A: Things that can increase the demand on a course:

• A course is offered once to a few times in the year
• A course is an introductory/prerequisite course into a major/minor 
• A professor is in high-demand

A: As suggested, students with the most seniority by CC + TR units will have a higher priority-placement than those who have less. Here are some strategies to consider: 

• Consider which requirements you are hoping to meet in the semester and explore all course options that can satisfy those requirements.
• If a course is offered more than once, chances are higher of obtaining a seat.
• Keep your schedule flexible! On the block plan, course enrollments tend to shift pretty quickly. Have back up plans in place using your Stellic Planner in the event your first choice does not pan out.

A: Students preregister for block seminar-style courses that fill each block (blocks 1-4 and 5-8). Students can also preregister for adjuncts (a maximum of 3 per semester).

NEW for Spring 2025: Students are now able to preregister for their one block off following the Student Time Off Policy.

A: Prerequisite information is available on the course schedule in Banner or in the course information panel in Stellic. If you have met the prerequisites for a course, you will be able to register without permission from the professor (unless a COI or COD PIN is required). Otherwise, if you have NOT met the prerequisites for the course but feel you may still qualify to register, contact the professor assigned to the course to seek their approval and obtain their COI PIN (consent of instructor pin). This pin will be used in the "Consent" field in the Preregistration application to override the prerequisite error encountered.

see below of how the system "checks" prerequisites.

A: The registration applications are able to check and restrict against most (but not all) prerequisite scenarios. In the event you meet the prerequisite for a course that is outside of the system's ability to check for, a consent pin from the professor will be needed to override an encountered error in the system due to failing a prerequisite check.

System Checks:

• Courses taken at CC
• Qualifying AP scores
• Major/Minor declarations
• Class level (by units)

Common scenarios that are asked about which the system cannot check for are:

• When a prerequisite was taken at a different institution. Transfer work is NOT a system check.
• When a student skips a level, but the level skipped is the prerequisite. For example, if a student jumps into Calculus 2 but the prerequisite is Calculus 1, the system cannot check for that.
• IB or GCE credit
• When a prerequisite requires "criteria" knowledge vs a set of courses.

A: Half (H) Block course registration will not be part of the Preregistration process. Half block encompasses 0.50 unit course offerings during the month of January. H Block registration opens with Fall schedule changes in Add/Drop in the Spring. Announcements are shared via emails and daily digests; be sure to stay tune in to these communication outlets to keep up on registration events.

A: Summer is also not part of the preregistration process. Summer registration opens with Spring schedule changes in Add/Drop in the Fall. Announcements pertaining Summer registration will come from the Summer Session Office.

A: Preregistration Passcodes are assigned to all students at the beginning of each Preregistration period. This passcode is unique to the student and will be used to submit their Preregistration (once a full schedule is reflected). Passcodes contain a 6-letter combination and is set to ALL Caps. Each faculty advisor has access to their advisee’s passcodes via Banner SSB/Faculty Services tab > My Advisees. (Spring 2025 Passcodes are to be posted by 10/21)

There are two sets of consent pins that are used in registration. These pins are a 6-letter combination and are set to ALL Caps. Below are overviews of both:

• COI PINs: All faculty with a teaching schedule are assigned a Consent of Instructor PIN per term. Faculty can access their COI PIN for the term from their Banner SSB/Faculty Services tab > Your Teaching Schedule. There are two ways a student may ask for this PIN: 
  • If a course has a COI designation, the student must have this COI PIN to preregister or register for the course regardless of meeting any other indicated prerequisites. 
  • If a course is listed as "COI or a prerequisite" the PIN will not be required unless the student does not meet the prerequisite; in this situation the COI PIN will override the prerequisite error should the student and faculty member have a conversation and determine eligibility to register for the course.
• COD PINs: All departments are assigned a Consent of Department PIN and are accessible only through the Department Chair. If a course has a COD designation, the Chair of the department is able to provide this pin and can access this from their Banner SSB/Faculty Services tab > Consent of Department (not the same as their separate and unique instructor's consent pin).

A: Once a student submits their Preregistration, they may go back in and make changes as many times as they choose while the Preregistration period is open. Advisors will be notified of any additional changes to the student's schedule once the original submission is made.

A: Registering for Psychology’s BYOB (blocks 5 and 6). Students who are signing up for Psychology's BYOB courses in blocks 5 & 6 will need to do two things:

• Register for the course sequence pairing as you would any other course.
• ADD two extra general studies placeholder courses "GS391" to fill both blocks (5 & 6). This may look like a course overload but BYOB courses are actually designed as two extended format courses and therefore students will also need two block seminar courses to recognize a full course load; the GS391s will act as this in their place and will be removed once Spring Preregistration is processed in the Fall.

A: Registering for Independent Study, Research, and/or Thesis. Students who are planning an independent study, thesis, or research will need to do two things:

• Complete the required application found on "Our Services" page. Since these are individual blocks, students will have a course created unique for them! Please do not sign up for the course reference in the course schedule for a 1-on-1 block; these are meant to show the blocks and faculty who are available for the course. If your department handles the creation/assignment of independent blocks for majors (i.e. Economics, Sociology, etc.) than follow their instruction and simply follow the second bullet here for Preregistration.
• Once the application is initiated, the general studies placeholder course “GS391” can be used in Preregistration for the given block and will be replaced appropriately once the application has processed. 

A: Registering for less than a full schedule. Students who are planning to take time off will need to do two things:

• If this is your first or only block off, you can now register for this by searching the course schedule for "Block Off".
• If this is your second or additional time away request, work with their Hub Advisor to process the official form. More information about Taking Time Off from CC can be found here.
• Once the paperwork has been initiated, the general studies placeholder course “GS391” can be used in Preregistration for the additional block(s) off and will be replaced appropriately once the paperwork has processed.