Registration Help and FAQ
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The ÂÜÀòÉç-Dearborn Catalog is a fundamental source of information concerning academic opportunities, policies, regulations, and procedures.
Key Term Definitions
Students should be familiar with the following key terms and their definitions pertaining to the University of Michigan-Dearborn registration process.
Academic advising should be sought from the student’s college or graduate department office prior to registration.
Students may elect a maximum of 18 credit hours in a given semester. Students should contact their college for policies and procedures regarding electing hours in excess of the maximum.
Continuing students who are eligible to register will receive an email notifying them that registration is beginning. Registration dates are based on the number of credits toward program you currently have. You can determine your registration date based on credit toward program as listed in the "Registration Timetable." New students and those participating in non-traditional programs will receive written information regarding their registration appointment time.
Engineering Students are not permitted to elect courses Pass/Fail. For students who wish to elect the course for audit, please check with your college for its policy on electing a course for audit. Electing a course for audit requires permission of the instructor. The Web system will allow a student to select a course with the pass/fail or audit grading option.
Students will not be allowed to register if they have a hold credit. A hold credit could result from having outstanding financial obligations to the university, academic probation, mandatory advising or other academic or non-academic conditions that require resolution prior to registration. Students eligible to use Web registration can check their holds via "" The "View Your Holds" page is located in the secure area within the Student Records section.
Late Registration begins on the day after the add/drop deadline (after the second week of classes for a full term and the first week of classes for a half term). Students are required to have the appropriate instructor signatures for all courses they wish to late register and must petition through their academic college to request to late register. If approved, the late registration will be routed to the Registrar’s Office for processing and a $25.00 late registration fee will be assessed to the student’s account.
Observe all prerequisites and comments listed in the Schedule of Classes and Undergraduate or Graduate Catalog, or the "Course Descriptions" section. Special attention should be given to courses in which a concurrent election is required (e.g., Chemistry 134). For such courses, the student must also register for the Recitation/Laboratory if different from the course reference number (CRN) for the lecture. The system will prevent students from registering for courses for which the proper corequisites and prerequisites are missing. Any exceptions to the rule require approval from the department or college offering the course. If permission is granted, the department or college may override a prerequisite electronically or may require that the student obtains written permission. Written permission is required to elect a course without its required corequisites. Courses that require written permission must be elected at the Enrollment Services counter (1169 UC).
Students in the College of Business are able to pre-select College of Business courses (for further information, please contact the College of Business). Preselected courses are official registrations.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn offers eligible students two options for registration:
- Walk-in
- Web*
Please see Registration Instructions for more information.
*All students (with the exception of students in some non-traditional programs) who have been enrolled at least once in the last three terms, new graduate students and readmitted students who do not have financial obligations, academic holds, or other registration restrictions are eligible to register via the Web.
Students will not be allowed to register for courses that conflict in time. Students should contact their college for policies and procedures regarding courses with time conflicts.
Current tuition and fees are available in the "Tuition and Fees" section. Please visit the "Payment Policy" section or the Student Accounts Office for the Tuition and Fee Payment Policy.