Registration Troubleshooting

Below are the most common restrictions or errors you may receive.

Advisor permission required

• Students must seek permission from the advisor of the course (EX: ENGL 1301 – contact the English advisor)

Campus Restriction

• Courses/sections may be restricted to online or off-campus students only. If you are a Lubbock student, you are not permitted to take a course that is "campus restricted". All sections that begin with a "D" (ex. D01, D51, DC1) are online or offered only at our regional sites.
  • NOTE: TTU offers courses online for our Costa Rican campus students. Non-Costa Rican students are NOT permitted to enroll in these online sections under any circumstances. These sections appear as DC1, DC2, etc.

Class Restriction

• Students must have completed hours for classification specified. (Ex: junior/senior standing).
  • First-Year Student: 0-29 hours
  • Sophomore: 30-59 hours
  • Juniors: 60-89 hours
  • Seniors: 90 hours until completion

Cohort Error

Certain student populations have a "cohort" attached to their student file. If you receive a cohort restriction, you do not qualify for that section of course. 

Co-req required

• Student must be enrolled in at least two separate courses at the same time to be able to register (EX: NS 4330 and 4130)

Duplicate

• Student is registered for the course already. Some courses allow duplicate registration but must have approval from advisor.

Exceeds credit hours

• Student is attempting to register for more credit than allowed (fall and spring = 19 hrs; summer term = 8 hrs)

Field of study

• Student is not declared in the specific major/minor/concentration

Full/Closed Class

• All of the seats have been taken, student will NOT be able to get in at that time. If there is a waitlist, register for that; if a spot opens up student will be notified via email and will have 24hrs to register. Keep checking to see if a spot opens up.

Level

• Student is not admitted for courses under that level of program. (EX: undergraduate trying to register for graduate level course)

Link error

• Some courses or lectures require discussion sections and/or a lab section. All must be registered for at the same time.

Major Restriction

• Some courses will only allow students within that major/minor/concentration to register.

Prerequisite/Test Score Error

• Student has not completed a requirement that is required prior to the enrollment of the class you are now trying to register for.
• Prereqs are listed in the course description; the course description can be found by clicking on the course title in the add/drop site and then selecting prerequisites on left in the Class Details.

Teaching department permission required

• Student cannot register without permission from the college/department that offers the course.

Time conflict

• The courses the student is attempting to register for are scheduled at the same time.

Email your advisor with any questions.