Course planning

Procedures and exceptions

How to register for courses

Course registration is done via UDSIS. For Spring 2008 registration, you will see an "appointment time" in UDSIS's Student Center. That will tell you the earliest time that you can start to request courses. You will be able to add or drop courses from that appointment time, right on through the end of the free add-drop period (for Spring, that's Feb 25th). Your appointment time is just a starting time--the earliest time the system will let you start registering.

Appointments for Spring 2008 registration begin on November 15th (for seniors) and run through February 25th. Appointments are assigned based on the number of earned credit hours you have, NOT counting the current semester.

You'll want to use the Search for Classes feature in UDSIS to see if the courses you want have open seats in them (we recommend using the Browse Catalog option). If a class is open, and you have met the prerequisites, then you will be allowed to put the course in your shopping cart. One more click, and you'll be in the course.

If a course you want has a prerequisite in which you are currently enrolled (for ex, if you want to take PSYC209 but you are currently enrolled in PSYC100), then the computer will let you register for 209. If, after grades are turned in, you do not have the minimum grade (a C-) in PSYC100, then the computer will drop you from PSYC209 and you'll have to take another course.

Signing up for online courses

This is the procedure for enrolling in on line courses (194 sections):

For WINTER or SUMMER sections:
If you want a 194 (online) section of a course, you have to
-phone in registration by calling (302) 831-8843.
- fax in registration, by printing the registration and payment forms from this website
and faxing them to (302) 831-4913.

If you want a 195 (online) section of a course--these sections are reserved only for students who are OUT of state and want to take the course from HOME during winter or summer. The Friday before classes start, the unused seats in 195 courses will be released as 194, and then anybody can sign up for them in UDSIS.

For SPRING sections:
If you want a 194 (online) section of a course, you have to
-phone in registration by calling (302) 831-8843.
- fax in registration, by printing the registration and payment forms from this website
and faxing them to (302) 831-4913.

How to declare the major.

Click here to read our departmental policy on when you may declare the psychology major or minor.

How to add or drop courses

The free add-drop period now runs from your "appointment time" starts until about two weeks into the semester (for your appointment time, look it up in your UDSIS Student Center). For Spring 2008, this is from November 15 (depending on your appt time) through Feb 25. You access the registration system via UDSIS.  Consult Courses Search (here) or Search for Courses (in UDSIS) to look for courses with open seats. 

Passing grade in the psychology major

A grade of D- is a passing grade at UD, but you will not receive credit toward your major requirement with this grade. In order to earn credit toward your major requirement you must earn a grade of C- or better. In order to register for upper level courses, you must have earned a C- or better in the prerequisites, too.

Taking a course pass/fail

Courses to fulfill degree requirements may not be taken pass/fail unless they are offered only on a pass/fail basis. (Translation: Don't take a course pass/fail if you want it to count for a Group requirement, Multicultural requirement, Major or Minor requirement, Second writing, etc.)

Students may elect to take one course per semester pass/fail (this would be in addition to any courses that are ONLY offered on a pass/fail basis). A total of no more than 24 credits may be taken pass/fail for a Bachelor’s degree.

You must make this decision by the late registration deadline (around the 8th week of the semester--April 21 for Spring 2008).  Pass-fail courses count toward your general graduation credits, but passing grades do not enter into your GPA. 

Withdrawing from a course

If you wish, you can drop a course without any penalty before the registration deadline (April 21 for Spring 2008).  If you withdraw from a class after this point, you will be charged $20 and will receive no tuition refund.  A "W" will appear on your transcript next to that course, and you will not receive credit for the course, or a grade in it.  There is a deadline for withdrawing from a course (it is around the 8th week of the semester; April 21 for Spring 2008). 

Common question:

"I'm taking 12 credits. If I withdraw from a course, then I'll only have 9cr, and I won't be a full time student and I'll be kicked out of the dorm!"

Not true. Your full time status is determined by your credit load as it stands right after free-add drop is over (Feb 25 for Spring 2008). If you withdraw from a course, you are still technically enrolled in it, but you are just getting a grade of W in that course. You will not lose full time status.

Students sometimes ask if a W looks bad on their transcript.  While a W doesn't look good (most people assume you dropped the class because you were failing), it's better than the alternative.  A W almost always looks better than an F, and it does not get entered into your GPA. 

Audit/Listener

You may take a class as an auditor/listener. You do not get a grade in the course and do not usually take exams or do papers.  Changing a course status to auditor/listener is an option that students sometimes use if they are not succeeding in a course. You can also drop (withdraw from) a course that you are failing. You must change a course to auditor/listener by the 8-week deadline (April 21 for Spring 2008). 

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