Registration

• Prepare for Registration: This page provides information on your registration status, academic status, time ticket, holds, and units completed.
• Register for Classes: This is where you would search for classes to add, drop classes, and view your schedule for the upcoming or current term.
• View Registration Information: This is where you can view all of your past and current schedules in a summary or detail view.
• Browse Classes: Search for classes to add to your schedule by term.
• Browse Course Catalog: Search for active courses in the course catalog and view basic information.

• From the landing page, click on Prepare for Registration.

• Then, select a term from the drop down menu and click continue. This page will display information about your registration status and your current primary curriculum.

• Registration Status: This will display information that might need to be addressed before you can register. 
  • Student Status: This checks your current student status and will either show a green check mark if there are no issues or a red exclamation point if your current standing prohibits registration.
  • Academic Status: This checks your current academic standing status and will either show a green check mark if there are no issues or a red exclamation point if your current academic standing prohibits registration.
  • Holds: This will check to see if you have any current holds on your record.  If you do, they will display along with some basic information about them. 
    • If you have no active holds, you will see this information in green.
    • If you have active holds that do not prevent registration, they will appear in blue.
    • If you have active holds which prevent registration, they will show in red.
  • Time Tickets: This will display when your registration window opens for the selected term.
    • If your window is open, then the time ticket information will appear in blue.
    • If your window is not open, then the time ticket information will show in red.
  • Units Completed: This will always appear in blue and will tell you how many institutional and transfer hours you’ve completed.
• Primary Curriculum: This will display which major(s), minor(s), focus/foci, and concentration(s) are on your student record for the selected term.  This also includes which catalog requirements you are following.

• Log in at my.oxy.edu with your Oxy credentials.
• From the Academics box, select Add or Drop Classes.
• On the Registration landing page, click on Register for Classes.
• Choose a term from the drop-down menu.
• Enter your six-digit PIN and then click Continue.
• From the Search for Classes option:
  • Use the search criteria to search for classes on the schedule.
  • From the search results, click on the Add button next to the class you’d like to add to your schedule.
  • In the Registration Summary box in the bottom right panel, click Submit.
    • If you were successful, you should see a green “Save Successful” message at the top right corner of the screen. 
    • If you see a red message box, review the error to see what is preventing you from adding the class.
• From the Enter CRNs option:
  • Type the four-digit CRN in the provided box. 
    • You can add multiple CRNs at once, up to the amount of units you are permitted to take.
  • Click Add to Summary.
  • In the Registration Summary box in the bottom right panel, click Submit.
    • If you were successful, you should see a green “Save Successful” message at the top right corner of the screen. 
    • If you see a red message box, review the error to see what is preventing you from adding the class.
• After making changes, you can view your schedule by:
  • Clicking on the Schedule and Options tab. This will provide a basic view of your current registrations in the top panel and a calendar view of your schedule in the bottom left panel.
  • Going to View Registration Information.  Here you can look up your class schedule by term.

• Log in at my.oxy.edu with your Oxy credentials.
• From the Academics box, select Add or Drop Classes.
• On the Registration landing page, click on Register for Classes.
• Choose a term from the drop-down menu.
• Enter your six-digit PIN and then click Continue.
• In the Registration Summar, which is the bottom right panel, find the class you want to drop.
• In the Action column, select Drop via Web from the drop-down menu.
• Click the Submit button at the bottom right of the page.
  • If you were successful, you should see a green “Save Successful” message at the top right corner of the screen. 
  • If you see a red message box, review the error to see what is preventing you from dropping the class.
• After making changes, you can view your schedule by:
  • Clicking on the Schedule and Options tab. This will provide a basic view of your current registrations in the top panel and a calendar view of your schedule in the bottom left panel.
  • Going to View Registration Information.  Here you can look up your class schedule by term.

• From the landing page, click on Browse Classes.

• Then, select a term from the dropdown menu and then click Continue.

• The class search page will open.  The basic search allows you to use any of the following criteria to search for classes:
  • Subject: This allows you to search by the subject of the class, either by typing all or part of the subject, or by selecting from a dropdown.  Searching on multiple subjects at once is permitted.
  • Course Number: You can search for the exact course number, or a partial course number using the wildcard.
    • For example, to find a 490 class, you could search for 490 or %90 or 49%.
  • Title: Will search for a word or words within the title of a class. The wildcard (%) is permitted.
  • Attribute: Use this to search by core requirement.
    • Searching for multiple attributes on one search will only yield results that have all selected attributes.   For example, searching for Regional Focus and Pre-1800 will only return classes that have both attributes. 
  • Unit Range: Search for classes by unit value.

