Planning Before Advising and Registration

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Last Updated : Mar 12, 2026

Your responsibility before the advising/registration period:

• Clear your hold(s) if you have any under the student menu on Banner Self-Service (BSS)before the advising/registration period. A hold on your screen will not allow you to register for courses
• View your degree audit on DegreeWorks for those following catalogs Fall 2013 and onwards. This report includes the courses you have completed, their grades, the courses for which you are currently registered and your remaining course requirements
• Make sure to check this report before advising/registering for Summer and Fall 2026 to ensure that you are aware of all graduation requirements
• Check your earned hours from your unofficial transcript on the BSS. You need this information to know your online registration day
• If you are planning to take an overload, fill out the undergraduates overload form undergraduates and submit it online

Overload requests for Summer and Fall 2026 will be available during the following dates:

Summer 2026:

May 10 - 14, 2026

May 31 - June 7, 2026

Fall 2026:

June 15 - July 5, 2026

August 25 - September 1, 2026

Important notes:

• Only junior and senior students are allowed to request an overload
• The Office of the Registrar will not accept overload forms submitted by freshman or sophomore students
• Students have to be in good academic standing and should have a valid reason for the overload
• The decision will be sent to your email account within four to five working days

Your responsibility during the advising/registration period:

Make an appointment with your academic advisor in the department of your major. Make sure to check your degree audit or needed courses and secure the approval of your academic advisor on the courses selected in your assigned plans on DegreeWorks.

Plan your courses for Summer and Fall 2026 with your academic adviser while considering the following:

• Follow your degree program requirements
• Complete the core curriculum requirements and the Arabic language and literature requirements before your senior year
• Make sure you avoid the time conflict between the courses you are selecting
• Make sure you have satisfied the prerequisites for each course you select
• Check the exam schedule to make sure that only one course is scheduled for each examination period. Keep in mind that if you choose two or three courses with final examinations scheduled for the same day, no special arrangements can be made to reschedule any of these exams
• Observe the prerequisite requirements and permission of instructor forms required for certain courses. Secure the department chair's approval and the instructor’s permission if the prerequisite is waived or permission is granted on a waiving prerequisite requirement form or consent of instructor form. Both forms are available at your department of major
• Proceed to the department assistant to place an “override” on the system. You will not be able to process registration for that course if you do not complete this step
• When registering/dropping a course linked to a lab or two concurrent courses, make sure to type in both CRNs before submitting changes
• Make sure to read the guidelines thoroughly if you are planning to take an independent study course, obtain the required approvals on the independent study form within the normal deadline for registration and submit it to the Office of the Registrar
• Make sure to plan for four alternative courses/sections in case places are not available in your original plan of courses
• Check that your department of major has released your advising hold before your online registration date on BSS