1. Current Students: Registration and Overrides

Current Students: Registration and Overrides

Registration and Overrides

Need and override or having difficulties with registration? Start on this page. Identity the registration error below before submitting the FWCS override request form, which is the last link on this page.

Many registration processes have undergone enormous changes in the last couple of weeks. Some of these changes are important to all students so please read this email even if you do not plan to register in summer or fall terms. I strongly recommend scheduling an advising appointment with your advisor to make sure you are on track and understand these changes.

This information is provided in these sections.

  1. No More PINS -  PINS replaced by Registration Holds
  2. Phase I and Phase 2 Registration Changes
  3. New Restrictions on Classes
  4. How to Prepare for Fall Term Advising and Get Needed Overrides
  5. Corvallis Students Only – Class and Override Updates - see separate section

This information can also be found on this page so bookmark it: https://fwcs.oregonstate.edu/fwcs/current-students-registration-and-overrides

  1. No More PINS -  PINS replaced by Registration Holds
  1. You will no longer require a 6-digit PIN number to register for classes. The PIN has been replaced with a registration hold. If you have checked MyDegrees or Beaver Hub, you can see that you now have a hold. Your advisor can clear this hold using the same process that we used to issue PINS. You still need to update your MyDegrees planner and to consult with your academic advisor for the hold to be lifted. Your advisor lifts the hold after they approve your updated academic planner.
  1. The hold will prevent you from registering at the beginning of fall registration in Week 8 (May 19th for fall term). This is why you can register for summer classes even if you have the hold. You will NOT be able to register for fall or summer classes after the start of fall registration until the hold is released. This hold should also NOT affect your ability to withdraw or S/U a class up to the deadline at the end of Week 7. Make sure to talk to your advisor if you are considering withdrawing from or S/Uing a class. https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/priority-registration

 

  1. Phase I and Phase 2 Registration Changes.

This change is so new that even advisors were not informed until the end of Week 3 so if you already met for fall term advising and your advisor talked about Phase I and II, it was because the changes had not been implemented yet. In fact, the Schedule of Classes still refers to Phase I and 2 but should be updated in the next couple of weeks.

What’s Changed?

  1. Phase I is now called Priority Registration. You can register for up to 19 credits and you can waitlist classes that allow waitlisting. Some classes will not have waitlists available until Week 10 and this will be noted in the Schedule of Classes  - Class Notes. https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/priority-registration  Just because you can register for 19 credits does not mean you should. Please see below for more information about how to decide on your appropriate credit load.
  1. Priority registration times are still assigned based on the number of credits you have earned and your class status. Therefore, seniors will still register first and first-year students last. Post-baccalaureate students still register on Day 3. This registration window will start on Monday of Week 8 and end at the end of Week 9 (Sunday). Check your registration status by logging into Beaver Hub for the date and time when you can register.  Under Academic Resources, select Check Your Registration Status.
  2. Phase 2 priority registration has been eliminated. If you are not allowed to register for a class during the main registration period in Weeks 8 and 9, you must wait until the beginning of Week 10 to register for or waitlist a class. That is Monday, June 2nd for fall term. This will most affect Corvallis-campus students who will not be allowed to register for or waitlist Ecampus classes until the beginning of Week10. See more about this under Corvallis Campus Students Only below.

 

III.  New Restrictions on Classes

FW 209 – All students require advisor permission register for FW 209 now. This is known as a SAPR – Department Approval. Make sure that if you plan to take FW 209 in fall term, you talk to your advisor. Corvallis students cannot register for the Ecampus section.

Who should take FW 209?

Continuing students: you are a sophomore or junior who completed your science foundation classes (especially chemistry) and will be actively seeking an internship in the next 6 months, then you can request approval to register for FW 209. The goal of this class is to help you prepare for internships; taking the class too early is not beneficial.