• Additional search criteria is available by clicking on the Advanced Search link.
  • Course Number Range: Search for classes between two course numbers (e.g. between 100 and 299).
  • Keyword (With Any Words): You can search for multiple keywords and return results that include one or more.
  • Instructor: Search by Faculty Member.
  • Department: Search by the home department of the class. 
  • Start Time: Search for classes that start at or after a certain time.
  • End Time: Search for classes that end before a certain time.
  • Meeting Days: Search for classes that only meet on certain days of the week.

• From the landing page, click on Register for Classes.

• Select a term from the dropdown menu.

• When prompted, enter your alternate pin and then click Submit.
• The Register for Classes page will open with three tabs at the top: Find Classes, Enter CRNs, and Schedule and Options.

• The basic search allows you to use any of the following criteria to search for classes:
  • Subject: This allows you to search by the subject of the course, either by typing all or part of the subject, or by selecting from a dropdown.  Searching on multiple subjects at once is permitted.
  • Course Number: You can search for the exact course number, or a partial course number using the wildcard.  
    • For example, to find a 490 course, you could search for 490 or %90 or 49%.
  • Title: Will search for a word or words within the title of a course. The wildcard (%) is permitted.
  • Attribute: Use this to search by core requirement.
    • Searching for multiple attributes on one search will only yield results that have all selected attributes.   For example, searching for Regional Focus and Pre-1800 will only return classes that have both attributes. 
  • Unit Range: Search for courses by unit value.
• Additional search criteria is available by clicking on the Advanced Search link.
  • Course Number Range: Search for classes between two course numbers (e.g. between 100 and 299).
  • Keyword (With Any Words): You can search for multiple keywords and return results that include one or more.
  • Instructor: Search by Faculty Member.
  • Department: Search by Department. 
  • Start Time: Search for classes that start at or after a certain time.
  • End Time: Search for classes that end before a certain time.
  • Meeting Days: Search for classes that only meet on certain days of the week.

• Once you have entered your search criteria, click Continue. 

• All active classes on the schedule that meet your search criteria will be returned. The columns displayed include:
  • CRN, Subject, Course, Section, Title, Units, Instructor(s), Meeting Times (must be logged in to view), Attribute, Status (this will tell you how many overall seats are available in the class, whether it’s full or not, and whether there are linked sections), Reserved Seats (displays how many available reserved and unreserved seats there are for the class), Linked Sections (you can click on the button to view any sections that are linked to the class)

• Clicking on the title will bring up the Class Details Pop Up, which has tabs with different information about the class.
  • Class Details: Basic information about the class, including the term, CRN, Title, Section, Credits, and Grade Mode.
  • Bookstore Links: Link to the Oxy Bookstore, so you can search for materials.
  • Course Description: Description of the class.
  • Attributes: Displays the attributes that the course carries.
  • Restrictions: Displays any restrictions that exist, including class restrictions or special approvals.
  • Instructor/Meeting Times: Displays all instructors, the meeting days and times, and if assigned, the location of the meetings. You must be logged in to see this information.
  • Enrollment/Waitlist: Provides information on how many seats are available and used, including available waitlist seats.  Does not display reserved seats, but that information can be found in the search results.
  • Corequisites: Displays class corequisites, if any exist.
  • Prerequisites: Displays class prerequisites, if any exist.
  • Cross Listed Courses: Displays cross-listed class information, if the class is cross-listed.
  • Linked Sections: Displays information for linked sections, if any exist.
  • Mutual Exclusion: Displays other courses that a student may not enroll in if they’ve already passed the class.
  • Catalog: Provides basic information from the course catalog, including title, grade modes, schedule types, and attributes.
  • Fees: Displays any special fees that a class may have.

• To view sections that are linked together (i.e. a lecture and lab), you can click on the View Linked button in the Linked Sections column. 

• This will bring you to a page that shows any sections linked to the class.
  • The Title, Schedule Type, and CRN outlined in orange display the class selected.
  • The information outlined in blue references the linked section information.

• Searching on multiple criteria is treated as “and” in most cases, except:
  • When searching for multiple subjects: American Studies, Biology, Economics is treated as “American Studies or Biology or Economics”.
  • When searching for multiple keywords: searching for social justice will return courses with social justice as keywords, and the search will also return courses with only social as a keyword and those with only justice as a keyword.
  • When searching for multiple departments: Searching for American Studies, Biology, Economics is treated as “American Studies or Biology or Economics”.
• If your initial search doesn’t turn up expected results, try broadening your search by using fewer criteria.
• You can sort your search results by clicking on the up and down arrows for the CRN, Subject, Course, Section, and Title columns.  The default sort order is Subject, Course, Section.

• The columns can be adjusted as needed by hovering over the dividing line between two columns and then sliding to widen or narrow the column.

