How to Register
To Register Online:
Online registration will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. CENTRAL TIME daily. Courses are available for browsing 24 hours a day.
- Go to University College Online Registration.
- You will see different search criteria. Make sure the correct term is selected from the tabs on the left ("SP2010" for Spring courses). You can further refine your search by choosing any of the following:
- Regular 15-Wk courses, 8-Wk courses, or "Shortcourses" (those lasting one week or less).
- Department: For example, "Biology," "Communications and Journalism," etc.
- Days - Days the course meets ("R" stands for "Thursday")
- Other Filters - Filter by Day/Time offered, ACTRAC, Back-to-Back, Special Audit, One Week, Weekend, or BJC courses.
- Day or Evening Courses
- Keywords - Search on specific words in the course department, title, and description.
3. Click "Search."
4. You will get a list of all courses that match your search criteria. Open courses will have an "Add" button on the left side of the screen. (Closed courses will say "Full".)
5. Click on the course name to get a full course description. Information about the time, room location, and instructor are in the link "Course Info" on the right. Other course options (if available) will be indicated. Options include ACTRAC (AC), Special Audit (SA), Lab Required (LR), One Week Course (1W), Back-to-Back (BB), or Weekend (WE).
6. To add a course, click on "Add," and you will get to a confirmation screen. Choose your grade option and lab section (if necessary). If you choose the "ACTRAC" or "Special Audit" options, check the box for verification. Then, click "Confirm".
7. If you are done adding, click the Checkout button on the upper center section of the page, directly beneath the red bar.
8. . If you are an existing student, either newly admitted or returning, enter your six-digit student ID and your password. If you are a new student, enter your social security number. Students with a six-digit student ID and password may be prompted here to create a personalized Washington University ID and password called the WUSTL Key. Follow the instructions to create a WUSTL Key.
New students will be taken to a demographic page to complete the needed information for registration, then to an in-depth registration page, where you will indicate a payment method. Existing students using a password will bypass the demographic pages and go directly to the payment method page. NOTE: Repeated failed attempts to enter numbers or passwords will cause the system to "lock up," for security reasons, and you will not be able to register until the next day.
9. Registration page: Follow each step, making sure to click "Continue Checkout" after each step is complete:
Step 1: Confirm your contact information -- especially your E-mail address. If the information shown requires changes, make the changes using the link that goes to WebSTAC.
Step 2: Your course selections and fees will be shown at the top of the page. Scroll down and select how you want to pay. You may choose multiple methods of payment.
Credit Card – Click this button to either pay online or by calling or presenting us with your credit card information in our registration office, Room 20, January Hall. The credit card page will have a text box for entering the amount to put on the credit card. Then click the "I authorize this method of payment" button. You will then be taken to the website of our credit card processor, Cashnet, where you will enter credit card information, review your payment, and be prompted to click a "Continue Registration" button to come back to our site.
Check - Click this to indicate that you will pay by mailing or presenting a traditional check in our registration office, Room 20, January Hall. After entering the appropriate payment information, click “I authorize this method of payment."
WU Benefit Plans – Washington University employees and others who are eligible for the Washington University tuition benefit should click this button. Click the appropriate tuition benefit, read the applicable information, verify that you understand this payment option, and then click “Add Method of Payment”.
Employer Assistance Plans – Click this button if your employer offers a tuition reimbursement plan. Read the applicable information, enter your employer information and the amount the employer will reimburse, and click “Add Method of Payment”. Additional documentation must be submitted.
Financial Aid – Click this button if you have been awarded financial aid or scholarships. Read the applicable information and enter the award type and amount. Then, click “Add Method of Payment”.
Senior Citizens – Click this button if you are age 60 or older enrolling for credit. Read the applicable information and click “I Authorize this Method of Payment”.
U City Teachers – Click this button if you are a teacher in the University City School District. Read the applicable information and click “I Authorize this Method of Payment”.
Step 3: Your payment(s) will be added to the “Payments” sections of the Checkout page. Continue adding payment until your “Total Due” is zero. Then, click “Continue Checkout”.
Step 4: Review approvals needed and confirm whether you are currently a student at another college or university where you plan to use these courses to satisfy a degree requirement.
This is informational, to let you know that before your registration can be processed, certain University College administrators must give their approval. Common approvals needed are verification of financial aid, verification of employer tuition payment, verification of Washington University employee status, permission to take graduate classes if you are not officially admitted to the graduate program, or advisor permission to take more than the stated number of credit units.
Step 5: Click "Process Registration" and print out that page. Remember, if you have "approvals needed," your registration does not go through until we have looked at your registration and approved it. Administrators here look at the pending registrations every day, but feel free to call or e-mail to let us know you are waiting. Until you get a confirmation e-mail from us, or until you can see your courses listed on your schedule in WebSTAC, YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED IN THE COURSE(S), NOR IS A SEAT IN YOUR REQUESTED COURSE(S) "HELD" FOR YOU.
Dropping/Withdrawing from a Course:
Step 1: Go to https://acadinfo.wustl.edu/ucollege
Step 2: Click "Schedule" in upper right, directly beneath the red bar.
Step 3: Click "Drop" next to the appropriate course.
Step 4: Confirm your request by clicking "Drop Course."
Courses lasting less than 8 weeks (Fall & Spring) and Session 5 courses (Summer) must be dropped manually using this form (click here). Fax the completed form to University College, Room 20, at (314) 935-6744. Your drop will be processed on the date it is received. This form may also be used to change your grade option.
To Register In-Person
If you cannot register online, visit the University College office, January Hall, Room 20, to complete your registration in person.
If you have any questions, please contact us:
University College
January Hall, Room 20.
Hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m., Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Telephone: (314) 935-6700; toll-free at 1-866-340-0723
Fax: (314) 935-6744
E-mail: ucollege@artsci.wustl.edu.
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