- Tips
- Quick Guide
- Search Criteria
- Important Information
- Other Registration Terms
- How-To Videos
Tips
- Plan your course selections and schedule in advance of your time-ticket. Using all the registration tools available to you will assist you in building a conflict free timetable that meets all your academic requirements. Some of the tools you will need include:
- The course worksheet tool will allow you to search the class schedule and build multiple draft timetables. Any registration errors that you may encounter with your course selections will also be flagged in the “Warnings” column. As this tool highlights any scheduling conflicts within your timetable, it will also help you resolve any conflicts in your schedule before you register.
- Review your worksheet a few minutes before your time-ticket opens to see if there are any new warnings associated with the classes you want to add (i.e. full classes).
- Once you are satisfied with your course selections, your timetable is conflict and warning free, and your time-ticket has opened, click on the “Proceed to Registration” button. You will be brought to the registration page in Carleton Central where you will see the CRNs (course reference numbers) for the courses already populated in the registration boxes.
- If you encounter registration errors, you will have to reconsider your schedule carefully. You do have a few options when you receive an error message:
- you may try adding a different section or another course to fill your timetable
- you can join a waitlist for courses that are full and that have a waitlist enabled
- you can submit a Registration Override Request for access to a course with restrictions
- After making any registration changes, it is advised that you review your selections thoroughly by running and reviewing your degree audit in Carleton Central to make sure that your courses are counting in your degree the way that you had planned.
Quick Guide
- Log in to Carleton Central.
- Click on “Build Your Timetable/Registration” under the “Registration” section. Choose the term appropriate to you. You will be brought to the class search page where you can enter the fields you wish to search. Remember that registration for the fall and winter terms must be completed separately.
- Narrow your search results with the “Search Criteria” feature. View the “Search Criteria” section on this page for detailed descriptions.
- Once you have completed your search you will arrive on the “Search Results” page and see classes that matched your criteria.
- Check the boxes next to classes you wish to register in. Be aware of restrictions and pre-requisites. Click “Proceed to Worksheet” when you are ready.
- Review your worksheet. Fix any scheduling conflicts that arise. It is recommended that you make multiple worksheets to accommodate for alternative scenarios (i.e. full classes or sections). Save your worksheets.
- When your time-ticket is about to start, double check your course selections to ensure that there are no new warnings. Click on “Proceed to Registration” when your time-ticket has opened and you are ready.
Search Criteria
The following are detailed explanations of the different search criteria that can be used when building your timetable.
- Subject
This is your basic search unit.
You can search for more than one subject at a time by holding down the CTRL key and clicking on subjects you wish to add to your search.
- Course Number/Level
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You can search for all courses in a particular year level.
For example: to search all second-year sociology courses, you would select sociology in the subject field and enter “2” in the course number field.
- Special Criteria
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You can limit the courses displayed to only those courses that still have open spaces in the class by selecting “show only courses open for registration.”
You can also choose to display conflicts between your course selections and your unavailable times.
- Hypothetical Courses from Audit
This option is only available to returning undergraduate degree students. Please visit the Academic Audit page on the Registrar’s Office website to learn more.
Important Information
The following information will help you find and register for courses.
- Using Search Results
There are a few things you should be aware of when viewing your search results:
- Column headings that appear in blue are linked to a page that can provide you with more information.
- The “also register in” notation will tell if you there is another part of the course that you must register in simultaneously.
- Courses may have prerequisites or restrictions. If the course has restrictions, you can see what they are by clicking the “Yes” text below the “Restrictions” column.
You can prepare to add courses to your registration worksheet by clicking the checkbox beside the course. Click the “Proceed to Worksheet” button at the bottom of the page once you have selected the courses that interest you. This will bring you to your draft timetable. Click the “Return to Search” button at the bottom of the page and repeat the previous steps if you wish to add additional classes.
- My Course Worksheet
All of your course selections will appear in a draft timetable. If you have preselected courses (i.e. Engineering), these courses will appear in your worksheet. You should review the course listings to ensure that there are no warnings associated with the courses you have selected.
Make sure to save your worksheets!
It is recommended that you save multiple draft worksheets to prepare you for various registration scenarios. For example, one of your course selections might be full by the time you register. By having an alternative worksheet you will be prepared to complete your registration a lot faster!
- Course Offerings
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The most up-to-date course offerings are available via Carleton Central or the Public Class Schedule.
Please note that the University reserves the right to make changes to the course schedule. Changes may include cancellation of courses, changes to course schedules and/or updating of the various fee schedules. As such, we recommend that you continue to check the course offerings leading up to the beginning of classes to ensure that the courses and sections you intend on taking will be offered during the same time and in the same location as originally planned.
- Course Load (Max Hours)
The number of credits that students can take in a term is different for the fall/winter and the summer terms.
The normal course load limit for undergraduate degree students in the fall and winter terms is 2.5 credits.
The normal course load for special students in the fall and winter terms is 1.0 credit.
The normal Summer course load limit for undergraduate degree students is 2.0 credits and no more than the equivalent of two half-credits in either the Early Summer or Late Summer period (audited courses are included in calculating the course load). A student may apply for an overload to a maximum of 2.5 credits through the Registrar’s Office, 300 Tory Building. For details on criteria for overload privileges, please consult the Undergraduate Calendar (Academic Regulations, Section 2.1.4).
The normal Summer course load for special students is 1.0 or one half-credit course in either the early summer or late summer period. For details, please consult the Undergraduate Calendar (Academic Regulations, Section 6.5).
- Full Session Courses
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Some courses begin in September and run until April. These are called full session courses. When planning your timetable, you must add the same section of the course in both the fall and the winter session to your worksheet. When you add the fall session to your worksheet, the warning message “This is a full session course. Register in the same section for both the Fall and Winter” will appear in the warnings column, but this Will NOT prevent your registration in the course.
When your time-ticket opens and you proceed to register, you will automatically be registered in the winter portion of the course when you successfully add the fall portion.
- Conflicts
Scheduling conflicts will appear in red and must be resolved before registering as per university policy. It is recommended that you view multiple weeks of your timetable to ensure that you do not have any conflicts.
There are a few instances where a scheduling conflict will be permitted. For example, a VOD section of a course may be offered at the same time as an in-class lecture section. These conflicts are permissible conflicts and will appear in your schedule in green. It is important to note that although you will be permitted to register in these conflicts, you are responsible for meeting all academic requirements of these courses, including examinations.
Other Registration Terms
There are a number of other registration terms that you may encounter. You may visit the Registration Terminology page for a list of further terms.
How-To Videos
These quick videos will walk you through all of the processes related to preparing your worksheet and registering for courses.
Registration Step 2: Build Your Timetable/Registration | Carleton Central How-To (YouTube)
How to Do a Class Search | Carleton Central How-To (YouTube)
How to Use Your Draft Worksheet | Carleton Central How-To (YouTube)
How to Drop a Class | Carleton Central How-To (YouTube)
How to Change a Lab or Tutorial | Carleton Central How-To (YouTube)
How to Manage Unavailable Times | Carleton Central How-To (YouTube)
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