Note: All students will see these restrictions and if you do not need CORE classes or FW 107, then your advisor will facilitate the necessary overrides in addition to the SAPR department approval. Remember, only students admitted or readmitted in summer 2025 or later are required to meet CORE Education requirements.

New Students: Students admitted to OSU in summer 2025 or later will also need to meet certain CORE ED requirements before taking FW 209. The exception is post-baccalaureate students.

Other Enforced Prerequisites

All students require FW 488 and this class is intended to be taken at the end of your program. To make sure students who are within three terms of graduating can get into FW 488 all students require advisor permission register for FW 488. This is known as a SAPR – Department Approval. You should have completed FW 320 and FW 321 and be within 3 terms of graduating for this approval. Corvallis students should plan to take this class in spring term on campus and will only receive an override to take the class via Ecampus if they have met the prerequisites and will graduate before spring term.

FW 320 and FW 321: now require the completion of the majors-level biology series. See section below for biology overrides.

All 300-level vertebrate biology and systematics classes (e.g., FW 317 and FW 311), FW 370 and FW 427 require the completion of majors-level biology. Not all 300-level classes have these prerequisites so check the Registration Restrictions section of the Schedule of Classes. See section below for biology overrides.

Most 400-level and FW 345 classes require the completion of FW 321 or BI 370 (these classes are prerequisites and cannot be taken at the same time. Policy classes like FW 415 do not require FW 321 or BI 370 so check the Registration Restrictions section of the Schedule of Classes.

FW 345 – Global Change Biology will no longer meet the Contemporary Global Issues (CGI) synthesis requirement. If you took the class in spring 2025 or earlier, FW 345 will meet CGI. This class will be required for all new students, and we encourage current students to take this class to meet advanced core or specialization requirements.

 

IV. How to Prepare for Fall Term Advising and Get Needed Overrides

Make sure to understand the changes to registration outlined above before contacting your advisor to release your registration hold. Corvallis students: Check the section below about campus restrictions and new class offerings.

Registration for fall starts Monday, May 19th but check your registration day and time below.  Classes fill fast so check your priority registration time and register on time.  

  1. Check your registration status by logging into Beaver Hub for the date and time when you can register.  Under Academic Resources, select Check Your Registration Status. 

 Not sure who your advisor is? Check MyDegrees in the first block that has your name, student level and campus information. For Corvallis and Ecampus students with Misty, Yuana, Erica, Liz, or Whitney as your advisor, you can schedule within Beaver Hub.

For current Corvallis students with faculty advisors, your advisor will either email you directly or have appointment times available on Beaver Hub and provide appointments between Weeks 6-8. Note: Not all faculty advisors can be scheduled through Beaver Hub so wait until they contact you before trying to schedule an appointment. 

  1. Review the degree requirements on this page, Current Student: Program and Registration.  This page contains information about how to prepare for registration and receive your registration PIN.
  2. Browse the Schedule of Classes at https://classes.oregonstate.edu/  for class availability.
  3. Check the Overrides and Other Course Restrictions section of the Schedule of Classes and this document before submitting an override request on this page Current Student: Program and Registration. You need an override if you did not take all your general biology classes at OSU (see image below for example restrictions). Get overrides BEFORE registration begins.  

 Do not submit an override request for classes from other departments. You can find contact information for other departments in the advising guide and in the schedule of classes.  

Look for other registration restrictions such as campus, major or class level. Review the Registrar's guide to registration errors before contacting your advisor if you receive an error when registering.   https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/common-registration-errors
 

Special Note about Ecampus Botany Classes! Due to capacity issues, Ecampus sections of many botany classes are limited to Ecampus students within the Botany major. In spring term, BOT 321 – Plant Systematics, BOT 331 - Plant Physiology, and BOT 341 - Plant Ecology are restricted. We cannot grant overrides into these classes, but we can facilitate an override if you are close to graduation. You must tell your advisor you need the class for graduation within 1-3 terms. They will note this in MyDegrees and then you can request the major and/or campus restriction using this form.  BOT course override requests  Do this BEFORE registration starts or the class may fill before you can get the override.

