Registration Instructions

Once you have familiarized yourself with your degree requirements, you are ready to register for classes! Please follow the directions below to get started. We encourage you to register as soon as possible, as classes may fill up quickly. 

Here are a few reminders:

• Course registration is an ongoing process – once you’ve selected classes, an advisor will review your schedule to make sure it meets your needs and goals. You may also continue to add and revise your schedule between now and the beginning of the semester.
  • Note: Some courses may have reserved seats for specific student populations (e.g., majors, minors, class years, incoming transfer students, etc.). Just because a course has open seats does not guarantee you are eligible to register for it.
• The traditional course load is four, 4-unit courses per semester. The major guides help shape what these classes could be based on your potential major.
• The typical semester schedule looks like
  1. Major required course
  2. Major required course or Course of interest
  3. Language course or Course of interest
  4. Hub course (an elective that you take for a Hub requirement)
  5. Optional add-on: HUB FY 101 First-Year Seminar
• Ultimately, your classes depend greatly on your external credit, major, etc.. We encourage you to work with the advisor assisting you with registration for any questions.

To register for courses:

1. Log into the MyBU Student Portal using your BU username and Kerberos password. Then complete the Duo two-step verification.
2. Click My Academics
3. Click Fall 2024 Registration Planning
4. Click Enrollment on the left-hand side
5. Click Schedule Builder
6. Underneath the Course Selection header, select the Subject (e.g. CASAN – Anthropology) and Catalogue Number (e.g. 101 – Sociocultural Anthropology) of your first desired course. 
7. Read the course description to make sure this is your desired course. If it is, click Add Course. The course is now in your Schedule Builder and will be listed below your search.
8. Now it’s time to pick your exact section(s) of this course. In addition to your lecture, you may also need to select a lab, discussion, and/or pre-lab, depending on the course.
   1. Next to the course you just added, choose Select Sections. 
   2. Click the first check box on the right in the header row. This will de-select all sections.
   3. Manually select the section(s) you wish to add. Again, remember to select a lecture section as well as any lab, discussion, or pre-lab sections, if required.
   4. Click Ok, then Save. 
9. To add more courses, select Expand Filters. Then, Reset Filters.
   1. Follow steps 6-8 to add other courses to your Schedule Builder.
   2. Be sure to click Save.
10. Once you’ve added all potential courses and their respective sections/components, click Build Schedule. You will be prompted if there are issues with your courses (e.g., time conflicts). You must resolve any issues prior to building your schedule.
11. You can now test potential schedules to see how your courses fit together. If you like the schedule you just built, favorite it by selecting the heart and naming it. You can then explore other potential schedules by repeating the steps above to experiment with other courses and sections. You may continue to save schedules by favoriting and naming them.
12. Once you have your preferred schedule, you can select favorites in the top right corner. Click view. You will now be able to review your preferred schedule. When ready, click enroll.

How to search by Hub requirement:

If you’d like to explore courses that would fulfill specific Hub requirements, you can now do so through the Class Search feature in the MyBU Student Portal.

1. Log into the MyBU Student Portal using your BU username and Kerberos password. Then complete the Duo two-step verification.
2. Click My Academics
3. Click Fall 2024 Registration Planning
4. Click Class Information on the left-hand side
5. Click Class Search
6. Select the drop down filter for Course Attribute, then choose Hub Requirement
7. Select the Course Attribute drop down filter, then click the respective Hub requirement (e.g., HUB Creativity/Innovation)
   • If you are searching for a course that could fulfill multiple Hub requirements, select the ‘+‘ symbol then repeat steps 6 and 7
8. Click Search

For step-by-step video instructions, please review the recommended videos below:

• Preparing for Registration (10-minutes) – You can also review a PDF guide on Preparing for Registration.
• Schedule Builder (6 minutes) – You can also review a PDF guide on the Schedule Builder.
• Class Search (5 minutes) – You can also review a PDF guide on the Class Search.

You can find further information and helpful hints on our Course Planning & Registration website.