Upper division courses across schools

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<p>ricegal, the system seems a bit confusing from the outside but most continuing students don’t find it difficult to comprehend (if not a little frustrating, just like registration is going to be at any large U).

Registration Appointments and Passes
Three appointments (passes) are assigned to you. (New and Returning students will only receive Passes 2 and 3). Each pass through the system allows you to make changes to your registration record.</p>

<p>During the first pass you may enroll for no more than 13.5 units. You may add additional units, up to the maximum allowed by your college, during the second pass. You may continue to adjust your schedule during Pass 3.</p>

<p>To find out your appointment times, use GOLD. You may only register during the appointment times that are assigned to you. Continuing undergraduate students must register for at least one course in Pass 1 of registration to avoid a $50 late registration fee.
<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/regprocess.htm#RegProcess[/url][/quote]What”>http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/regprocess.htm#RegProcess

What</a> it comes down to is an attempt by the U to have a fair process, letting students in a major be sure to get the classes they need to stay on progress to graduate in 4 years. You may have read accounts in the papers of kids at various schools such as the Cal-State system complaining they can’t get the classes they MUST have to complete their major. The pass restrictions are a solution to this; by preventing kids outside the major from signing up before kids in the major do in pass 1, you’ll be able to get the classes you must have. In pass-2 you then sign up for the classes you’d like to have that were restricted and fill out your study list to get to 16 units; you may not get your first choice here, but if you use foresight you have a list of a bunch of classes you want to take as an undergrad so you can get into some of them each quarter. Pretty much everyone has to use the 2nd pass – they can’t sign up for 16 units in the 1st pass so they need to add a class to get there. Some classes, like that intro CompSci class southpas whined about not getting in post #8, are restricted the 1st 2 passes; had he read the schedule of classes he would have seen that and realized he could still sign up on pass 3.</p>

<p>I’m sorry for the confusion southpas has caused you about what classes your son will be able to take if he decides on UCSB. Each UC school has its own version of registration and you should keep in mind most of them have switched to a multi-pass system to give kids a shot at the classes they really want/need. At UCLA they have a priority pass for up to 10 units (open only to athletes and kids in honors programs) and then 2 passes for everyone else. See page 20 of the catalog at <a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/[/url]”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>BTW the reason southpas is confused about PoliSci is that UCSB is still in pass 1 where restrictions noted in the Schedule of Classes apply, and that’s what the GOLD system is telling him. He won’t see this change in GOLD until 11/13

10/20/07 W08 Appointments available on GOLD
10/27/07 W08 Pass 1 begins
11/8/07 W08 Pass 1 ends
11/13/07 W08 Pass 2 begins
12/6/07 W08 Pass 2 ends
12/20/07 W08 Pass 3 begins
1/7/08 W08 Instruction begins
<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/[/url]”>http://www.registrar.ucsb.edu/&lt;/a&gt; and click on “Approved Winter 2008 Pass Dates”.

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