Monday, April 23 – Monday, April 30 Rising sophomores, juniors and seniors will preregister in PeopleSoft.

• There are no enrollment caps or instructor consent flags on courses at this point.
• Faculty can check the progress of enrollments and class rosters using the PeopleSoft/FACSIS Faculty Center.

May 1 – July 8   First-year preregistration and department review of enrollments

• Incoming first-year preregistrations are added to courses, beginning June 25th.
• Department chairs review preregistration demand.  Some courses may be cancelled, some meeting times may be changed or extra sections may be added for high demand courses.
• Multi-sectioned courses will be balanced (first pass).

Monday, July 9 – Monday, July 30 Instructor review of course enrollments.

• Registration will be open to incoming first-year students, but closed to upperclass students.
• Enrollment caps have been set on courses at this point.
• Instructors with overenrolled courses will receive class lists from the Registrar’s Office for review and selection of students.  Any student dropped from overenrolled courses will be notified by e-mail.  This review of overenrolled courses must be completed by July 30.  Except for placement or prerequisite issues, it is not appropriate to drop students from courses after July 30.
• Instructor consent flags are set on overenrolled courses when students are dropped.  Department chairs or individual instructors may request an instructor consent flag on other courses, where it seems appropriate.

Tuesday, August 7 - Sunday, August 19 - Registration is open in PeopleSoft

• Registration will open to students dropped from overenrolled or cancelled courses on August 7; registration will open to all students on August 14.
• Students will receive an e-mail just prior to re-opening registration indicating that their current enrollment is secure. No further drops may be made by instructors, except for placement or prerequisite issues.
• Students may make changes to registration within the constraints of any enrollment caps and instructor consent flags set.  Students may be contacting instructors with closed or instructor consent courses asking to be on waitlists.

August 20 – September 3  Registration is closed in PeopleSoft

• Multi-sectioned courses are balanced (second pass).
• Lab and conference enrollment caps are set where needed to control balance; virtual sections are created.

Tuesday evening, September 4 – Friday, September 14  PeopleSoft is open for Drop/add.

• Students may make registration changes online within the constraints of any enrollment caps and instructor consent flags set.
• Students will be contacting instructors with closed or instructor consent courses for permission to add courses.
• First class meetings are on Thursday evening, September 6, or Friday, September 7.

Monday, October 29  Preregistration for Spring 2013 will begin.

If you have any questions concerning this Registration Timeline, please email Mary.L.Morrison@williams.edu or call the Registrar’s Office at extension 4286.