By Alex Rake (The Cascade) – Email
Print Edition: November 5, 2014
The Winter 2015 timetable has been released, and it’s time to start thinking about organizing yourself for the coming semester — especially if you’re graduating!
Some find the UFV website difficult to navigate, which may make it frustrating when you’re trying to register for the next semester. To ease the pain, start picking courses early.
A good practice for those registering online is to look at the timetable before your registration time, and map out a few different course combinations, writing down the course titles and numbers, class times, professors, and CRNs. As soon as your registration time comes around, there is a place on the online registration page where you can type in CRNs to claim courses as quickly as possible, forgoing the complicated clicks and searches that can add extra time to the process. By having a few back-up schedules already prepared, there will be far fewer moments of anxious scrambling for a course that fits into your timetable.
Also, keep UFV’s $200 deposit requirement in mind — it has the same processing wait time as your other fee payments (five business days for online banking), and needs to fully paid before you can register for classes.
If you find yourself on a waitlist, remember that people drop off waitlists all the time. If the waitlist has over 20 people on it, it’s probably your best bet to move on to the next course — but if the semester rolls around and you are something like fifth on the list, you’re more likely than not to get on the attendance list. Of course, this all depends on the nature of the course, classroom, and instructor.
If you plan on graduating next semester, it’s best to submit your graduation request to the Office of the Registrar before April 1, while the submission fee is only $25; after that, the fee is $75. The absolute deadline to submit your graduation request is May 1. Make sure all your program requirements are covered by April 30, the time grades have to be in for the Winter semester.
If you have any questions about your program requirements or registration in general, book an appointment with your academic advisor as soon as possible. Visit www.ufv.ca/aac/ to find out who your advisor is and what they can do for you. There is also a list of support services available on the webpage.
Start preparing now for registration and graduation to avoid any unexpected hassle, and you will be ahead of the game in getting the courses you want and need.