Need refresher on how to register for classes? Use the tutorials and learning resources on the Registrar's page: How to Register 

You can register for up to 19 credits priority registration. If a class is full but has a waitlist, you can add yourself to the waitlist during this time. This is a heavy load in the quarter system and we do not recommend registering for more than 17 credits.   Choose a reasonable course load in consultation with your advisor and Please do not  register for extra credits to hold places in classes. Other students need these classes too.

You cannot register for classes with campus restrictions before Week 10 of the term (June 2nd).

Academic Calendar: You can review start and end dates for here. Make sure to select 2025 for the upcoming terms: https://registrar.oregonstate.edu/osu-academic-calendar 

Graduation. If you will be graduating in fall 2025, winter or spring 2026 term, discuss your final class selections with your advisor. Corvallis campus students should email me for a graduation audit.  

For general information on how to prepare for fall registration, please see Fall Term Updates to Registration Process link.

The Registrar’s Office informed Corvallis campus students that they will no longer be able to register for Ecampus classes during  Priority Registration (formally Phase I). You will be able to register for most Ecampus classes at the beginning of Week 10 each term (June 2nd for fall term registration). Because of the changes to waitlisting, you cannot waitlist classes these classes until June 2nd, even though the waitlist will be available before then.  This page to for Corvallis students who wish to register for an Ecampus class during the Priority Registration period.

The FWCS department added enforced prerequisites to most classes to make sure that Ecampus students can only register for these classes if they are qualified by prerequisites. Nevertheless, we expect some popular classes to be closed by the start of Week 10.

When and How to Get Priority Overrides for Ecampus Sections

When You Receive Overrides. We are allowed to grant priority overrides for Corvallis students to register for Ecampus sections if they are within 3 terms of graduating and the class will not be offered on the Corvallis campus before their graduation term. Some classes are never offered on campus (e.g., FW 475 and FW 427) so you must be within three terms of graduating to get a priority override for these classes.

How to Receive Overrides

  1. Have your MyDegrees Planner Updated through graduation. The planner should provide a reasonable and feasible set of classes placed in the terms they are offered and at 19 credits or fewer per term. See below for why you are limited to 19 credits. If a class is offered on campus, that is the term you should plan to take it. For example, FW 321 is offered in fall now and FW 488 is offered in spring.
  1. Your advisor should be able to determine that you can graduate with the planned classes within 3 terms and that any classes that need priority overrides must be taken in the planned term. A few classes are coming on campus in 2025-26 so you may not need a campus override (see below).
  2. Please follow either Step 1 or 2 below depending on who is listed as your advisor in MyDegrees.
    1. For students with Faculty Advisors (Doug Reese, Doug Robinson, Bruce Dugger, Selina Heppell, Scott Heppell, Renee Albertson, or Jonny Armstrong), do the following: After you have completed your planner through graduation, request the campus override for the class you need in fall term. See link at the bottom of this page. We will review your planner and send onto the campus if appropriate. Remember, we can only get a campus override if you need to take the Ecampus class in the term indicated. If a class is offered by another department your advisor will need to note that you require the class to graduate before you can request an override from the other department.
    2. For students with academic advisors (Whitney, Erica, Yuana or Misty), your advisor will submit the campus override request for you. ​ If a class is offered by another department your advisor will need to note that you require the class to graduate before you can request an override from the other department.

Want to take all or most of your classes via Ecampus? Read On.

If taking classes on campus is no longer feasible, you can request that your campus be changed to Ecampus by submitting a request to fw.advising@oregonstate.edu. Be aware that if you choose to take your classes via Ecampus, you will no longer qualify for certain scholarships or have access to some campus services.

University Scholarships: University-level scholarships are tied to your campus. Examples include the Finley, Presidential, WUE and Provost scholarships. You must be a Corvallis campus student to receive these scholarships. Always consult with the Scholarship Office and Financial Aid if you a any questions about scholarship eligibility. Advisors do not have access to this information.

