Welcome to
Arts at Ryerson!
Course Enrollment Information
Session
STEPS TO ENROLLMENT
August 12, 2013
1.
Log on to RAMSS (my.ryerson.ca)
2.
Verify your Enrollment appointment
3.
Check your auto enrolled courses & schedule
4.
Review the calendar curriculum information
5.
Put desired elective classes in Shopping Cart
August 13, 2013
6.
Finalize your enrollment in courses
Technical Requirements
Ryerson provides a list of compatible web browsers for use with
RAMSS (if you use a browser NOT listed, there is no guarantee that
RAMSS will work properly!):
http://www.ryerson.ca/RAMSSsupport/browsers.html
Your browser must be set to allow pop ups:
http://www.ryerson.ca/RAMSSsupport/toolbox/popups/
Also, if you encounter any error messages or your windows do
not open/load when working in RAMSS, please try clearing your
browser cache as per the instructions here:
http://www.ryerson.ca/RAMSSsupport/cache.html
Step 1: Log on to RAMSS
Go to my.ryerson.ca
Enter your username and password.
Click on Login
Access to
RAMSS
Hours for
password
changes,
etc
Weekly Schedule
Fee Summary/Balance ($)
Personal Info
**IMPORTANT**
Step 2: Verify your Enrollment
Appointment
Select a term
No terms? Date incorrect?
Contact Enrollment Services
416-979-5136
or
sservice@ryerson.ca
Provide your Student ID number
Return to Student Centre main
page
Step 3: Check your auto enrolled course
& schedule
Make sure you view the correct week.
(view week of September 2)
Classes begin the day after Labour Day (Tues)
Step 4: Review your curriculum in the
online calendar
• You can’t take just anything:
coursesCHECK
must be listed
ALL inRESTRICTIONS
your program’s curriculum
For example:
PHL 101 is on the list = OK.
PHL 214 is NOT on the list
= it will NOT count in your
program.
• Ask if you’re not sure
Step 5: Put courses in the Shopping
Cart
Select the Fall 2013
Enrollment Term
Use “My Classes Offered” search tool
Search by My Classes Offered –
scroll page
VIEW INFORMATION SECTION
Includes:
• Basic report
information
• A list of
currently
enrolled,
ungraded
courses
Check this term’s courses
The diamond shape
means you are
already enrolled
(In Progress)
This reminds
you what
term you are
viewing
Use View All to see the whole list
(if > 10 courses on the list)
Use View All to see the
regular undergraduate course offerings.
Chang School courses may incur extra fees.
Select FRE/SPN
Avoid CFRE/CSPN
Select a class section
• Scroll to the appropriate requirement
• Select a course to get the details
TIP: Use
View All
Selecting a class section
• Check requirements
• Read the
description
• Check times
against current
schedule
• Select the
section you
want
TIP: Use
View All
Add the class section to your Shopping
Cart
Validate the class(es)
(Checks for conflicts – you are NOT yet actually
enrolling)
Potential Problems:
• Schedule conflict – choose a different
section/time
• Pre-/Co-/Anti-requisite requirements –
choose a different course
• Course not open to your program at this
time (seats are reserved for students for
whom this is a required course)
Delete invalid courses from Shopping
Cart and look for others.
Unable to Display courses
Sometimes the My Classes Offered tool cannot
show the list. What does this mean?
• These courses are not offered in the term you selected
OR
• The list has many restrictions and exceptions, like Liberal
Studies
If selections are not displayed:
1. Return to “Add Classes to Shopping Cart”,
change to the Winter term, use My Classes
Offered again.
2. If your courses show now, they are only
offered in the Winter semester.
If there are no selections showing for Fall
or Winter:
Use Class Search to find a specific course for Fall Term
and add it to your Shopping Cart.
MAKE SURE THE COURSE YOU CHOOSE IS PART OF
YOUR PROGRAM’S CURRICULUM!!
Add all class sections to Shopping Cart;
validate them.
When all courses validate, you are ready for your
enrollment appointment
Step 6: Finish the enrollment
On Tuesday August 13th:
• Go to your Shopping Cart for Fall Term
• Select all courses and click Enroll
• Watch out for courses that are now closed
If class is full (closed),
use ADD ANOTHER
CLASS button to
return to Add Classes
page and try again.
Did you do it right?
Return to Student Center
 Click “My Academics” to review your Advisement Report
and see other functions
Advisement Report
See important policy
information
See all your incomplete
and ungraded courses
Expand all to make
sure you don’t miss
anything.
You must
satisfy ALL
requirements
in order to
graduate
Check the Non-Applicable Section These
courses are NOT appropriate for your
program.
You should drop this
course!
See your department for help picking
an appropriate course instead.
Each part of the report shows you
what you still need to take.
The future years of your
program can change .
• The Advisement Report reflects the
newest calendar
information applicable to your
requirements.
• It is updated every March
for the new year.
Calendar and Advisement Report
• same information, different presentation
NOTE: If a course list is very
long, you must refer to the
online calendar to see the list
of appropriate courses
USEFUL LINKS
www.ryerson.ca
Current Students Page
http://www.ryerson.ca/currentstudents/
For New Students
http://www.ryerson.ca/currentstudents/new/
How to Use RAMSS
http://www.ryerson.ca/RAMSSsupport/ugrad_grad/
Calendar
http://www.ryerson.ca/currentstudents/calendars/
Faculty of Arts
http://www.ryerson.ca/arts/
QUESTIONS?
For the name and contact information of your
Program Administrator, see your program's
Enrollment Worksheet at
www.arts.ryerson.ca/newstudents