Priority registration in many courses will be given to students who meet specified programs of study, such as admission to a degree program (including diplomas and certificates) and certain majors, minors or concentrations.

Reserves and restrictions may vary according to course section. You should check all sections of a course to determine if you are eligible to register for it.

If you change your academic program after registering, any course reserves or restrictions in effect will be enforced. When your program change is processed, your registration will be reviewed and any course section for which you do not meet course reserve or restriction requirements will be dropped from your schedule.

At the academic unit's discretion, reserved seating and course restrictions may be lifted at the end of the day on which all undergraduate students have had the opportunity to register (see Important Dates and Deadlines for the specific date each semester). Check the online course listing under RESV LFTD to see if a course reserve is scheduled to be lifted. Check the course attributes in Memorial Self Service for the attribute Course Restr to be lifted to see if restrictions will be lifted. See below for a detailed explanation of how reserved and restricted courses work with waitlists.

Reserved Courses

Reserves are indicated, below the course, in the online course listing. For example, under COMP 2650 you may see:

RESERVED FOR: MAJOR BDIE BIOC BIOL etc.

This means that students who have declared majors in Dietetics, Biochemistry, or Biology, etc., will be given priority in registering for this course.

If you see

MAJOR: ANTH
MINOR: ENGL

the course will be reserved for students who have declared a major in anthropology and a minor in English.

If you see

DEGREE: BSH
MAJOR: PHYS

the course will be reserved for students pursuing a bachelor of science (honours) with a major in Physics. Check the reserve codes table for possible reserve entries.

If you were wait-listed for a course which was initially reserved, you may automatically become registered for that course after this date if the reserve is lifted. Check Memorial Self Service for your registration status after reserves are lifted.

Restrictions

If a course has restrictions, you will not be able to add this course to your registration.  You may see a SR code where the checkbox should be to select a course, or you will receive one of the following errors when trying to register:

• Campus Restriction
• Cohort Restriction
• Degree Restriction
• Field of Study Restriction

You can view all course restrictions by clicking on the CRN in a course list.

Then click the course title.

All the course restrictions are listed at the bottom.

You cannot waitlist for a course if you do not meet the course restrictions.  If the course is set to have the restrictions lifted, return to self-service at the conclusion of undergraduate registration and see if seats are available.