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FAS Preregistration Applications

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This guide is written in support of the Yale College Registration activities for creating preregistration applications should you need to limit and manage course enrollments for the coming term.

Early registration period: Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2021

Early registration for rising sophomores, juniors, and seniors will take place from Nov 18 - Dec 15, 2021.

For courses that use Preference Selection & Courses with Early Admission Processes please visit this page.

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Preregistration Recommendations:

  • Manage course enrollments by local and established practice within your department.
  • Use a survey for your student applications. The link to the survey can be posted in Canvas course site's Syllabus tool (making it also visible in Yale Course Search) or emailed directly to students.  It is also advised to put a note in the Class Notes section of the Yale Course Search course record as well.** 
  • Use Section Management* to limit enrollment in lectures through controlling the number of discussion sections available to students. Contact your departmental registrar or administrative assistant for more information.
  • Use Preference Selection* to gather student interest and notify select students that they have a seat in the course offering. 

* The use of the Section Management and Preference Selection systems varies by department, and will require you to work closely with your registrar or administrative assistants in your department.   
This work will need to be completed before preregistration begins.

**Faculty should contact their registrar to get information, including a link to their application, added to Class Notes in Yale Course Search - the registrars will add it to a field called "Section Text" in CourseLeaf WEN, and this will update the Yale Course Search course record.


Please contact your department DUS or DUS Admin Assistant if you have any questions about preregistration process for your course.

NOTE:  Conducting preregistration applications and accepting students does not prevent students from "visiting" your course (formerly "shopping").  Instructors will need to contact students who add the course after selections have been finalized and tell those students to drop the course.  

Talk to your departmental registrar to see if there are options to prevent students from registering for your course without instructor permission.

Informing Students a Preregistration Application is Required

Preregistration requirements can be mentioned in the FAS Expanded Course Description in the Canvas Syllabus tool, but it is also advised to put a note in the Class Notes section of the Yale Course Search course record as well. 

Faculty should contact their registrar to get information added - the registrars will add it to a field called "Section Text" in CourseLeaf WEN, and this will update the Yale Course Search course record.

Creating Your Preregistration Survey

There are several tools that you can use to create your preregistration application survey.  Our recommendation is that you create a Qualtrics Survey which is then linked in your Canvas Syllabus Tool.  This will give your students the most flexibility and the easiest access to your survey.  It also ensures that your students can fill out the form well in advance of being enrolled in your Canvas course site.

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