Class Restriction
Only students who will be in a particular class code may register. This means that if a course requires junior standing, and your classification after successful completion of the current term will only place you at sophomore standing, you may not register without obtaining a “Class Override" from the department Chair.
Students may determine their "
Class for Registration Purposes" by clicking "Check Your Registration Status" within Registration Tools in NOVASIS.
College Restriction
Only students in a particular college or department, as designated, may register. For example, if you are currently in the College of Arts and Sciences and wish to register for a specific engineering course restricted to students in the College of Engineering, you will need a "College Override" from the College of Engineering.
Students can determine which courses carry a College restriction by reviewing the
Restrictions tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Department restriction
Only students pursuing majors and minors in a particular department may register for this course. If a student outside of the named Department wishes to take the course, they should seek a "Department Override" from the department Chair.
Students can determine which courses carry a Department restriction by reviewing the
Restrictions tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Duplicate Course error message
Students may only register for a single section of a course.
If a student wishes to register for two Topics courses that carry the same Subject and Course Number, they should seek a "Duplicate Course Override" from the department Chair.
Major Restriction
The course is reserved for a certain set of majors. You may receive this error if you have not yet declared your major, or you have a different major than required by the course. Contact the course department for assistance.
Students can determine if a course has Major restrictions by reviewing the
Restrictions tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Pre-requisite error message
You do not currently meet the requirements of the course; prerequisites may be found in the course catalog. Often courses have pre-requisites, such as successful completion of Calculus I in order to register for Calculus II.
Students can determine if a course has Prerequisites by reviewing the
Prerequisites tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Co-requisite error message
Often courses have corequisites and these may be found in the course catalog. NOTE: You must add all corequiste courses to your registration in order to successfully register. You will receive an error message if you attempt to register for only one of the corequisite sections. The error message will indicate which correquisite is missing.
Students can determine if a course has Corequisites by reviewing the
Corequisites tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Time Conflict error message
The class times for two courses overlap or are at the same time (you can’t be in two places at once). It is important to note that there is no way to override a Time Conflict.
Approval error message
The course requires special approval from a specific party in order to register. The error message should indicate whose approval should be sought.
Students can determine if a course requires special Approval by reviewing the
Restrictions tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Attribute error message
The course is limited to students with a specific student attribute. You may not register without obtaining an “Attribute Override" from the department.
Students can determine which Attributes are associated with each course by reviewing the
Attributes tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
There are no available seats in this course. You may not register without obtaining a “Capacity Override" from the department. Note that capacity overrides are often impossible if there is not a classroom available that can accommodate the overload.
Students can determine the seat availability by reviewing the
Enrollment/Waitlist tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.
Repeat error message
This course has already been completed and is not eligible to be repeated for credit. Please review the
Repeating Course Policy in the Catalog.
Reserve Closed error message
Departments can set aside a certain number of seats reserved for a specific population of students including, but not limited to, major, college, cohort, or classification on a course. If you receive a "Reserved Closed" error, that means that there are only reserved seats for the specific population that the department has set aside for left to be filled.
Students can determine whether a course has reserved seats by reviewing the
Section Description tab in
Class Details when searching for courses.