PRE-REGISTRATION FOR SPRING IS MANDATORY

Pre-registration is mandatory for all students, graduate and undergraduate, unless you are an undergraduate studying abroad in the spring semester.  Prior to pre-registration, students should check Banner to see if they have financial or other holds that would block them from registering. 

Students will be prevented from pre-registering for Spring 2020 classes if they owe a student account balance of $1,000 or more, or they have failed to provide their social security number as requested. The Bursar Office has sent out detailed information regarding these holds. Please contact bursar@brown.edu for additional information.

Pre-registration for the spring 2020 term will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5th*. Initial access to the registration system will be staggered as follows: 

Graduate students: Tuesday, November 5   8 a.m. 

Undergraduates whose semester level in Spring '20 will be:

            07 and above               Tuesday, November 5            8 a.m.

            05 and 06                    Wednesday, November 6       8 a.m.

            03 and 04                    Thursday, November 7           8 a.m.

            Everyone else              Friday, November 8                8 a.m.

*all days and times are Eastern Time

Once registration opens for your cohort, you may add or drop courses and change grade options at any time until registration is turned off at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, November 12th.

End of Pre-Registration 

At 5 p.m., Tuesday, November 12th, online pre-registration for the spring  will be closed. After that, no changes to your spring schedule can be made until Wednesday, January 22nd. 

Students who fail to pre-register by the November 12th deadline will have a $15 failure to pre-register fee automatically charged to their student account.

Incoming Transfer Students

Please note incoming transfer students starting in spring 2020 will not pre-register in November but will pre-register separately before the start of the spring term.

Registration Restrictions and Instructor Overrides

Courses with restrictions (pre-reqs, semester level, etc.) will allow enrollment only to students who meet the restriction parameters.  Courses with limited enrollment will allow registrations only until that limit has been reached.  Students may not register for multiple courses meeting at the same time.

If you wish to register for a course for which instructor permission is required or for which there is a registration restriction, you will not be permitted to do so unless and until the instructor has approved an override. If you need to request an override, you can make the request directly through Courses@Brown when you add the course to your cart. Be aware that an approved override does not itself register you for the course, however, you will be able to register after the override has been approved.

Please Note: The University considers it a violation of its policy concerning the acceptable use of technical resources to create or utilize an automated solution to attempt to register for courses in Banner.  The use of such automated tools gives the user an unfair advantage over other students and increases the possibility of system degradation or failure.   Students who are found to have used such an application will lose their ability to register online for the rest of the semester in question.

Need Help?

If you have a registration or course related question, contact the Banner Registration Hotline at 401-863 -2300 or registrar@brown.edu.  For technical questions, contact the CIS Help Desk at 401-863-4357 or help@brown.edu. Assistance will be available to students between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.