Enrolling in Courses at classes.uconn.edu

Enrolling in Courses at classes.uconn.edu

The Class Search can be used by students to enroll in classes that have been added to their Primary Cart.

For guidance on choosing classes for your schedule, review your Standard Advisement Report for courses that meet your degree requirements or consult your advisor.

Adding Sections to your Cart

Navigate to http://classes.uconn.edu.

Select Login and enter your credentials.

The Class Search homepage is shown with the Login button highlighted.

Once logged in, Welcome, [your name] will appear in place of the Login option.

If Registration is open for more than one term (e.g., Winter 2025 and Spring 2025), be sure you are adding courses to the appropriate cart. The Primary Cart term will display in the Cart Contents panel following the header and is dependent on the Term selected in the Search Classes Panel.

The Term field and the Cart title are highlighted on the Search Classes and Cart Contents panel, respectively.

You can add courses to your Cart in one of two ways.

  1. Refer to Using Build My Schedule in the Class Search at classes.uconn.edu to have the Class Search help build your schedule and add the selected sections to your cart.

  2. Conduct a class search and add sections to your cart. Basic instructions are provided in the following section.

Enter or select search criteria in the Search Classes panel. Select Search.

Search criteria are populated in the Search Classes panel and the Search button is highlighted.

Find your desired section and select Add to Cart.

The Add to Cart button is highlighted on the Class Details panel.

When asked ‘Which Cart’, choose Primary. Select OK.

The OK button is highlighted.

A panel with Registration Options will display. Choose your desired Registration Options and select Save Changes.

Registration options may include:
Credit Hrs (if applicable)
Grade Mode (e.g., Graded, Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Swap this with (if you are already enrolled in a course)

The Save Changes button is highlighted on the Registration Options panel.

The Cart Contents panel will display and include the sections added to your cart, signified by the blue cart iconimage-20250926-173241.png.

The Cart Contents are shown.

For more information about conducting a class search, please refer to Using the Class Search at classes.uconn.edu.

Reviewing your Cart

Ensure the term for which you would like to enroll is selected in the Search Classes Panel.

Navigate to your Primary Cart.

The Term field and the Primary Cart button are highlighted on the Search Classes panel.

Before attempting to enroll in the section(s) in your Cart, it is important to review the Enrollment Validation messages, which display with a warning icon image-20250903-175232.png and notify you if you will be unable to enroll in a particular course due to an enrollment restriction. Be sure to resolve any validation message that may prevent you from enrolling in the course.

Refer to Possible Enrollment Validation messages for ways to resolve common warnings.

Enrolling in Sections in your Cart

From your Primary Cart, select Go to Registration.

The Go to Registration button is highlighted on the Cart Contents panel.

A Registration panel will open asking you to confirm your registration selections.

If there are any changes you would like to skip for now, you can unselect the change.

Select Submit Registration.

The Submit Registration button is highlighted on the Registration panel.

The transaction(s) will take a few moments.

Once completed, the Registration Results panel will display and indicate the results of the registration transactions. Review the results.

Successful transactions should display with a green checkmark icongreen checkmark icon.

If the Registration Results show an error (often signified by a red x icon red x icon) this indicates that the transaction you attempted was not successful. The corresponding error message will indicate the reason the transaction did not process and help you determine a corrective course of action. 

Example: An unsuccessful registration result might indicate “Available seats are reserved and you do not meet the reserve capacity requirements.” In this case, you may need to select a different class.

The Registration Results panel is shown with two courses with error messages.

The changes that were processed successfully should be reflected in your Primary Cart Contents if you navigate back to your Primary Cart.

The sections in which you were successfully enrolled have a black checkmark icon You are registered for this section icon. indicating ‘You are registered for this section.’

The Cart Contents panel is shown with enrolled courses.

Alternatively, you can log into Student Admin and navigate to Schedule and Grades Tile and select either Weekly Schedule or View My Classes to review the courses you are enrolled in for the upcoming term.