• Browsing for Classes and Browsing Course Catalog do not require log in. To be sure that you are logged in, you should see your name at the very top right of the page:

Not logged in: no name appears next to the gear in the blue highlighted area:

Logged in: Name appears next to the gear in the blue highlighted area:

• Hovering  over the meeting times, status, or reserved seats field will display the information in a small popup form.

• Clicking on the gear icon near the top of the search results allows you to turn on or hide any of the displayed columns by checking or unchecking the box.

The above information can be downloaded in PDF format:

• How to Register Complete Guide
• Searching for Courses
• Browsing the Course Catalog

• 2025-2026 Academic Calendar
• Advising Center
• Classrooms

If a course has reached its enrollment capacity, a student may add themselves to the waitlist. Once a waitlist has begun, even if there are seats available, the system will consider the course closed. At this point, students are required to obtain an “Enrollment Limit Override” to add the course to their schedule. Students are not automatically enrolled in the course should a seat open.

To add yourself to the waitlist

1. If you attempt to add a course that is closed or full, an error message will appear at the bottom of the page.

2. In the “Action” column, select “Waitlist via Web” for the courses

3. Select, “Submit Changes.” Your current schedule will display all courses in which you have registered and those for which you are on the waitlist.

Note: In order to fully register in the course, you will need to contact the instructor (or department chair) to request either an Enrollment Limit Override or an Instructor Permission Override. Please be advised that it is left to the sole discretion of the instructor to issue an override.

If an instructor issues an override, you will receive an email. Before you can register, you must drop yourself from the waitlist.

1. In MyOxy, open the Academics tab. In the “My Academics” portlet, click the “Add or Drop Classes” link.

2. You will then be asked to select a registration term. The upcoming semester should default in. Click, “Submit.”

3. In the “Alternate PIN” field, enter the PIN found in your registration letter. You will then be taken to your current schedule

4. For the relevant course, select “Drop via Web” in the “Action” column.

5. Click “Submit Changes”.

6. To register, enter the CRN to the Add Classes Worksheet.

7. Click “Submit Changes” at the bottom of the page. Your current schedule will then display on the screen.

Note: If you attempt to drop from the waitlist and simultaneously add the course you will receive a “Duplicate CRN” error message. The system will process your request to drop from the waitlist, but it will not add the course to your schedule. At this point, you will need to reenter the CRN in the Add Classes Worksheet and Submit Changes. Be sure to review your schedule when done.

Important note: The catalog lists all current active courses, which may or may not be offered in a current or forthcoming class schedule.

• From the landing page, click on Browse Catalog Courses.

• Select a term from the dropdown menu and then click Continue.

• The catalog course search page will open. The basic search allows you to use any of the following criteria to search for courses:
  • Subject: This allows you to search by the subject of the course, either by typing all or part of the subject, or by selecting from a dropdown.  Searching on multiple subjects at once is permitted.
  • Course Number: You can search for the exact course number, or a partial course number using the wildcard.
    • For example, to find a 490 course, you could search for 490 or %90 or 49%.
  • Title: Will search for a word or words within the title of a course. The wildcard (%) is permitted.
  • Attribute: Use this to search by core requirement.
    • Searching for multiple attributes on one search will only yield results that have all selected attributes. For example, searching for Regional Focus and Pre-1800 will only return courses that have both attributes. 
  • Unit Range: Search for courses by unit value.

• Additional search criteria is available by clicking on the Advanced Search link.
  • Course Number Range: Search for courses between two course numbers (e.g. between 100 and 299).
  • Keyword (With Any Words): You can search for multiple keywords and return results that include one or more.
  • Department: Search by the course’s home department. 

• Once you have entered your search criteria, click Continue.
• All active courses in the catalog that meet your search criteria will be returned. The columns included in the results are:
  • Subject, Course Number, Course Title, Units (this may be a range of units), Course Description (this is the catalog course description that exists for the selected term), Course Sections (this will show class sections of the course if that course is being offered in the selected term)

• Clicking on the Course Title will bring up a Course Details Pop-Up, which has tabs with different information about the course.
  • Catalog: Basic information about the course, such as the title, college, department, grade modes and schedule types.
  • Course Description: Displays the course description from the course catalog.
  • Attributes: Displays the attributes that the course carries.
  • Restrictions: Displays any restrictions (i.e. Juniors and Seniors only, Undergraduate only)
  • Corequisites: Displays course corequisites, if any exist.
  • Prerequisites: Displays course prerequisites, if any exist.
  • Mutual Exclusion: Displays other courses that a student may not enroll in if they’ve already passed the course.
  • Fees: Displays any special fees that a course may have.

• From the course search results, you can click on the View Sections button to see if any sections are being offered in your selected term.
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