Chapter 12 - Priority Registration

Priority Registration allows a student to register for courses prior to general registration based on disability-related impacts.

Circumstances that warrant priority registration may include: 

  • The need for a course schedule with cross-campus travel time built in, related to mobility, speed, stamina, and/or endurance.
  • Implementation of services or accommodations that require significant time and planning to arrange, including hiring of trained service providers, ASL/English interpreting, real-time captioning, real-time transcribing, captioned media, tactile graphics, audio description, adjustments to class locations, or printed materials in Braille.
  • The need for a specific course schedule due to a significant or chronic medical condition, or due to a strict medication or treatment regimen.

Once access to this accommodation is approved and the student is notified by DAS, the following steps must be completed: 

For undergraduate, post baccalaureate, and non-degree seeking students:

  1. Students must meet with or email their academic advisor before the Friday of Week 7 so that academic advisors can lift any in-place holds on students’ registration.
  2. Students must register for courses on the Monday of Week 8 between 8am- 5pm
    1. All other undergraduate, post bacc, and non-degree seeking students will have access to registration starting at 5pm on the Monday of Week 8.
  3. Students must request use of their accommodations for each course in the DAS Student Portal in accordance with the timeline outlined in Chapter 4 Making Timely Requests for Accommodations.

Please note:

  • Incoming first year and transfer students will not be able to use priority registration until Winter term, as Fall term registration occurs the May prior.

For graduate and professional students:

  1. Students must meet with or email their academic advisor before the Thursday of Week 7 so that academic advisors can lift any in-place holds on students’ registration.
  2. Students must register for courses on the Friday of Week 7 between 8am- 5pm.
  3. Students must request use of their accommodations for each course in the DAS Student Portal in accordance with the timeline outlined in Chapter 4 Making Timely Requests for Accommodations.

When scheduling courses using priority registration, students should consider:

  • Time of day, length, and frequency of class sessions.
  • Need for breaks in between classes.

Priority Registration does not:

  • Guarantee availability or provision of courses/sections at specific times.
  • Exempt students from meeting course prerequisites.

Grant access to restricted or closed courses or sections.

Page updated 1/2026