Course Enrolment

Course Enrolment

• Course enrolment at UTM is done online through ROSI

• For a detailed overview of the course enrolment process including the topics below, view our Registration Guide:
  • For New Students Only [PDF]
  • For Returning Students Only [PDF]
    • How to select courses
    • How to know which courses to take
    • Space in courses
    • Waiting lists
    • Enrolment controls
    • Understanding course codes
    • Course prerequisites, corequisites, and exclusions
    • How to handle course conflicts
    • Courses taken at other universities
    • Letters of Permission
    • Courses at other U of T campuses
    • Independent study courses and the Research Opportunity Program (ROP)
    • When and how to enrol in courses on ROSI
    • Cancelling ("dropping") and adding courses

Academic Calendar

• Click here to use the online Academic Calendar to find detailed information about courses offered during this session.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many courses should I take each term?
How do waiting lists work?
How many credits can I take, and what is a "course overload?"
How do I know which courses are being offered and when?
There are two courses I want to take, but they are offered at the same time. What can I do?
Why can’t I enrol in a course? 
What are course restrictions and how do I find out what they are for individual courses?

How many courses should I take each term?
Students are encouraged to enrol in the number of courses with which they feel comfortable and which they can reasonably expect to complete successfully.

• Students who are enrolled in a total of 3.0 or more credits in the Fall-Winter Session (September to April) are considered to be full-time, and should attempt to balance their course load evenly between the Fall and Winter sessions.
• Many students take 4.0 credits during the fall-winter session and 1.0 or 2.0 credits during the summer session.
• Students are considered to be part-time if they are enrolled in 2.5 or fewer credits in the Fall-Winter Session.
• A student who is on "academic probation" may take no more than 5.0 credits in the Fall-Winter Session.
• The maximum credit load in the Fall-Winter Session combined is 6.0 credits and in the Summer Session it is 2.0 credits.
• Students must successfully complete 3.0 credits to maintain OSAP and residence eligibility.

How do waiting lists work?
If a lecture section is full, ROSI will ask if you want to be placed on a waiting list. If you go on the waiting list, and if a space becomes free, ROSI will automatically enrol you in the course and notify you at your UTOR (utoronto) e-mail account.

Please note: Being placed on a waiting list does not guarantee that you will be enrolled in a course. Waiting lists apply only to lecture sections: you will still need to enrol in tutorial or practical sessions yourself.

How many credits can I take, and what is a "course overload?"
The maximum credit load in the Fall-Winter sessions combined is 6.0 credits and in the Summer session it is 2.0 credits. Enrolment in credits over the maximum must be approved prior to registration. Students who wish to exceed these limits must complete a course overload request form before registering in the course. Students will not receive special consideration of any kind because of a course overload.

The course overload form can be found online here.

How do I know which courses are being offered and when?
There are two ways to find out about courses. View the Academic Calendar for a listing of all the programs and possible course offerings. Then, go to the online course timetable to review all courses being offered in the current session, instructor info, times, dates and locations. Courses listed in the Academic Calendar are not necessarily offered in every session. Some of these courses may be obsolete or offered in alternate years - so it is important to cross reference courses of interest found in the Academic Calendar with the online timetable in the current session.

There are two courses I want to take, but they are offered at the same time. What can I do?
You cannot be in two places at the same time. You must choose the course that is most relevant and postpone enrolling in the second course until a time that it fits your schedule.

Why can’t I enrol in a course?
While most courses are open to students who have met the prerequisite requirements, in any program of study and in any year, some courses have enrolment conditions, consisting of enrolment controls, that govern which students are permitted to enrol in which course. Check for enrolment controls in the course timetable in the column titled “enrolment controls”.

What are course restrictions and how do I find out what they are for individual courses?
While most courses are open to students who have met the prerequisite requirements, in any program of study and in any year, some courses have enrolment controls that govern which students are permitted to enrol in that course. Check for enrolment controls in the course timetable in the column titled “enrolment controls”.

Controls may be based on one or more of the following:

• Admission Category
• Subject POSt
• Degree POSt
• Year of Study
• Associated Organization

Enrolment Controls are defined by the following codes:

R — Enrolment is this course is RESTRICTED to specific categories of students at all time. This restriction does not change in the second registration period.

P — Students in a specific admission category or program of study (Subject POSt) will receive PRIORITY in enroling in this course during the first registration period. During the second registration period, any remaining space is available to all students who have met the prerequisite requirements.

A — Students must receive APProval from the appropriate academic department. The department will review all requests and either APP (approve) or REF (refuse) your request. If the status is approved, no further action is required. If you have been refused, you may want to enrol in another course.

SA — Students must receive APProval from the Psychology department. The department will review all requests and either APP (approve) or REF (refuse) your request. If you have been refused, you may want to enrol in another course.

D — Enrolment required with the department. Contact the academic department before the end of the second week of classes or see individual listings in the timetable for instructions.
NOTE: This is in addition to any arrangements you have made with your supervisor.