Campus Services:  If you will no longer pay Corvallis campus fees you will not have access to all Corvallis campus services covered by these fees: https://finance.oregonstate.edu/what-are-different-types-mandatory-fees

Academic services such as library access, tutoring and proctoring services are available to all students. All Ecampus students can be part of the degree partnership (DPP) program.

Ecampus Students can take Corvallis Campus Classes. If you opt to change your campus to have more access to Ecampus classes, you can still take most Corvallis campus classes (see registration restriction section of the Schedule of Classes for exceptions). However, if you do choose to take any credits on campus, even a 1-credit PAC class, you will need to pay these fees so do the math and choose which classes to take on campus carefully.

For a full list of classes offered on the Corvallis campus this year, see this page: https://oregonstate.app.box.com/s/2rbuynbd6quvbx8j69arafa5fbu2wk48  Fall classes are listed below.

FW 209 and FW 307 require Advisor approval for all students before registration.

FW 255 – Field Sampling

FW 311 – Ornithology – New for Fall!

FW 312 – Systematics of Birds

FW 321 - Applied Community and Ecosystem Ecology - New for Fall!

FW 340 - Multicultural Perspectives in Natural Resources - New for Fall!

FW 342 – Fish and Wildlife Law and Governance - New Class – required for all new students and can be taken by any FWCS student to meet the Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics requirement.

FW 454  - Fisheries Biology

Classes no longer offered in fall on campus.

FW 315 – Ichthyology and FW 316 – Systematics of Fishes – Moved to spring term.

FW 350 – Endangered Species & Society – No longer offered on campus. FW 342 is offered in fall and can be taken on campus to meet the Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics requirement.

FW 370 will be offered for the first time on campus in winter term and FW 479 is planned on campus in spring term.

See this page for a full list of classes offered on campus during the 2025-2026 academic year.

 

Summer term registration starts Monday, April 14th. Make sure you are ready. Please do not contact your advisor for a PIN. You do not need one for the summer term. We will contact you about advising for fall term advising in the next couple of weeks that includes more information about the switch to holds from PINS.

Summer Term Registration 

Registration for Summer term begins on Monday, April 14th at 8 am Pacific Time. Mark your calendar or set a phone reminder now. Why?

  1. Registration is first-come, first-serve. Need a class to graduate in summer term? You cannot wait. 
  2. Most classes are offered through Ecampus and will fill quickly, sometimes within a few hours of registration opening. See my note below about a few classes that appear to be closed - they will open by May.
  1. You do not need a registration PIN for summer term, but you might need an override. If you took any of your biology classes at another school and the class has an enforced prerequisite of OSU biology courses (e.g., FW 321, BI 370 or FW 316), you NEED an override. Do not wait until April 14th to find out that you can’t register. You can finish your last biology class this term (e.g., BI 223 or BI 206) and register for the class without an override. 
  2. Use the Schedule of Classes to identify the enforced prerequisites for your classes under Registration Restrictions. If one or more of your approved biology classes show as BI LD2 or LDT, use the overrides form on this page for FW classes only: https://fwcs.oregonstate.edu/fwcs/current-students-registration-and-overrides.   We only provide overrides during business hours in the order we receive them. Requests made after Friday at 4 pm may not be answered until Monday morning.

 The Summer Session website has valuable information about planning for Summer term: https://summer.oregonstate.edu/session-schedule Keep in mind that many classes are accelerated, which means 11-week classes are compressed to 3, 4, or 8 weeks. The Drop deadline for Session 2,4 and 5 classes is Day 2 of the term.

 CH 121, CH 122, and CH 123, and BI 221, BI 222, and BI 223 – These entire year-long series are only 11 weeks long. Avoid this and wait until fall for these classes. 

