The first year students are now in the pre-registration cycle. Dean Tanesha Leathers has been in contact with your students through her weekly email and blog post about the course registration process. For your reference, I am including some information about process as well as helpful links.
Course registration at Wesleyan is a three-step process. The first step of this process, which opened on July 12, is Pre-Registration Planning.
During pre-registration planning, your student will be selecting courses of interest and ranking them in their preferred order. They will be asked to build full list(s) to maximize their chances of getting a desirable schedule during the scheduling process.
Once planning closes, the scheduling process will be run. Your student’s schedule schedule will be viewable on August 6. Once your student’s schedule is available, they will be able to prepare for the Adjustment Period, which is the second part of the registration process and takes place August 9-12. During the adjustment period your student will be able to make modifications to the schedule that has been assigned to them, pending approval from their faculty advisor.
The third step of the course registration process is the Drop/Add Period, which will take place from August 30 – September 17. During drop/add courses can be added and dropped from your student’s schedule with the approval of the instructor and your faculty advisor.
As the summer progresses, your student will receive email for updates from the Registrar’s Office as we enter into each phase of the course registration process.
There are a few curricular pathways that require special attention, such as pre-health, pre-law and dual degree engineering programs. There is a three-year option. There are three majors that require declaration during the spring semester of the first year: College of Social Studies, College of Letters and the College of East Asian Studies.
For your reference, you can find advice stored in online resources (Faculty & Student Advising Handbook, Advising Guidelines) and blog posts that exist permanently on the web. In addition, Academic Peer Advisors (APAs) will provide additional advice with opportunities to have your student’s questions answered in real time during live virtual talks.
Parents are also welcome to visit Dean Tanesha Leather’s blog for the students in the Class of 2025 for additional information and resources.