{"id":870,"date":"2023-02-21T11:16:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T16:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/?page_id=870"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:06:34","slug":"registration-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/environmentalscience\/registration-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Registration Tips\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/registration-steps\/\">Registration Steps<\/a>\u00a0page will help you plan and build your schedule and guide you through the necessary steps to ensure a successful registration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/\">\u00a0Student Registration Assistance Team<\/a>\u00a0can help you with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>General registration assistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First year course selection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Building a conflict free timetable<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Carleton Central navigation, features and support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing elective options<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Referrals to other campus services<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Best of luck with your studies! And don\u2019t forget to register for fall and winter as soon as your&nbsp;time ticket&nbsp;allows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For registration questions, please email <a href=\"mailto:environmentalscience@carleton.ca\">environmentalscience@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"eight-steps-to-registration\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eight Steps to Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/central.carleton.ca\/prod\/bwysched.p_select_term?wsea_code=EXT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">list of courses that are being offered<\/a>&nbsp;in the summer or fall and winter terms. &nbsp;It is important that you register for both your&nbsp;<strong>fall and winter courses as soon as your&nbsp;time ticket&nbsp;allows<\/strong>. Courses fill up quickly. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;<strong>Compare&nbsp;the course offerings to your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/your-academic-audit\/how-to-read-your-audit\/94-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">audit<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>to understand what you are required to complete for your degree. Your audit is the most important document you have at Carleton, as it tells you how you are doing and what you need to do to graduate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Review the&nbsp;requirements&nbsp;<\/strong>for:<br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsandrequirementsforthebachelorofsciencedegree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">advanced science faculty electives<br><br>arts and social science courses<\/a><br><br><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsandrequirementsforthebachelorofsciencedegree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">science continuation courses<br><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Run a<strong> \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/your-academic-audit\/why-add-planned-courses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypothetical Courses<\/a>\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong>audit to determine whether your course selections will meet your degree requirements. You can even assign hypothetical grades to determine how your GPA would change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review&nbsp;the general&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/registration-support\/\">registration assistance<\/a>&nbsp;and general&nbsp;registration information.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you would like to register for a course but are restricted because you do not meet the prerequisites or it is restricted to students in a different program, you can submit an <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/registration\/override-requests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ov<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/registration\/access-courses\/submitting-registration-override-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">erride<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/registration\/access-courses\/submitting-registration-override-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> reque<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/registrar\/registration\/access-courses\/submitting-registration-override-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">st<\/a>. Please be certain to provide a detailed rationale for WHY you want\/need to take the course as our decisions are based on available space, year in degree program, and rationale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once you have registered,&nbsp;<strong>check your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/your-academic-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">audit<\/a><\/strong>.&nbsp; All of the courses you have chosen should be in one of the line items.&nbsp; There should be nothing in the section at the end of the audit called \u201cCourses set aside\u201d.&nbsp; If there are, you have registered in a course that is not acceptable for your program and you should review the program requirements.&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:michelle.santoianni@carleton.ca\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"more-registration-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Registration Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/calendar.carleton.ca\/undergrad\/regulations\/academicregulationsandrequirementsforthebachelorofsciencedegree\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Elective<\/a>&nbsp;Any course is allowable as a free elective provided it is not prohibited. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/new-ug\/\">Registration Checklist for New Students<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/registration\/information-for-returning-undergraduate-students\/\">Registration Checklist for Returning Students<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"more-academic-audit-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Academic Audit Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/your-academic-audit\/what-if-audit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What If Audit<\/a>&nbsp;Considering changing your major, minor, or specialization? Want to know how your courses would count in the new degree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/academicadvising\/your-academic-audit\/audit-faqs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audit FAQs<\/a>&nbsp;Have I successfully added\/dropped a course? What happens if I repeat a course? What if I fail a course? Can a course satisfy more than one degree requirement? How can I take a course overload? Am I eligible to graduate?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Registration Steps\u00a0page will help you plan and build your schedule and guide you through the necessary steps to ensure a successful registration. The\u00a0Student Registration Assistance Team\u00a0can help you with: Best of luck with your studies! And don\u2019t forget to register for fall and winter as soon as your&nbsp;time ticket&nbsp;allows. 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