ST 351/352 also is accelerated to 4 weeks on campus and 8 weeks on Ecampus and should be avoided. 

FW classes are generally full-term classes with a few notable exceptions: FW 312 and 318 (vertebrate systematics classes) are 8 weeks long. These are challenging classes so take them another term if possible. FW 418 is four weeks and FW 303 is only 3 weeks long! That is a lot of material in a very short time.

Many general education (bacc core or Core Ed) classes are accelerated in summer. 

How to find 11-week full term classes: 

  1. Open the Schedule of Classes 
  2. Use the drop-down menus to filter by Term and by Campus 
  3. Scroll down to Advanced Search and under “Any Session” select “Full term (11 week)” 
  4. The Ecampus Schedule of Classes also offers a search by session feature so you can find full term (Session 1) classes.  

Be strategic in choosing classes and know your limits. 

  • Take a math if you need it. Classes are offered in the full 11-week term and you will not be taking chemistry or biology. 
  • Mixing accelerated and full session classes is challenging due to different deadlines to add, drop and withdraw. Plan your schedule carefully and check the Academic Calendar for summer deadlines for each session. For example, you must drop 3- and 4-week classes by Day 2 for a refund. Read the syllabus for each class carefully as soon as the class is available.
  • Summer is the first term of the 2025-2026 FAFSA year. Check the Financial Aid website for summer term information. Advisors cannot answer financial aid or tuition questions. 
  • If you have class-related questions, please contact your advisor from your OSU email account and include your Student ID. 

Wondering about Fall term registration? I will send an email about fall term registration to the listserv in the next couple of weeks. Please do not contact your advisor before that time. 

Class Updates for Summer Term. New Enforced Prerequisites!

 All vertebrate biology and systematics classes now require the completion of the majors-level biology series.

FW 320 - Population Dynamics now has the majors level biology series and either MTH 245, 241, 251 or 227 as prerequisites. 

FW 370 – Conservation Genetics will be offered on Ecampus this summer. This class requires the completion of the majors-level biology series, but you can be finishing it this term (e.g., BI 223 or BI 206) and register for the class.

The following classes are currently being approved for required prerequisites (listed next to the class below). It’s going to take another 6 weeks or so for the classes to be approved so we’ve done the following for the summer schedule: 1) set enrollments to 0, and 2) added a note in the Class Notes explaining that the class will open for registration as soon as the prerequisites are approved. I will send an email to the listserv as soon as these classes are available for registration.

Course

Added Required Prerequisite

FW 321

BI 221, 222 and 223 or BI 204, 205 and 206

FW 418

BI370/370H or FW 321

FW 427

BI 22x or BI20x - Cancelled - Offered again in Fall

FW 479

BI370/370H or FW 321

FW 481

BI370/370H or FW 321

FW 324 will also be a Seeking Solutions for new students and will be available in summer as soon as it is updated.

There are classes at Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) for those who can be in Newport this summer. Most classes are intensive field courses and run 3- to 4-weeks: https://maco.oregonstate.edu/coastal-course-roster/course-roster For the first time, FW 289 - Communication Skills for FW Professionals will be offered at HMSC during Session 2 along with BOT 417 - Phycology and OC 332 - Coastal Oceanography.  FW 302 and FW 325 will run in Session 4. These classes require a minimum of 10 students to run so don't delay registering and plan for alternative classes as needed.

Be aware the Integrative Biology Department has major-restricted BI 353 and Z 461 and you must wait until early June to ask for an override to register or waitlist if there is still room. Apply for housing at HMSC by May 16th.

 

 

An enforced prerequisite is a class that you are required to take in preparation for the class you are trying to register for.  Enforced prerequisites are in the Registration Restrictions section of the class information.  For example, if you did not take all your general biology classes at OSU, you will not be able to register for this class without a prerequisite override. You will need an override if any if of your accepted Biology majors-level classes are BI LDT or BI LD2, even you took the other two here.  See image below for example restrictions.

