How to Register in Courses

Transfer Equivalencies 

Upon receipt of an application for admission and an official transcript from each current or previously attended post-secondary institution, transfer course equivalencies are assessed.

To be considered for transfer equivalency, each course must have been completed at a recognized accredited post-secondary institution with a minimum passing grade.
Regardless when a course was completed, normally it may be considered for a transfer equivalency. However, limitations do exist for time-sensitive courses, e.g. Computer Science, Midwifery, Nursing, and Science. Refer to Transfer Credit Assessment within individual program requirements.

You can view your transfer equivalencies through MyMRU. Only courses which have been assessed by the appropriate Chair and for which an equivalency exists are listed.

  1. Log into MyMRU
  2. Click on the Student Resources
  3. Click on Online Services
  4. Click on Transfer Equivalencies

Unspecified Equivalency

Transfer equivalencies are either direct* equivalents to specific Mount Royal courses or unspecified courses at the appropriate post-secondary level. Courses granted unspecified equivalents are indicated as XXXX, 1XXX, 2XXX, 3XXX. An unspecified transfer equivalency may satisfy an Elective but not a specific course requirement.

Courses completed in academic disciplines at the university level which are not offered by MRU are considered as an unspecified transfer equivalency.

If the transfer equivalency assigned by MRU is unspecified and you think it might transfer as a direct* equivalent, you need to provide the detailed course outline for assessment.
A detailed course outline includes: course outline, weekly structure, textbook(s), reading requirements, learning outcomes and instructor qualifications. Web or calendar descriptions are not accepted due to minimal content.

Email the detailed courses outlines to transfercredit@mtroyal.ca. Include your Mount Royal Student ID number in the subject line. For each course, indicate the direct equivalent you are requesting.

Timelines for transfer equivalency assessments:

Semester

Deadline to submit detailed course outline(s) to
transfercredit@mtroyal.ca
 

Departmental Decision
finalized by:
 

Fall April 15 June 15
Winter                                    October 15           December 15
Spring   February 15  April 15

Failure to submit the detailed course outline by the deadline, may affect whether a course prerequisite has been met. Lack of the course prerequisite would limit your choice of courses when registering and/or result in your removal from a class list. Refer to Prerequisite Checking in this section below.

Transfer Credit

Transfer Equivalencies become Transfer Credit when the course satisfies a graduation requirement. If a higher grade is required to satisfy either course prerequisites or a program continuance (refer to individual program requirements), a transfer course with a minimum passing grade would not satisfy a direct equivalent.

A maximum of 50% of the program to which a student is officially admitted may be completed as Transfer Credit.

Assessed Transfer Credit is viewable in a student’sMyMRU account and mruGradU8 program audit.
 

Maximum course load

Students may register in a maximum of five (5) courses (between 14 and 19 credits) per semester depending on the program of study. Students who have completed all courses in a semester with a grade of "D" or better with a semester GPA of 3.00 or higher at Mount Royal may be permitted to register for course overload the following semester.

Prior to requesting course overload registration, you should review your academic record with your program chair or your academic advisor.

A student with less than satisfactory academic performance may be advised to take a reduced course load for their specific program in the Mount Royal Calendar.

Mount Royal can refuse student requests for course overload. If you have transferred from another institution you are not eligible for course overload in your first semester at Mount Royal.

When to register

Your registration access date is the first day you can register for classes for a specific semester.

New Students
You can register for your courses once you have received an Offer of Admission, paid the $200 Registration Deposit and met with an academic advisor. Details on how to access information on the advising process for your program are included with your Offer of Admission.

Registration usually begins:

  • Fall Semester - mid- April
  • Winter Semester - early to mid- November
  • Spring Semester - end of March or early April

Current Students
Your registration access date is based on the number of credits you have accumulated. Students with the most credits at Mount Royal, and/or transfer credits from previous post-secondary institution(s) are given registration priority. 

