Class Registration
101
This guide will teach you the process for the following:
• Finding out who your advisor is/obtaining your registration PIN
• Finding out when your enrollment dates are
• Checking your account for holds and what those holds mean
• Figuring out what GenEds you have fulfilled and still need to fulfill
• Figuring out what your major’s suggested curriculum is
• Searching for classes
• Wait-listing classes if they are full
• Adding classes to your wish-list
• Enrolling in classes
Your Student Center
What are all these buttons and links for?!
View the
classes
you have
already
registered
for here
Click here to
start searching
for classes
Check out which
GenEds you still
need here
If you have a
hold, click here
to get more info
about why it’s
there
The date listed here
is when you can
actually ENROLL in
the classes you’ve
put in your wish list
Your advisor is listed here.
You will need to get your
enrollment PIN from your
advisor before to being able
to register for classes
Program of Study
Figuring out which classes you need for your major
Option 1: Search for the information yourself
Go to www.catalog.umaine.edu
From here, make sure you are looking at the correct year. If
you’re not, select the correct year and hit GO.
Click on Majors and Minors. Select your major/minor. From
here, you can view all requirements for your major/minor. Many
programs even have a suggested curriculum, which can tell you
what classes you should take to stay on track.
Option 2: Come to the FYC!
If you’re still having trouble, come into our office (016 Andro)
for help. We have printouts of every major and minor UMaine
offers. Plus, we have snacks and helpful staff members that can
help you sort through all this information.
Sample Curriculum- Biology First Semester
Bio or Chem major? Chances are this is what your first semester looked like.
You can find this information for most majors using this website.
Meet with your Advisor!
Remember all those emails from some strange person you
never opened...? Yeah... That was your advisor.
Figure out who your advisor is:
Use your MaineStreet Student Center to figure
out who your advisor is.
If you are in the Honors College or are in
multiple majors, you probably have more than one
advisor. It’s a good idea to keep all advisors in the
loop.
Things to discuss with your advisor:
Classes you want to take.
Any academic questions or concerns you may have.
Your registration PIN (you NEED this to enroll in classes. Do
not leave this meeting without your PIN!).
Contact your advisor in late October or early November:
1- Try email.
2- If that doesn’t work, try calling the department phone number.
3- If that doesn’t work, go to your department’s office.
4- If that doesn’t work, repeat steps 1-3.
Do not give up until you have an appointment.
Once you have your PIN:
Write it down somewhere. Save it in an email. Add it as a
contact in your phone.
You will NEED this to be able to enroll in classes.
Searching for Classes
Where the “Back” button on your browser is your mortal enemy
Getting to the Class Search page:
From your MaineStreet Student Center, click
“Search for Classes” in the top right corner.
Getting Started:
1- Select Institution and click University of Maine
2- Make sure the correct semester pops up next to Term. If not, fix it.
Note: Class search for a given term will not be available until a few
weeks before the registration period begins.
Course Subject
• If you know the 3 letter code for the course, type that into the box here.
• If you do not know this information, click the green “select subject”
button and browse by the first letter.
• We’ll stick with BIO as our example here.
• Once you have that typed in, click “Search”.
Another tip:
The “Show Open Classes Only” button will be automatically
selected. If you would like to see all classes regardless, deselect that
button. This will show classes that are full and wait listed or closed.
Search too broad?
Try one of these to narrow your search:
• If you know a course number, enter that in the box next to
“course number-contains”.
• If you don’t know the course number, but you know it is a
100 or 200 level course, try changing the “contains” to “is
less than or equal to” and type in the appropriate range.
Advanced Searches
Looking for something very specific?
Select two criteria:
• Some popular searches are searches for specific days of the week or
“mode of instruction” if you are looking for online classes only.
• Using the three letter course code where we typed in BIO before
counts as one of those two.
• Selecting “Undergraduate” for Course Career is another helpful one.
Gen Ed Category
• Our suggestion (if you are a first-year student) is to change “Course
Number” to “less than or equal to” and use 299. Otherwise all classes
• If you know which GenEd categories you need to fulfill but aren’t sure
what classes to take to do so, this is a very helpful tool.
• The very last option is “Gen Ed Category”, where you can select one of
the categories.
Your Search Results
What does all this mean?
Sorting through your results:
• Results will appear in alphabetical order by the three-letter code, and
then in ascending order by the three-digit course number.
