Registration Information for Undergraduate Students
Please read the following tips on how to complete successful registration in Economics courses.
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What You Should Know
Email Communication
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First Year Degree Planning
Before you register, please consult the First Year Course Selection Guide for your program. This will help you to register in the correct courses for your degree program.
Check out the for course descriptions, prerequisites and preclusions. You still need to learn how to read your academic audit, which reflects program requirements when you enter a program. It does not change, unlike the Undergraduate Calendar. The academic audit is your road map to graduation. See below.
Familiarize Yourself with Important Dates
: Contains the dates prescribed by the University Senate for academic activities.
Check Your Audit!
The Academic Audit is the 鈥榬oad map鈥 to academic success. It lists which courses you are required to take in order to complete your degree at 杏吧原创.
Be sure to look at your audit often to make sure you are on the right track. The audit will inform you of the progress you have already made, as well as show you the courses that you will need to take in the future. Remember to check your audit regularly to ensure you are fulfilling your degree requirements!
Please note:
The audit is different than your transcript. The audit is not an official document. It lists all courses taken, but not all courses necessarily included towards your CGPA(s). The transcript needs to be ordered formally through the and lists every course ever taken at 杏吧原创, whether it counts towards your degree or not.
ECON 0005: Conditional Offer of Admission
Students with conditional offers of admission are NOT permitted in concurrently taking ECON 1401 and ECON 0005
ECON 0005 is a review of elementary mathematics designed to prepare students for the undergraduate economics curriculum. If your offer of admission requires you to take this course, you will not be allowed to register for ECON 1401 at the same time, as it is a first-year course in elementary mathematics for economics. Our department will NOT approve any override requests.
Students admitted with a conditional offer to the B.Econ (Honours) with an additional requirement in economics, must complete in their first term of study with a minimum of C- or higher to be eligible to continue in their current program and continue with courses like in the subsequent term.
Students must check their Offer of Admission Letter for any existing conditions on the under the 鈥淰iew Offers鈥 tab or on
Electives
To make up the regular 5.0 credit course load, students should add electives.
Please note:
- The number of elective courses you will need each term will vary depending on how many courses you take in your major and/or concentration.
- You should prioritize the courses in your major and/or concentration before considering which electives you want to take as part of your program.
- The credits not included in the major CGPA are comprised of credits in electives that cannot be in ECON, and credits in free electives that can be in any subject, including ECON.
- Free electives in ECON are extra to the major and concentration requirements.
Economics Electives Suggestions
Students are advised to consider taking and a 1000-level Political Science course (for example, or ), , or
First Year Seminars
First year students should consider taking [1.0 credit], [0.5 credit] or for a complete listing and description of the first-year seminars being offered visit the .
First-year seminars will get you away from the lecture hall and give you the chance, in a small class setting, to discuss and debate topics with your classmates and professors. You will also receive early and frequent feedback on class assignments and instruction in research, writing, and study skills.
Important Registration Information
All you need to know about registration is on the .
Time Tickets
Confirm your Time Ticket information to identify when you may start registering for your courses. Register for both Fall and Winter terms when your Time Ticket opens. If you wait to register, you may not be able to select your preferred courses. For More information about Time Tickets.
Please contact the Registrar’s Office for information about how your year standing which may affect your fall/winter registration Time Ticket.
Time Conflicts
Keep in mind that University Policy does not permit undergraduate and special students to register in courses with time conflicts. If you select courses with a time conflict, a warning message will appear on your worksheet, and you will be prevented from registering until you adjust your schedule to create a conflict free timetable.
Year Standing
A student鈥檚 year standing depends on how many courses are completed and counting in the academic audit towards their degree requirements. It does not include courses that are set aside on the academic audit. Please see Year Standing – Academic Advising for a breakdown of year standing.
Prerequisites and Preclusions
“Preclusions” is a term used to describe two or more courses that contain sufficient content that overlaps, and therefore credit cannot be counted in the academic audit for more than one of the courses. For example, precludes credit for . If you take , and subsequently register for , it would forfeit in the audit and would no longer count for credit. A 鈥減reclusion鈥 does not mean that the courses are necessarily deemed equivalent.
Please note:
- DEF(erred final grade) status at the end of a course precludes (continued) registration in any other course for which the former is a prerequisite. For example, if you defer the final exam for , you may be deregistered in . Please reach out to the Department of Economics if you have any questions.
The Department of Economics enforces all course prerequisites and program requirements as outlined in the Undergraduate Calendar.
Registration Override Requests
Students seeking permission to register in a closed section of a course may submit a registration request via the Registration Override Request feature located on 杏吧原创 Central. Please note that submitting a request does not guarantee your registration in a course.
Please note:
- Override requests are processed by the department offering the course. If you are hoping to request access to a course not offered by the Department of Economics, please contact the appropriate department.
If you have non-杏吧原创 equivalents for prerequisite courses, you may be required to provide supporting documentation (i.e. transcripts) for evaluation purposes. Please do not contact the departmental office or the instructor of the course for updates on the status of your request 鈥 an automatic response will be sent to your 杏吧原创 email with the status of your request.
Courses That Are Full
If you are trying to register in a course that is full, please monitor 杏吧原创 Central frequently throughout the registration period, to check for availability should a space become available as students add and drop courses.
If you require a course to graduate at the end of the term of registration, please plan to register in that course as soon as your Time Ticket opens.
Summer Course Registration
Hours and scheduling for summer session courses will differ significantly from those reported in the fall and winter. Your timetable should not be planned around the summer term, as there is no guarantee the course you are interested in taking will be offered.
The summer class schedule is available through . Or, if you are not currently a 杏吧原创 student, you can use our to search the course offerings.
For more information on summer courses, please consult the and/or contact the Department of Economics.
Transition Support
If you still need assistance, please reach out to聽Sean Hall, our undergraduate administrator, for any undergraduate inquiries, or to meet one-on-one prior to starting your exciting post-secondary journey!
If you are interested in taking an economics course as a special student (non-degree student)
For Returning Undergraduate Students
Check out the Registrar’s guide for returning undergraduate students.