Registration for current students begins:

  • Fall Semester - mid- March
  • Winter Semester - mid- October
  • Spring Semester - mid- March

Check registration access date

You can check your registration access date in MyMRU

  1. Click on Student Resources
  2. Click on Registration
  3. Select Term and choose the appropriate term for registration
    Please note, students who are registering for academic upgrading courses must still select the appropriate CREDIT term. (This is the term for which you want to view your registration date.)
  4. Click on Check your Registration Status

Registration Holds

Under Registration Status you will find your registration access date as well as any holds that may be on your account.

If you have any holds which prevent registration, other than an advising hold, you should contact the Registration Help Line for assistance.

Advising Holds are removed after meeting with your academic advisor. Contact your academic advisor for details on advising for your program.

Register Online

Online registration takes place via MyMRU

  1. Click on Student Resources
  2. Click on Registration
  3. Select Term and choose the appropriate term
    Please note, students who are registering for academic upgrading courses must still select the appropriate CREDIT term

If you already have the Course Registration Number (CRN) for the courses you wish to register for, follow the steps below:

  1. Click on the Add/Drop Classes
  2. Select Term and choose the appropriate term
  3. This will bring up an ‘Add Classes Worksheet’, in each of the boxes type in the appropriate CRNs for each course
  4. Click on Submit Changes

Looking up courses
If you do not know the courses you would like to register for you may look up classes that are being offered.
 

  1. Click on Student Resources
  2. Click on Registration
  3. Click on Select Term link and choose the appropriate term
  4. Click on Look up Classes

This page provides the opportunity to search for specific course numbers or all courses in a particular subject area. You may search for courses based on day and time.

The online schedule of classes has several columns of information.

Select: If a course is available for registration this column will have a box beside the course.

There may be codes that appear in this column that may affect your ability to register

C: identifies closed sections
NR: identifies sections that are currently unavailable for registration
SR: indicates that the student is not currently eligible to register (check your registration access date to see when you are eligible to register)

Course information is listed in the columns labeled CRN (Course Reference Number), Subj (Subject), Crse (Course Number), Sec (Section Number), Cred (Course Credits), and Title (Course Title).
Typ: This identifies the type of instruction being offered:

LEC: Lecture
Lab: Lab
Tut: Tutorial
DD: Distance Delivery
BL: Blended Delivery
WKT: Work Term
FLD: Field Work
PRC: Practicum
CLI: Clinical
IDS: Internship
Days: The day(s) that a course is offered is listed in this column
M: Monday
T: Tuesday
W: Wednesday
R: Thursday
F: Friday
S: Saturday
TBA: To be announced

Time: The start and end time of the course
Cap: Class capacity
Act: Actual number of students registered
Rem: Number of open seats remaining
WL Act: Number of students on the waitlist

Please note there may be times when seats are remaining and there are students on the waitlist. The course will be listed as open but students will only have the option of wait listing for that particular section.

Instructor: The instructors name
Date (MM/DD): The day the course starts and ends
Location: Building and room number where the course will be held – Note, the majority of courses are held on the main campus and will be listed as LP (Lincoln Park).
Attribute: Courses that fall into an Arts and Science requirement area or is a General Education courses it will be noted

The online schedule lists any notes that are attached to a course that may affect your ability to register into a particular course. The note will be listed in the same row (or immediately below) as the affected course and/or section. Course notes include information regarding corresponding labs and tutorials; program restrictions and prerequisite checking. If you have questions regarding the notes, contact the Registration Help Line.

Registering for a course from the schedule

  1. Click on the box located in the Select column (if there is no button and a C is listed then the course is full and not currently available for registration)
  2. Click on Register at the bottom of the page OR click on Add to Worksheet
  3. If you choose to register immediately this will take you to the Add/Drop page. If registration was successful it will appear under the heading Current Schedule as Registered Web. If there are errors with registration the course will appear under the heading Registration Add Errors. The course will be listed with the specific error.
  4. If you choose to add the CRN to a worksheet, the CRN will be listed and you can return to Look Up Classes and select other courses.
  5. Once you have selected all the courses you can click on Submit Changes which will take you to the Add/Drop page and list the registrations as well as any errors.

Registration Error Messages

Once you have submitted your course registrations a Current Schedule heading will appear and all of your successful course registrations will be listed with a Registered Web status.

