Course Registration Process
Once you have registered for classes, please be sure to thoroughly review your final registrations prior to the start of fall classes.
Registering for courses is an important student responsibility. Planning your schedule, ensuring you remain on progress towards completing your degree, and selecting courses that will aid in your success requires careful planning and attention to detail. To help, we have outlined the process and resources available to you for each step.
1. Evaluate Your Current Status
- DegreeWorks – Review your plan of study and progress to determine what requirements are left for you to fulfill.
- Term Master Schedule – Determine what courses will be available to you.
- Academic Advisor – Make a plan to meet with your advisor to discuss the upcoming term and progress.
2. Prepare to Register
- Academic Policies – Familiarize yourself with the academic policies that impact registration.
- Academic Calendars – Find out the important dates for all terms in an academic year.
- Registration Time Tickets – Review the time frames that you will be able to register for courses.
- Create Preferred Schedules – Use the Schedule Ahead resource to create preferred schedules prior to your registration time ticket.
3. Register for Your Courses
- Student Financial Obligation (SFO) Statement – You will need to agree to the SFO via DrexelOne before you can register for the next term.
- Complete Your Course Registration – Learn about the steps for adding or dropping courses from your schedule.
- Registration Restrictions and Holds – Sometimes there are limitations on the courses for which you are able to register. Review information here about the different types of restrictions and what to do if you encounter one.
- Exam Schedules – Review final exam schedules.
4. Confirm Your Enrollment
- Confirming Your Enrollment – Make sure you confirm your enrollment each term you are scheduled for courses. Learn more about the process.
5. Understand How to Make Mid-Term Adjustments
- Course Withdrawal – Review the process and implications of withdrawing from a course.
- Leave of Absence – Students who face extenuating circumstances have the option to take a leave of absence for a period of time to ensure they maintain the integrity of their academic progress.
| Instructional Method (INSM Code) | Where? |
Live Meetings? |
What to Expect? |
Banner Self-Service Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Face-to-Face (FTF) | On a campus | Yes (in person weekly) | All class meetings happen on campus at scheduled days/times. Technology may be used for assignments or materials | Meeting times and campus listed; room may appear closer to term start. |
| Hybrid-Synchronous (HYB) | On a campus + Online | Yes (in person and online weekly) | Meets regularly in person on campus + online at regularly scheduled weekly meetings. Attendance is expected unless noted otherwise. | You'll see both on-campus and online* meeting times listed |
| Hybrid-Asynchronous (HYA) | On a campus + Online | Yes (in person only weekly) | Meets regularly in person on campus, with additional online work you complete on your own time. | You'll only see on-campus meeting times listed, as no online meetings take place. |
| Hybrid-Mixed (HMX) | On a campus + Online | Occasionally | Combines in-person on-campus and online meetings that may vary in frequency. Online work may be live or self-paced. | You'll see a mix of scheduled meetings on campus and online*. Section comments will explain attendance expectations. |
| Online-Asynchronous (ONL) | Online only | No | All coursework is completed online at your own pace following weekly deadlines. | No meeting times listed. |
| Online-Synchronous (OSY) | Online only | Yes (online weekly) | Live online class meetings at scheduled days/times. Attendance is required unless stated otherwise. | Scheduled online meeting times listed. |
| Online-Mixed (OMX) | Online only | Occasionally | Occasional live online class meetings at scheduled days/times with mostly online asynchronous work. Attendance may be required or optional. | Scheduled online meeting times listed. Section comments will explain attendance expectations. |
| Low Residency - 1 Week (L1W) | On a campus (or approved site) + Online | Daily during residency week, may or may not have online meetings rest of term | Intensive in-person meetings during one week of the term on campus. Remaining coursework completed online. Online work may be live or self-paced. | Daily meeting times during residency week listed. Any additional online* meetings will also be listed. Section comments will explain attendance expectations for any online* meetings. |
| Low Residency - 2 Week (L2W) | On a campus (or approved site) + Online | Daily during residency weeks, may or may not have online meetings rest of term | Intensive in-person meetings during one week of the term on campus. Remaining coursework completed online. Online work may be live or self-paced. | Daily meeting times during residency week listed. Any additional online* meetings will also be listed. Section comments will explain attendance expectations for any online* meetings. |
| Directed Study (DIR) | Flexible (in-person on a campus, online, or both) | Arranged with Instructor | Meetings are arranged between you and the instructor on the campus indicated. Used for research, theses, internships, and similar individualized work. | No meeting times listed. May not be visible online in Self-Service. You may receive a section CRN to self-register, or you may be registered by your advisor. |
*Note that any online class meetings will always have an "Online" building/room assignment when viewing any Hybrid (HYB, HMX) or Low Residency (RW1, RW2) sections in Self-Service to help distinguish them from on-campus meetings (which may or may not have a classroom assigned depending on when you look at the schedule).
Search for Courses by Instructional Method
- Log in to DrexelOne.
- Navigate to the Academics tab.
- Select "Register for Course" in the Registration channel.
- Within the next Registration channel, select "Check Course Availability."
- Choose the term for which you are registering in the drop-down menu, then select "Continue."
- In the Browse for Classes channel, select "Instructional Methods."
- In the Enter Your Search Criteria section, select the Instructional Method(s) from the list in the drop-down (For example, "Face to Face", "Hybrid", "Online Asynchronous").
- After making your selection, select "Search."
- Select the Title of the course section for any course to review additional class details.