• Multiple sections may appear for any given course.
• Select the course with the day, time, location, and instructor that best
meets your needs.
The colored symbols:
Green circle: Class is open and has available seats
Yellow triangle: Class is currently full, however you can add yourself to the wait list.
Blue Square: Class is not available at all. There is no wait list or wait list is full.
Staff? TBA? What is this business?
Some information may not be available immediately, such as the
instructor or the location. Keep checking back for updates.
The long blue link that says “view details”:
Click this for more information (see page entitled “View Details”)
Will tell you:
• A course description
• Number of credits this course is worth
• Number of seats taken/available
• How long the wait list is, if applicable
• If the course counts for any Gen Ed requirements
Location:
This one is important. All on-campus classes will say Orono UM Campus.
Some classes are online or located at the Hutchinson Center. The
Hutchinson Center is located in Belfast and can be up to an hour away
depending on weather and traffic. This information will appear in RED.
View Details
More information than you probably wanted!
Units:
The number of credits this course is worth. This one is worth 4 credits.
Class Components:
Some classes have multiple parts.In this case, there is a lecture and a lab.
Some classes also have recitations.
Enrollment Requirements:
This will tell you if you need any pre-requisites for this class.
In this case, if you have not taken BIO 100 before or received a D or
lower, you will need permission from the instructor to take this class.
Class Attributes:
This is just a fancy way of saying which GenEd requirement this class fulfills.
BIO 200 can fulfill either a Basic Science or Applied Science.
Availability:
Capacity is the number of students allowed in the class.
Enrollment total is how many people are registered for this class as of now.
Available seats tells you how many spots are left in this class.
Wait list capacity tells you how many people are allowed to be on the wait list if
this class is full.
Wait list total tells you how many are already on the wait list.
In this case, you would be number two on the wait list.
When you are done with this page, click VIEW SEARCH RESULTS, not BACK!
The browser’s BACK button will reset your entire search!
Select Your Class
Choices, choices!
Pick which one works best for you:
In this case, we’re selecting BIO 200 on Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-9:50am
Choose the “select class” next to the class you want to take.
Labs:
Some classes have labs. Science, math, and introductory language classes tend
to have labs. If this is the case, it will force you to choose a lab section. For
BIO 200, we only have one chocie, the Tuesday 9:30-12:20 lab. Click the circle
to select it and hit next.
Note:This page only shows you FIVE labs at a time. If there are more than five
labs, you can click “View All Sections” or click the arrow above the “Next” box to
view the second page.
Select Your Class
You’re almost done!
The last page:
From here, just confirm that you have selected the right class(es) and hit
Next.
Confirmation:
You should get a green check and confirmation notice.
Note that this class has been added to your wish list.You will still need to enroll in
the class to complete the registration process!
View Your Wish List
You’re almost done!
Click the Wish List Link:
This will be at the top of the page, as shown below.
Select the semester:
In this case, we’re looking at Spring 2013. Make sure you
actually click inside the bubble. Then hit Continue.
Other Wish List Functions
You’re almost done!
Delete:
Check the box next to a class you want to remove from
your wish list and press “delete” at the bottom.
Validate:
Check the box next to all the classes and press “validate”. This will tell
you if there are any potential problems, such as time conflicts or if you
do not have the class standing or pre-requisites needed to take the
class. If the page that pops up gives you all green checks, you’re good to
go! If you see a red X, it will tell you what is wrong.
Return to search:
Over here is another search button. This is the easiest way to get back
to the class search if you need to add another class.
Enroll:
Once you have validated your wish list, select all the
classes you wish to enroll in and hit “enroll”.
The system will then ask you for your PIN that you
should have talked to your advisor about.
Note: Refer back to your Student Center for your specific
enrollment date.You cannot get past this point until your
enrollment date has been reached and you have your PIN
from your advisor.
Program of Study
Which GenEds have I already taken...?
Minimized = fulfilled:
In this case, Scienecs, Social Contexts & Institutions, and
Population & Environment have all been fulfilled.
Maximized = not fulfilled:
In this case, Western Cultural Tradition, Cultural Diversity &
International Perspectives, and Artistic & Creative Expression
have NOT been fulfilled.
More info:
If you click on the triangle to maximize a tab, it will show
you which course(s) you took to fulfill that GenEd and
will also give you the grade(s).