Steps to Getting a Prerequisite Override.

  1. Check the Registration Restrictions Section for your class in the Schedule of Classes. 
  2. If you are not sure you meet the prerequisite requirement, you should add the class to your primary cart (see instructions here). You will see this error if you do not have the prerequisite class: 

  3. Consult with your academic advisor to ensure your class(es) meet the requirement and make sure that they verified that your transfer majors-level biology series is equivalent to the OSU biology series.

    Note: For classes that are co-requisites and can be taken together, such as FW 321 and FW 488, you must register for FW 321 first before FW 488 or you will receive this error. If you are currently taking the prerequisite class, you will also be allowed to register for the next class (e.g., you can register for MTH 241 for the next term if you are registered for MTH 111z in the current term). 

    If you are a guest or non-degree seeking student, see the section below.

  4. If you have met the prerequisite with an approved transfer class, complete the FWCS Override Request Form, which is the last link on this page. Make sure to check for other errors associated with the class (e.g., campus restriction), before completing the form.

Non-degree seeking or Guest Students

Only BA/BS degree seeking students working towards their first OSU degrees generally have transfer classes in MyDegrees. If your prerequisite class is not in MyDegrees, include an unofficial transcript with your override request. We cannot grant prerequisite overrides without evidence of your prerequisite class(es).

A SAPR-Department Approval override is only granted when the student has permission from the instructor to register for the class. FW 209 and 307 and both internship classes, FW 410, have these restrictions and you must receive permission from your academic advisor to register for FW 209 or FW 307. Requests to register for FW 410 must be submitted to the Internship Coordinator after you review the Steps to Complete Your FWCS Internship on this page.

See What to Know about Registering for a Class in Week 2 and Later for Week 2 adds.  

If you are not an FW or FWCS major, you will not be able to register for all FW classes. Classes with this restriction are required for students in the Bachelor of Science program (not minor) and have limited availability. All professional development classes (FW 107, 209 and 307), FW 435 and FW 439, FW 255 (on the Corvallis campus), FW 289, and specialty classes with low enrollment caps (e.g. FW 115 and FW 458) have this restriction.  While these classes can be part of options for related majors, they are only required for FW and FWCS majors.

If you receive the following error "Enrollment is limited to students with a major in Fish, Wildlife & Conserv Scien (018) or Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences (733)", check the class notes. If the restriction expires in Phase 2, you will be able to register for or waitlist the class during your Phase 2 registration time. If the restriction does not expire, the class will not be available for registration. Work with your academic advisor to plan for an alternative class to meet your option requirement.

Related Majors who require an FW class to Graduate. If you receive this error and your academic advisor has determined you need the class to graduate within in the current term, please ask them to contact fw.advising@oregonstate.edu to request the override. We will not provide overrides without contact from your academic advisor.

I am an FW/FWCS major Who cannot register for a Non-FW Class.

If you receive a prerequisite error while attempting to register for a non-FW class (e.g., BI 370, or ANS 311), you must contact their department directly for a prerequisite override. We cannot provide overrides for non-FW classes. 

Make sure that you have met the prerequisite requirement. If you are unsure, consult with your academic advisor before contacting the department. The appropriate contact information or override form will be in the Department Contact(s) section at the bottom of the Schedule of Classes. See the example for BI 370 below. 

Major-Restricted Classes in Other Departments

Other departments must major-restrict some classes for the same reason that we do: to make sure that their students can access required classes. It is critical that you plan classes carefully and consult with your academic advisor about non-FW major-restricted classes. Online Botany classes are often restricted during Phase 1 (but may be restricted in Phase 2 also). If you need one of these classes and you are close to graduating, work with your academic advisor to request overrides into Botany classes. We cannot grant overrides into these classes, but we can facilitate an override if you are graduating within 1-2 terms. Therefore, make sure you have communicated about a restricted botany class in your graduation term to your FWCS Advisor so we can make a MyDegrees note for you. Make sure to do this before submitting the new Botany override form here: BOT course override requests 

Spring 2025 Ecampus sections

FW classes that are offered both on campus and through Ecampus are campus restricted during Phase 1. Wait until Phase 2 to register for or waitlist the class. If you experience a time conflict because two classes you need are offered at the same time, you may be granted an override for the FW Ecampus section. Complete the FWCS Override form and explain the reason for the error. 