If there are errors with your registration, Registration Add Errors will appear and the courses with errors will be listed.  The exact error will be listed under the status column.

If you exit this screen prior to resolving the error messages, your registration will not be saved.

Registration error messages: why they occur and how to resolve them

Closed-002 waitlisted
This course is full and has two students on the waitlist. You may waitlist for this course by selecting the "Wait Listed" action, then clicking on the Submit changes button (student would be #3 on the waitlist) or drop the class.

Degree/program/major restriction
This course is reserved for students in a specific program of study.

Duplicate CRN
You have chosen a course in which you are currently enroled.  You will need to drop the section you are currently registered for before registering in a new section. 

Link errors
If you receive a Link error, you have attempted to register in one component of a course without the other components; lecture and/or supporting tutorial and/or lab.
L1 Required: the student has not registered in a lecture section
A1 Required: the student has not registered in a corresponding lab
T1 Required: the student has not registered in a corresponding tutorial

Maximum hours exceeded
Full-time students can register in a maximum of five (5) courses.  Part-time students are normally restricted to two (2) courses.  Students enroled in the Open Studies program are allowed to earn a maximum of 30 credits (typically ten, three-credit courses) while enroled as an Open Studies student.  If your registration exceeds the maximum, this error will appear. You should contact the Credit Registration Help Line for registration assistance. 

Only students who have completed all courses in a semester with a grade of "D" or better and have obtained a semester GPA of 3.00 or higher at Mount Royal may be permitted to register for course overload in the next semester.

Prerequisite(s) Required
You are attempting to register for a class that you have not successfully completed the prerequisite.  Refer to the prerequisite checking section for more information.

Time conflict with CRN XXXX
The class with the error message overlaps by day and time with the course indicated. You must choose a different section of this course or a different course altogether. Alternatively, you may choose to modify the section of the conflicting course.

Year of Study

You are attempting to register for a course that is restricted to student in a specific year of study. Year of study is determined by the number of credits you have accumulated.

Please contact the registration administrator for your time ticket
You may have tried registering without selecting the correct registration term. Return to Registration Menu and select the appropriate term.  Or you may be trying to register before your registration access date.

Note: if you exit without resolving registration errors, the registration will be lost.

If you require further assistance contact the Registration Help Line.

Waitlisting for courses

  • You may register in up to five courses (normally between 14 and 19 credits) per semester depending on your program of study. Contact your program advisor if you have further questions or to avoid course overload.
  • If you are waitlisting for courses with an accompanying LAB or TUTORIAL, you must waitlist for the LAB and TUTORIAL at the same time. Failure to do so will result in the waitlisted course being dropped.
  • You are encouraged to create a schedule without time conflicts including courses that are waitlisted. If you are waitlisted for a course that has a time conflict with another course you and you are successfully added to the waitlisted course – a time conflict will now occur. We will leave you in both courses so that you can choose which course is kept in your schedule. You are responsible for resolving the time conflict.
  • You may only waitlist in one section of the same course.

There are two ways to waitlist for a course.

Method One:

  1. Follow the steps to add a class by clicking on the box located in the Select column. (This box will appear for courses that have an established waitlist but there are currently available seats.)
  2. At the bottom of the page click on Register
  3. When the registration is submitted you will be taken to the Add/Drop page and the course will be listed under the Registration Add Errors heading. In the action column there will be a drop down menu with the options None and Waitlisted.
  4. Select Waitlisted
  5. Click on Submit Changes
  6. The course will now appear under the Current Schedule heading as waitlisted with your position on the waitlist

Method Two:

  1. If a course is full and does not have the box allowing you to select it, you can still waitlist for this course by identifying the five digit CRN number.
  2. Go to Add/Drop Classes
  3. Scroll down to the Add Classes Worksheet and type in the CRN in one of the Add Classes boxes
  4. Click on Submit Changes
  5. The requested registration will come back with an error indicating the course is closed. In the action column there will be a drop down menu with the options None and Waitlisted.
  6. Select Waitlisted
  7. Click on Submit Changes
  8. The course will now appear under the Current Schedule heading as waitlisted with your position on the waitlist

Note: if you leave this page without submitting your changes the request to waitlist will not be submitted and the registration request will be lost.

