Registration

Getting Started

All students must be admitted either as "degree-seeking" or "non-degree seeking" before registering for classes. Applications are available online or in the back of the printed schedule.

Degree-seeking Students

Newly admitted degree-seeking students are given access to web registration within two days of submitting an application.

Continuing students already admitted to a degree or certificate program have access to web registration if they have attended within the last year.

Degree-seeking students who have had a break in attendance of one year or more may be eligible to update their admission status rather than re-applying. Submitting the Request for Admission Update form will allow students to update their admission status and gain access to web registration. The Update form is available on the web or in the back of the schedule.

Non-degree-seeking Students

Non-degree-seeking students may submit the Non-Degree Seeking Application for Admission and be given access to register on the web. Non-degree seeking refers to students who are taking a class for personal interest, professional development, or recreation and who do not intend to work toward a degree or certificate program. All non-degree seeking students, regardless of whether they attended previously or not, must submit an application for admission prior to being given access to register for classes.

1. Go to Admission for Non-Degree seeking Students.
2. Go to UA Online.
3. Take an assessment test (COMPASS).
4. Meet with an academic advisor.
5. Read the Course Schedule - either online or in printed copy. The student is responsible for knowing the information concerning his/her courses and billing. Course changes do occur - check the updated course schedule in Student Services (FSM 101).
6. Obtain permission for restricted classes, time conflicts and course overloads.
7. Plan your class schedule - including alternate class choices.

Registering online

1. Go to UA Online.
2. Select Login to Secured Area.
3. Enter your 8 digit User ID number (same as your "student" number, formerly your SSN).
4. Enter your 6 digit PIN (initially set to your birth date - enter as MMDDYY - if "expired" create new password after logging in the first time and follow prompts).
5. Select Student Services.
6. Select Register.
7. Select Register/Add/Drop Classes.
8. Select the term you are registering for then click Submit.
9. Scroll down to the boxes and type in the 5 digit number (CRN) for each class you wish to take. Select Submit Changes. (If you see an error message, please click OK and look at the error message below your listed classes. The computer cannot enter you in a course that has errors.)
10. Select Complete Your Registration at the bottom of the page to see your charges.
11. Once complete select EXIT at the top right.
12. Select Return to Homepage (for your data protection).

If your PIN is:

• Expired - you must continue with the instructions on the web and create a new 6-digit PIN. Then reenter this new PIN to verify your choice. When you reset your PIN, make it something you will remember - the University is not able to tell you what your PIN is.
• Invalid - your PIN is different from the data being entered. The PIN may have been previously changed on the web or the phone. Use that PIN.
• Disabled - the PIN has become inactive. To reset the PIN, complete the Request for PIN Reset form and contact registration in Student Services.
• Not Remembered - enter your student ID and click on Forgot PIN? to access your “security question”. Answering your security question will allow you to reset your PIN to your date of birth. You may also complete the Request for PIN Reset form and present your picture ID that includes your signature to Student Services in FSM 101 to have your PIN reset.
• Reset - after a request to reset your PIN, and a copy of your picture ID has been received, the PIN will be reset to the date of birth on record. As soon as you access your account, your PIN expires and you’ll be asked to create a new 6-digit PIN.

Registering on-site

Complete the Registration Form and submit to the Admission & Records Office in FSM 101.

Registration by Proxy

A student unable to register in person may have a proxy register for them if they provide the proxy with a signed Registration by Proxy form or other signed authorization to do so. A Registration by Proxy form is available in the back of this course schedule or from the Admissions & Records Office. The proxy must present a photo ID and must follow the policies and calendar governing registration. Proxy registrations are not accepted without written permission from the student. Spouses, parents and friends are required to have a signed authorization to register for another person, including underage students.

Late Registration

You may still register for classes after the semester begins during the late registration (add/drop) period. However, all new registration and add/drop activity must be done in person in Student Services, FSM 101. Following the payment deadline, payment is due at the time of registration.

During the second week of the semester, instructor approval is required to add a class that has already started. Instructors must sign and date an add form before you can be added to the class. Please discuss make up work and attendance expectations with your instructor when requesting permission to add a class after it has started.

Late Start Classes

You may register for late start or short session classes in person in Student Services (FSM 101) until the class begins. Registration change deadlines and refund periods are pro-rated depending on the length of the class.

Full Classes (closed)

Registering into full classes is not allowed unless the instructor grants an overload by signing a registration form. Check under "Look up classes to add" on UAOnline to find out if seats are available in a class.