they mean.
| Restriction message | What it means |
|---|---|
| Cohort restriction | Some sections are restricted to a particular cohort of students. If you receive this error, you are not part of the cohort that is allowed to register in this section. |
| Degree or Department or Program or Field of Study Restriction | The section is restricted to a particular degree (e.g. bachelor or diploma or certificate) and/or department and/or program and/or major or minor (or some combination of the three) to which you are not admitted. You cannot register for this section. |
| Prerequisites/corequisites are unmet | You do not meet the prerequisites or corequisites for this course; check the University Calendar to view the prerequisites of the course. |
| Time conflict with CRN ##### | The section you are attempting to register in conflicts with another section that you are already registered in (they have class or exam meeting times that overlap). You cannot register into time conflicted courses. |
| Level restriction | If you have received this error, you are attempting to register in a section that is not available for your level of study (e.g. you are a College Preparatory student attempting to register in Undergraduate level courses; or you are an Undergraduate student attempting to register in Graduate level courses). |
| Linked course required | Some courses, especially science or language courses, have a linked lecture and lab; this means you are required to register in a lecture section and an appropriate lab section (e.g. PHYS 1100-S10 and PHYS 1100-S02). If you attempt registration in only one of these sections, you will get this error. Ensure you are registering in BOTH sections at the same time. |
| Maximum credits exceeded | Students are eligible to register in 17.5 credits (some programs allow registration in more credits as their program of study requires). If you are getting this error, you are attempting to register in more credits than your maximum credit limit allows. |
| Mutual exclusion with ##### | Some courses at KPU are mutually exclusive with one another; this means you can only get credit for graduation purposes for one of the two. If you have taken one of the two courses previously (either at KPU or you have transfer credit awarded for it), the system will not allow you to register in the second course and will give you this error. The mutual exclusion will be listed on the courses in the University Calendar. |
| Repeating course or equivalent more than ## time is not allowed | A student can repeat a course only once. When you have taken a course twice before, and you attempt registration a third time, you will receive this error. You may wish to speak with an Academic Advisor for course planning help. |
| Same course as section ##### | You are already registered in a section of this course for this term; you cannot register for two sections of the same course. |
| Section is full | This section is either full or suspended and no further registration is allowed. |
| Section-X is full | This crosslisted section is either full or suspended and no further registration is allowed. |
| Closed - ## waitlisted | This section is full and a waitlist is available. To waitlist, choose "Waitlist/Waitlisted" in the dropdown menu and select Submit to waitlist. The ## represents the number of students currently waitlisted in the section. |
| Open - ## waitlisted | There is a seat available in this section, but it has been offered to someone on the waitlist; you may waitlist for this section. To waitlist, choose "Waitlist/Waitlisted" in the dropdown menu and select Submit to waitlist. The ## represents the number of students currently waitlisted in the section. |
| Closed - waitlist full | This section is full and the waitlist is full. No further registration or waitlisting is allowed. |
| Open - waitlist full | There is a seat available in this section, but it has been offered to someone on the waitlist. The waitlist is also full. No further registration or waitlisting is allowed. |
| Reserved seats full | This section has reserved seats and they are full. If a waitlist is available for the section and there are seats available on the waitlist, you may be prompted to waitlist (it depends if you meet the reserve or not or if the section is carrying a waitlist for students who do not meet the reserve). See Reserves and Restrictions for more information. |
If you are receiving a restriction message and you do not understand why, or you believe that you should not be receiving the message (e.g. you believe that you meet the prerequisites for the section), you may ask for help from an Academic Advisor or Student Enrolment Services.
For information about dropping or withdrawing from a section, see Dropping & Withdrawing.
Auditing
If a student wishes to take a course without earning credit, they may request to audit the course. Auditors are expected to attend classes but do not participate in evaluations. Priority for course registration is given to credit-seeking students, so students cannot register for a course and then switch to audit status.
Students can request audit enrolment only during the Add/Drop Period. The tuition fee for auditing a course is the same as taking the course for credit. To audit a course, a student must be eligible to enroll and not yet registered in the course. Contact Student Enrolment Services for a request to audit the course.
Exam Schedules
Final exam dates and times can be found using the Browse Classes class search in the Registration app.