Registration Basics
Registration Basics
Registration Guide Basics
The undergraduate registration guide provides detailed instructions on how to register for classes, manage your course schedule, and navigate academic requirements. It covers important registration dates, how to resolve holds, and tips for using the ConnectCarolina system. The guide also offers advice on course selection, understanding degree audits, and handling waitlists. Additionally, it includes resources for getting help with registration issues and understanding grading options.
Undergraduate Registration Guide
Hello, Tar Heel! Undergraduate students register for classes in two waves.
- During Wave 1 undergraduates can register for up to 13 credit hours.
- During Wave 2 undergraduates can register for up to 17 credit hours, and additionally waitlist for up to 12 credit hours.
- Waitlist hours are separate from total enrolled hours.
Open enrollment begins after Wave 2 at which time students can register for up to 18 credit hours. Graduate, professional, post-baccalaureate, incoming first-year and non-degree seeking students will register in accordance with their program.
Appointments
Registration appointments open every 3-hours beginning at 7:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m. Once a registration appointment opens, students can adjust their schedules until the end of the given wave. Students can use the Tarheel Tracker to calculate the credit hours used to assign their registration appointment. Under degree requirements is “Calculated Hours for Registration.” This section calculates the number of credit hours a student has that determines their day of registration. The hours here are different from the degree applicable hours.To determine a student’s day of registration, credit hours are calculated as follows:
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- All hours completed while in residence at UNC
- UNC-accepted transfer credit hours
- Completed and posted study abroad credits
- By-examination (BE) and placement (PL) credits are excluded
- Current term and all in-progress hours are excluded
Priority Registration Advisory Committee (PRAC)
Students in groups approved by the Priority Registration Advisory Committee (PRAC) to receive priority registration will register on the first day of each wave. Registration appointments will be assigned based on terms in residence.
Honors Program
Students in the Honors Program will automatically be assigned the 7:00 a.m. registration appointment on the day they register.
- October 4 – Registration appointments
- October 7 – Class Listing: Listing of all Spring 2025 classes available online.
- October 7 – Shopping carts are available in ConnectCarolina.
- October 16 – Graduate and professional student registration begins.
- October 21 – Wave 1 of undergraduate registration begins.
- November 1 – Wave 1 of undergraduate registration closes at 11:59 p.m.
- November 4 – Wave 2 of undergraduate registration begins
- November 4 – Waitlist Opens for undergraduate students.
- November 15 – Wave 2 of undergraduate registration closes at 11:59 p.m.
- November 16 – Open enrollment for all students begins at 12:00 a.m.
- January 13 – Waitlist Additions End.
Please review the Registration FAQ for answers you may be seeking about the registration process.