It is your responsibility to check MyMRU to confirm whether you have been enroled in a course for which you initially waitlisted. Fees are not assessed for waitlisted courses. Once you have been given a seat in a previously waitlisted course, a new fee assessment will be established. It is your responsibility to ensure that this additional tuition is paid by the appropriate deadline.

If you are added to a course from a waitlist, but subsequently decide you do not wish to attend that particular course or section, you must formally drop that course from your timetable within the deadline dates specified in the Academic Schedule.

If you do not officially cancel or drop a course received from a waitlist, you will be considered registered in that course and will be charged full fees whether you attend or not.

The waitlist option is only available until three weeks prior to the start of each semester. After which, all waitlists will be cleared and you will only be able to register in courses where space is available.

Dropping a course

If you wish to drop a course, you can do so by going to the Add/Drop Classes in MyMRU.

  • Under the Current Schedule there is an Action Column and a drop down menu beside each course listing
  • Select Drop Web from the menu and click on Submit Changes. The course will be removed from your schedule.

Prerequisite checking

Prerequisites are courses you are required to have successfully completed prior to enroling in certain classes. Prerequisite checking is in effect for courses offered at Mount Royal, and will be monitored electronically or by the course instructor. Refer to the Course Listings page or the course descriptions listed in the Academic Calendar.

When you register online for a course with a prerequisite, a reminder may appear under the course listing indicating that an official transcript is required. This reminder will be removed from your account once the transcript has been received and you have met the required prerequisite.  If your transcript has been received and you do not meet the prerequisite a new message will appear indicating that the prerequisite has not been satisfied and a registration adjustment is required.

It is your responsibility to ensure that an official transcript with the appropriate prerequisite and grade is submitted to the Office of the Registrar in accordance with the transcript deadlines outlined in the Academic Schedule.

You may also be stopped from registering for a course and recieve a registration  message indicating a Prerequisite(s) Required.  This also means that  you have not satisfied the required prerequisite and will be required to provide proof of prerequisite before registration may proceed.  There are several reasons this may occur:

  1. Current prerequisite classes are in-progress at another post secondary institution and the transcript has not yet been received by MRU.  Only once the transcript has been received and the prerequisite has been established will you be able to register.
  2. Your courses taken at another post secondary institution do not have direct equivalents at MRU.  You must have the exact equivalent in order to satisfy a prerequisite. Unspecified equivalencies (2XXX) do not satisfy prerequisite requirements.  You will need to submit a detailed course outline for review according to the specified timelines.  Refer to the transfer equivalencies section for more information.
  3. If a course has multiple prerequisites and you do not have all of the requirements, you will be prevented from registering.  You will need to submit proof of all prerequisites before registration may proceed.
  4. Corequisite courses are required and you have not yet registered for them.  Refer to the Mount Royal course descriptions to determine which course is a co-requisite.  The two courses must be registered for at the same time.

It is your responsibility to de-register from any course(s) for which you do not satisfy the prerequisite. Failure to provide proof of successful completion may result in de-registration from that course(s).

If you have any questions regarding prerequisite checking please email us at creditregistration@mtroyal.ca

Register in-person

To register in person, select your courses and complete the Registration Add/Drop Form (available at the Registrar’s Office). Visit the registration wickets at the Registrar’s Office for assistance.

Auditing a course

If you would like to audit a course, you must receive permission in writing by the instructor to attend lectures in the course on the understanding that you may not participate in any assignments or examinations. Permission will be contingent on seat availability.

After the registration period has ended you may contact the Registrar's Office to verify space availability in the selected course.

If availability exists you will be given a Registration Form by the staff at the Registrar's Office. This form must be signed by your instructor and returned to the Registrar's Office by the end of the fourth week of classes.

Once you have registered to audit a course, you may not change to credit, nor may a student who has registered for credit in a course change to audit. You may, in succeeding semesters, take any course for credit, which has previously been audited.

Fees to audit a course are at a reduced rate.

Audit courses are reflected on the student’s permanent record with the "AU" symbol.