Overview
"Add a class" and "enroll in a class" follow the same steps. "Add" is often used to describe picking up another class after you have already enrolled in the majority of your classes for a term.
- Search and enroll in courses
- Add to cart by class number
Quick steps
- Log in to Course Search & Enroll
- Choose a term
- Search for the class
- Choose the section(s) that fit your schedule
- Save the course to your cart
- Resolve any validation errors (which explain why you may not be eligible for the class)
- In the cart, select the class
- Click the Enroll button
- Review your enrolled classes in the "Enrolled" list on the "My Courses" tab to confirm that you have successfully enrolled in the correct section
Enrollment Steps:
Log in to Course Search & Enroll
Log in at MyUW and select the Course Search & Enroll widget.
Choose a term and search for the class
Course Search & Enroll may display the Schedule of Classes for more than one term, so be sure to select the correct one.
You can either search for a class and add to cart or, if you have a five-digit class number, you can add by class number.
For more information, see .
Save Course
Use one of the Save Course buttons to select your class.
You can "Save Course" before choosing your sections (for example, if you want to use the Scheduler to try some different weekly class schedules) or after you have chosen your preferred sections.
Go to your cart
Select the "My Courses" tab at the top of the screen.
The icon will show how many classes are in your cart for the selected term.
As you added courses to your Cart (from the Search tab), the campus's enrollment system has checked that you are eligible to take these courses. An alert icon will show if any classes in your cart have validation errors.
error "Problems with course" and error "Sections not chosen" validation messages
When there is a reason why you can't go forward with enrollment, you'll see a validation message to help you make a change. Common situations include not meeting the requisites for the class, needing permission to take the class, or exceeding the number of credits allowed in the term.
The cart will also remind you to choose your section(s) for the course.
Remove class from cart
In the cart, select the checkbox for the class. Select the Remove button that appears above it.
Enroll
When you have resolved any validation messages and chosen sections for your classes, and your enrollment appointment time has arrived, you are ready to enroll.
Select the checkbox for the class. Select the Enroll button that appears above it.
In the pop-up window, review any options for classes, like opting to get on a wait list if the class is full, or taking the class for Honors. When ready, select the Enroll button.
Enrollment finished messages
"All of your enrollments were successful!"
You are now enrolled in all selected courses.
The list of courses is temporarily shown in the pop-up message and you may view the full list of enrolled courses in your Enrolled list in the My Courses tab.
"Some of your enrollments were successful"
You are now enrolled in some of the selected courses courses.
Review the errors listed for unsuccessful enrollment. The error is temporarily shown in the pop-up message and you may view it in your cart. Note that the error message will stay in the cart until your next enrollment attempt or until you revalidate the cart.
Common situations include trying to enroll in a course in which you do not meet the requisites, or exceeding the number of credits allowed in a term.
"None of your enrollments were successful"
You were not enrolled in any of the courses.
The error is temporarily shown in the pop-up message and you may view it in your cart. Note that the error message will stay in the cart until your next enrollment attempt or until you revalidate the cart.
Common situations include trying to enroll in a course in which you do not meet the requisites, or exceeding the number of credits allowed in a term.
View your enrolled classes
View your successfully enrolled classes in your Enrolled list in the My Courses tab.
Add by class number
You can directly add classes to your cart if you have the five-digit class number.
- In the Search tab, select "Add by class number" in the search panel.
- In the pop-up box, type the five-digit class number.
- Select "Check credits".
- Select "Add to Cart".
- Complete enrollment as described above.
Error message
If you try adding by class number and get an error message on the bottom of your screen that reads "That class number was not an enrollment class number", you either:
- Mistyped the number (try again); or
- Are using a class number that isn't the enrollment class number for that set of sections.
A class that has a lecture, a discussion, and a lab will have a different class number for each of those sections (see Example #1 below).
One of those class numbers works with the "Add by class number" feature. The other numbers don't.
Find enrollment class numbers in Course Search & Enroll
Open the class' section detail and look for the class numbers (listed under "Section Numbers").
If you want to jot down a class number for later reference, choose the last class number in the list.
- Example #1. Use LAB - 18047 as the enrollment class number for this set of CHEM 103 classes:
- Example #2. Use LEC - 27735 as the enrollment class number for NURSING 323, which has a lecture but not discussions or labs.