Fall 2025 and Later Ecampus sections

Starting in Fall 2025 all Ecampus classes will be restricted to Ecampus students during Phase I registration (that is, students who campus is listed as Dist. Degree Corvallis Student in MyDegrees). The department cannot override this requirement and the restriction will be lifted for most Ecampus classes during Phase 2.   

Several FW classes that our students need are only offered online and we will work with you on how to register for these classes under the following conditions: 

  1. You are within three (3) terms of graduating and the class has limited availability during those terms and is not available on the Corvallis campus. 
  2. You have a complete and accurate graduation plan in your MyDegrees Planner that shows which terms you need the Ecampus class(es). 
  3. You have consulted your academic advisor who confirms that you will need the class(es) in the specified term.   

The department cannot provide the campus override, but we will be formally submitting your requests to the college. Therefore, it is critical that you plan your last few terms carefully and provide enough time for us to secure the necessary override.  

Your advisor can also help you decide on whether changing your campus to Ecampus is beneficial. There are many considerations, but one of the most important will be whether you are receiving a Corvallis-campus university scholarship or other campus-dependent aid.  Examples of these scholarships include, but are not limited to, the Finley, WUE and Provost Scholarships. You cannot change your campus and receive these scholarships.  

Contact the Scholarship Office with specific questions about your scholarship(s) as we do not have access to this information. All other financial aid questions should be directed to the Financial Aid Office. 

If a class is full and there is an active waitlist, you will receive the following error message: Open – Reserved for Wait List. The waitlist is only active during Phase 2. If you receive this message before your Phase 2 registration time, you cannot register.  Add yourself to the waitlist during Phase 2.  

Do not ask for a capacity override for the class instead of going through the waitlist because we do not provide overrides for classes with waitlists.  Classes that do not have a waitlist will show a waitlist capacity of 0. 

For classes without waitlists, capacity overrides are generally not granted unless the class is needed during an FWCS student’s graduation term and the student has instructor permission to add the class. Consult your academic advisor for assistance with capacity overrides if this applies to you.  

There are two registration times listed in Beaver Hub (instructions on how to see these below): 

Phase 1 is the first date that you will be able to register for classes, and up to 16 credits. You are not allowed to register for more than 16 credits during Phase 1 and this cannot be overridden by your advisor. Therefore, prioritize the most important classes you need and register for those classes first. Waitlisting is not allowed during Phase 1. 

Phase 2 is the second date and time in Beaver Hub. This is the time you will be able to waitlist classes that have a Waitlist Capacity >0 and you can register for up to 19 credits. 

If you attempt to register outside of Phase 1 or Phase 2 registration period, you will encounter a Time Ticket error.  There are no exceptions to your assigned registration time. 

How to Check Your Phase 1 and 2 registration Time

Time conflict errors only occur when two Corvallis-campus classes are offered at the same time. You cannot register for two classes if their meeting times overlap, even once, during the term.  

The most common time conflict error where we can provide an override is when a class or FW 410 conference has a meeting time or field trip that occurs once in the term. To receive a time conflict override, you must first contact the instructor of the class you miss by attending the conference or field trip and get their written permission to miss that day of class, forward the approval email to fw.advising@oregonstate.edu from your OSU email account and include your OSU ID with no spaces or hyphens. We will not provide an override without this email. 

For class times that conflict more than once per term (e.g., the last 20 minutes of one class conflicts with the start of another class), you need to receive permission from the instructors of both classes to receive the time conflict override. We can only provide the override for a class offered by the FWCS department. If neither class is offered by this department, you will need to seek the override from the department offering the class after getting the instructors’ permission.  

