Register for Classes
Important Things to Remember
Before registering for classes, you should contact your faculty advisor. A directory for the School of Educational Policy and Leadership is available here.
Deadline dates - please be aware of the schedule of important dates as published by the Registrar's Office for each quarter. You can find them on the University Registrar's web site at: http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/. Just click on important dates.
Some classes require the instructor's permission before you can register. You can download a "Course Enrollment Permission Form" on-line at http://www.gradsch.ohio-state.edu/Depo/PDF/CourseEnrollment.pdf (pdf).
Continuing students should remember:
- You will pay late registration fees if you register for the first time after the first day of the quarter.
- You will pay late payment fees if you pay after the first day of the quarter (or after the due date published on your fee statement)
- You will be assessed charges for Student Health Insurance unless you specifically request a waiver during registration. If you are assessed charges for Student Health Insurance, you have until the published date to request the waiver. You must have proof of insurance to request the waiver.
- You will be assessed forfeiture fees if you drop and add classes after the first Friday of the quarter. Please check with the Graduate School before you make schedule changes after the first Friday of the quarter if you have questions about forfeiture fees.
- The Registrar's Office publishes the "Refund/Forfeiture Fee" schedule each quarter. You can access it at http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/more/. Just click on the current quarter under "Registration and Fees."
- If you are not sure how refund/forfeiture fees work, please talk to someone in the Student Services Office (RA 122), at the Graduate School (247 University Hall) or in Fees and Deposits (Lincoln Tower).
Waitlists
If you attempt to register for a course that does not have any more open seats, you will have the option to be waitlisted. Waitlisted students will automatically be enrolled in a course if other enrolled students drop the class. Waitlisted students may still have the opportunity to enroll in a full class with the permission of the instructor. If you become enrolled in a class with permission of the instructor, you should remove your name from the appropriate waitlist.
Waitlists remain in effect through the first week of the quarter. You may find yourself placed in a class anytime through that first week. Because of that, it is vitally important that you monitor all the waitlists you are on. You are responsible for all tuition and fees charged when you are put into a class off the waitlist.
If you have registered for an alternate class that is scheduled at the same time as your waitlisted class, you will not be able to get into the waitlisted class. If you remain on a waitlist through the first week of the quarter and are unable to register for the class, you will be given a priority registration window for that class the next time it is offered. If you are taken off a waitlist and registered in that class, you are responsible for all tuition and fees. Please monitor your position on waitlists by going to the University Registrars On-line Services page at: http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/online.html. If you decide that you want to remove your name from a waitlist, go to the registrar's on-line services page http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/online.html and remove yourself from the appropriate waitlists.
Master Schedule of Classes
The Ohio State University no longer prints paper copies of its Master Schedule of Classes for general distribution. The Master Schedule and the Course Description Bulletin are available on-line at: http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu. Just click on Current Students and then click on Access Buckeye Link for registration information Master Schedule and click on Search Course Bulletin Master Schedule or Course Bulleting for the on-line bulletin of course descriptions or click on Complete Bulletin in the "Other Information" box information.
When using the online bulletin, fill in the appropriate quarter, campus (Columbus), and department (EDU P&L). Helpful hints for registration are available at: http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ourweb/more/. Current tuition information is available at http://www.ureg.ohio-state.edu/ Just click on Tuition and Fees in the Quick Links box.