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Freshman Academic Planning Guide
spring 2009

Step 9) Fill out the Course Registration Request Form

You must complete the Course Registration Request form (including alternates) before your online registration appointment time to help your registration run as smoothly as possible. Be sure to keep in mind multiple sections of a course or what you want a course to fulfill (what Requirement, what Across-the-Curriculum, etc.) so that you can make adjustments as necessary.

Please refer to the online list of courses offered for spring 2009 when selecting your courses. Select the "Spring 2009 " term and the "College of Arts and Sciences" campus. The columns described in the list of courses are:

CRN = Course Registration Number
Course = Course discipline & number in UMW Catalog
Sec = Section of a course
Title = Title of the course in UMW Catalog
CO = Is there a co-requisite? (Y/N)
PRE = Is there a prerequisite? (Y/N)
ATC = Across-the-Curriculum designation

CR = Number of Credits
TIME = Time the class meets
Days = Days the class meets
Bldg/s = Building(s) the class meets in
Room/s = Room(s) the class meets in
Instructor/s = Instructor(s) of the course
Additional Requirements = Additional req. to register for course

Below are links to the Registration Form, as well as a Scheduling Worksheet that you may use in your course selection to avoid time conflicts. There are also links to examples showing you exactly how to fill out these forms. Please follow the instructions for completing the Course Registration Request Form below these links.

NOTE: Since these downloadable forms are in PDF format, you will need a copy of Adobe's free Acrobat Reader software to view and print it. Click this link to Adobe's Web site, and follow the instructions there for download and installation. If you already have a copy of Acrobat Reader installed, just click on the appropriate form link and the form will open in a separate window.

Your first semester schedule should consist of four or five classes for a total of 12-16 credits. Students may take no more than 18 credits. First-year students must take a First-Year Seminar course. If you have an area of academic interest, you should request courses recommended for that particular area. You should then select other courses to begin fulfilling the General Education requirements.

Please remember that if you still have academic questions or require advice after reading the Freshman Academic Planning Guide, you may take advantage of the various services that the Office of Academic Services offers new students as they plan for their first semester.

Complete all of the information at the top of the form, and list your course selections. You will need to bring the completed form to Orientation. Please note the following:

  1. Fill in the course information completely! Use the following key:
    • CRN No. = Course Registration Number; a 5-digit number to identify course when registering (e.g. 80021)
    • COURSE NUMBER = course number; according to the Catalog (e.g. SPAN 101 or FSEM 100E)
    • SECT. = course section; the same course can be taught at different times by different instructors, so there are multiple "sections" of a course to differentiate which is which. (e.g. 02)
    • No. of Credits = number of credits the course is worth; most courses carry 3 credits
    • GRADE TYPE = whether the course will receive a grade (A-F) or a pass/fail/satisfactory/unsatisfactory. Choose either:
      • GRADED* = course taken for graded credit (A-F), or
      • P/F or S/U = Pass/Fail or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory options. Physical Education courses and all 100-level DANC courses are always S/U.
        Only elective courses may be completed on a P/F basis. No course taken for General Education or Major Requirements may be taken on a P/F basis. You may take up to one P/F and two S/U courses in the same semester.
    • ABBREVIATED COURSE TITLE = the abbreviated course title (e.g. Writing Workshop or Bio Concepts I w/lab)
  2. Indicate the maximum number of credits you wish to take in the Total Credits box.
  3. List a variety of alternate courses.

*Please be careful to remember that all courses taken for General Education or Major Requirements MUST be taken for graded credit.

Banner Discipline Key:

Banner Code

Discipline

Banner Code

Discipline
AMST American Studies   HISP Historic Preservation
ANTH Anthropology   HIST History
ARAB Arabic   IDIS Interdisciplinary Studies
ARTH Art History   ITAL Italian
ARTS Art, Studio   LATN Latin
BIOL Biology   LING Linguistics
BUAD Business Administration   MATH Math
CHEM Chemistry   MDFL Modern Foreign Languages
CLAS Classics   MSCS Management Systems Computer Science
CPSC Computer Science   MUHL Music History
DANC Dance   MUPR Music, Performance
ECON Economics   MUTH Music Theory
EDUC Education   PHIL Philosophy
EESC Environmental Science   PHYD Physical Education
ENGL English   PHYS Physics
FREN French   PSCI Political Science
FSEM First Year Seminar   PSYC Psychology
GEOG Geography   RELG Religion
GEOL Geology   SOCG Sociology
GERM German   SPAN Spanish
GREK Greek   SPCH Speech
HEED Health Education   THEA Theatre

Please note that some discipline codes used on the Banner list of spring 2009 courses are not listed here. UMW does not recommend that students take those courses during their first semester at UMW.