Waitlisting is now available when you can register during the priority registration period.  If a class has a waitlist, the waitlist capacity will be >0. If there is space on the waitlist, you will see Waitlist Avail >0. Example below: 

Waitlist Capacity: 5
Waitlist Count: 3
Waitlist Avail: 2  

Classes that do not have a waitlist will show a waitlist capacity of 0. 

It is always worth your while to waitlist a class.  Once you get on the waitlist, you must check your email once per day to see if a spot is available. If you do not register within 24 hours of the Registrar sending the notification, you will be removed from the waitlist and your spot will be offered to the next person. Here are the instructions for waitlisting classes.

See the next section to understand why you cannot register for a class even if there appears to be space.  

Assuming that you are not receiving any other error, you may still not be able to register for an open spot during Phase 2. This because if there is anyone on the waitlist, the spot is being offered to a waitlisted student. Please check this before asking your advisor why you cannot register for a class that has an opening.

This is also why you should always waitlist classes if you have that option.  

Example from the Schedule of Classes During Phase 2 Registration Period: 

Status: Open  

Max Enrollment: 40  

Enrollment: 39  

Seats Avail: 1 ← Not available, there are 3 people on the waitlist  

Waitlist Capacity: 5  

Waitlist Count: 3 ← the open spot is being offered to the first person on the waitlist. If that person does not take the spot within 24 hours, the spot will be offered to the second person, etc.  

Waitlist Avail: 2 ← Get on the waitlist if possible (up to 3 classes or sections can be waitlisted)  

Students are allowed to register for up to 19 credits per term. This is a heavy load in the quarter system and we generally do not recommend registering for more than 17 credits.  

If you have a compelling reason to register for up to 22 credits, you need to complete an extra credits petition. Before submitting petition: 

  1. You must have successfully completed full-time classes (at least 15 credits) the previous term with a GPA of 3.0 or higher.  
  2. You have consulted your academic advisor about your planned classes. They will provide valuable insights into the workload associated with major classes.  
  3. If your advisor agrees that taking more than 19 credits is appropriate, then submit an Undergraduate Extra Credits Petition. The College Head Advisor, not the department head advisor, will approve or deny the petition based on your previous academic performance and your academic advisor’s recommendation.  

Students can add a class without instructor approval up to the end of Week 1 each term (for full term, 11-week classes – See Academic Calendar for Non-traditional Class Deadlines). During Week 2, you will receive a SAPR -Department Approval error when registering and must receive instructor approval to add a class. This is to make sure that a student does not add a class that they are already behind in without the opportunity to drop. This is important. If you add a class after Week 1 and then choose to drop it, you will receive a W on your transcript and owe 50% tuition on the class, so pursue this option carefully. The decision to allow a late add is at the discretion of the instructor. 

If you receive instructor permission to register, forward the approval email to fw.advising@oregonstate.edu from your OSU email account and include your OSU ID with no spaces or hyphens. If additional overrides are required for the class (e.g., a prerequisite override), include that information in your email. 

Adding a Class After Week 2

Adds after Week 2 (or earlier depending on the length of the class) require a university petition. These petitions are often not successful because by the end of Week 2 it may be very difficult or impossible to complete the class successfully.  Before initiating a late petition to add, talk to both your academic advisor and contact the instructor.  Instructors never approve these requests unless they have talked to the student about whether they can complete the class with a passing grade. 

After identifying the registration error on this page or the Office of Registrar’s Common Registration Errors page, you can submit the FWCS Override Request Form. It is important to get as much information about the reason you are getting the error before submitting this form.  Complete and accurate requests will be processed within two business days. 

Do NOT use this form to get overrides into classes from other departments (e.g. BI 370, ANS 311, etc.). You can find contact information for other departments in the Schedule of Classes.   

FWCS Override Request Form