To pre-register in University of Waterloo (UW) and Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU)
courses offered in the Fall and Winter terms of 2008-9 in the Tri-University Graduate
Program in History. Because of its registration structure, the University of Guelph does
not permit Tri-University Program pre-registration. WLU and UW students wishing to
take courses at the University of Guelph need to contact Liz Cherry, the Graduate
Secretary at the University of Guelph, during the pre-registration period (16-29 June) for
instructions on how they should register for courses there. University of Guelph students
may use the Tri-University pre-registration process described below to register for
courses at UW and WLU. However, University of Guelph students must follow the
information on registration supplied by your university for courses offered at the
University of Guelph.
The MA pre-registration process will open at 9am on 16 June and will close at
midnight 29 June, 2008 . Once the pre-registration process closes, the graduate
administrative assistants will temporarily reserve a space for you in any course in which
you have pre-registered and will provide you with the information you need to officially
enrol in those courses. To make changes to your UW or WLU course selection after
pre-registration closes on 29 June, you must contact the graduate administrative assistant
in your department by phone or email. None of the History MA courses at the University
of Waterloo or Wilfrid Laurier University are open to self-registration other than through
the Tri-University pre-registration program from 16 June-29 June, 2008. Only after
pre-registration has closed and you’ve received confirmation from your administrative
assistant of your class schedule, will you be able to use your home university’s online
registration system.
Because of university regulations, no course taken at a university other than your home
university will appear on your official transcript until you fill out an Ontario Visiting
Graduate Student (OVGS) form. You must fill out these forms and have them signed as
soon as possible after 1 July 2008 (this applies to all Tri-University students and these
OVGS forms will only be accepted after the pre-registration period has closed). Once the
forms have been submitted to the graduate administrative assistant in your home
department, you will be officially registered in the courses you are taking at one of the
other two Tri-University campuses. The pre-registration process temporarily reserves
you a space in a class, but you will not be formally registered and appear on the official
class list until your OVGS form is completed. OVGS forms are available in your
department and on-line from the Graduate Studies office at your university.
When pre-registering, please pay attention to prerequisites. All prerequisites are listed in
the individual course descriptions on the pre-registration website. If you pre-register for
a course without enrolling in its prerequisite, you will be dropped from that course. No
student may enrol in the "thesis" without permission of the graduate officer in your home
department. Any student enrolling in the "thesis" course without prior approval will be
dropped from that course.
Students should enrol in the number of courses each term appropriate to their stream of
study and the speed with which they want to complete their degree. Normally students in
the Major Research Paper (MRP) stream take three courses in the fall term and three in
the winter term, and there will be a box to check off for the MRP during pre-registration
even though you will not officially register in it until well into the academic year. For
more information, you should read the MA program handbook available on the
Tri-University Program website or consult your university Graduate Program Calendar.
We hope you find the instructions above clear and our pre-registration system easy to
use.
Instructions on Using the Tri-University Graduate Program in History
Pre-registration System
June 16-June 29
To Pre-register for your courses:
1. Go to: www.prereg-triuhistory.com
2. Enter your (temporary) email address as sent you by the administrative assistant in
your home department.
3. Enter the password sent you by the administrative assistant in your home department.
4. Select or delete yourself from classes
5. Confirm your selection
6. Go to "Your courses", print a copy of your selection and keep it for your records
7. Revisit the site as often as you like until midnight 29 June and make changes to your
pre-registration.
8. Please do not change your assigned email or password. If you have to change an
email or password login, notify the graduate administrative assistant in your home
department and notify her of the change so that we can continue to access your file.
9. After pre-registration, Laurier and Waterloo students will receive confirmation from
your administrative assistant about your course schedule and will be granted overrides so
they can then use their home university online systems to self-register. At this time,
Guelph, Laurier, and Waterloo students should submit OVGS forms for any courses to be
taken on campuses other than your home campus.
If you have any problems with pre-registration, please contact the graduate administrative
assistant in your home department:
Donna Lang, University of Waterloo, 519-888-4567, ext 32297 (dlang@uwaterloo.ca)
Liz Cherry, University of Guelph: 519 824-4120, ext56847 (lcherry@uoguelph.ca)
Lynne Doyle, Wilfrid Laurier University, 519-884-0710, ext 3389 (ldoyle@wlu.ca)