Class Registration and the Academic Calendar

Class Registration and Academic Calendar

Class Rosters 

Class rosters are available in Wolverine Access under Teaching Support. 

Enrollment Management and Wait Lists

The Office of Academic and Student Affairs manages the wait lists for classes and monitors enrollment. Faculty should forward any requests for permissions to enroll (overrides) to umsi.registrar@umich.edu. The UMSI registrar and student services team can take care of evaluating class sizes and prioritizing permission requests from faculty taking into account students who are closer to graduation or who have a particular need for a class. 

Most classes have an automated override process setup in Wolverine Access (the system). If your class does not have the automated override process setup, you will receive an email from the UMSI registrar and student services team near the first day of the semester. If your class has students on the waitlist within Wolverine Access, the system will issue automatic overrides until the enrollment cap is reached. All automatic overrides are issued based on the student’s waitlist timestamp and happen overnight. The student will receive an email notifying them of the date the override expires. The standard expiration after the first day of class is two days. 

• If you do not want to use the automated override process and wish to move to a fully manual process that you maintain, please email umsi.registrar@umich.edu. 

• If you have a specific date that you would like to stop allowing overrides to be processed, please email the course ID and the date to umsi.registrar@umich.edu.

If you have students you would like to give priority override access to your class, please email umsi.registrar@umich.edu: a list of student names, 8-digit UMID's (preferred)/unique names, and sections they should be granted overrides. 

Things to keep in mind when allowing students into your class:

• The room capacity is set by the Fire Marshall. It is the maximum number the room can accommodate to safely exit in case of emergency. You will not be allowed to add students beyond the room capacity.

• If you have a shadow-section setup, be sure to add the 00X and 10X sections together to determine total enrollment.

There are some variations to how faculty approach this, so talking with others may be helpful. A few things that we suggest:

• Take attendance during the first weeks of class. 

• If a class is full with a large waitlist, keep umsi.registrar@umich.edu posted on the attendance.

• After the first couple of classes, enrollment should start to stabilize so you can get a better sense of who can be let in. 

How do you choose who receives an override for your class? Here are some helpful tips on typical prioritization used by UMSI:

• UMSI students who are graduating soonest as the first priority 

• UMSI Dual Degree students  

• Students who may need the class to complete a degree or certificate

• Non-UMSI students who are graduating soonest

Students can and do continue to make scheduling changes online through the third week of the semester, so you may see some change in your enrollment during that time. After the third week, students will need your signature or electronic approval within Wolverine Access to add or drop the course. Typically students are allowed to drop after the third week (with faculty permission) if their situation calls for it; however it is rare to have a student add after that point.

Academic Calendar and Registration Deadlines

UMSI residential programs follow the UM academic calendar available at https://ro.umich.edu/calendars . This site also shows a listing of student registration deadlines. The MADS online program follows its own calendar available under the MADS section on this site, https://www.si.umich.edu/current-students/mads-calendars.