Possible Registration Issues

Check the course details in the class search for enrollment restrictions and current capacity. Several common error messages are addressed below.

• “You must obtain permission to take this class (department consent).” Email cob-ugrad@csus.edu (see screenshot below).

• “You must obtain permission to take this class (instructor consent).” Locate the instructor of record, then contact via email. If they are able to accommodate your request to add, the instructor will have you administratively enrolled by the Academic Programs Office. Refer to the table below "Current classes on Instructor Consent" for a list of which courses might allow eligibility in this way. (see screenshot below).

• “Unable to add this class - requisites have not been met.” You must be a Business major or minor with junior class standing (60+ units) to enroll in most upper division courses. Expressed Interest students may enroll in DS 101, HROB 101, and MGMT 102.
  
  • Some classes have specific prerequisites (i.e. FIN 101 prior to most FIN concentration courses, MKTG 101 prior to most MKTG concentration courses, several prerequisites to GM 170, WPJ score required for Writing Intensive, etc.). Check the course description or catalog listing to identify prerequisites.
  • If you completed the prerequisite course and are still having issues registering the class, please complete this form.
• “Class is full.” All available “seats” are taken. You can choose the waitlist option if available.
• “There are currently no seats available and the waitlist is full.” The class is closed. No additional students can be added beyond capacity.
• “You cannot enroll at this time. You do not have an appointment to enroll and open enrollment has not yet begun.” Registration will be open from August July 11 - August 25. It will then be closed to all students during the weekend before the beginning of the semester (28-30), and re-open on August 29.
• “You are already enrolled in this class.” You cannot enroll in multiple sections of the same course. Use the “swap” option to trade a currently-enrolled section for another of the same course.
• “You cannot drop this class without dropping its co-requisite.” OPM 101 requires that DS 101 be completed prior to or at the same time as OPM. If you have not previously passed DS 101, it must be on your current schedule to add/keep OPM 101. Other courses with similar co-requisite requirements are: ACCY 132 (co-requisite: ACCY 131) and MKTG 121 (co-requisite: DS 101).
• “You cannot add this class due to a time conflict with another class.” Check class times on your currently-enrolled courses. Some online classes are “synchronous” and require you to be online for class during specific days and times.
• “Maximum term unit load exceeded.” Undergraduate students are limited to a maximum of 18 units (or 21 units for Fall 2022 graduating seniors). Petition to carry above these course load limits. Students may also be limited to 14 units in a semester if not in good standing with the university.

Waitlist Information

Once registration closes, waitlists will be run for a final time. All available seats will be filled with eligible students from the waitlists, and then all waitlists are deleted. If you are not moved from the waitlist into the course at this point, waitlists cease to exist and have no impact on your ability to enroll when registration opens again.

If you are at the top of a waitlist, please note that you will not be enrolled in the course should space come available if you are already enrolled in another section of the same course, or have a course on your schedule that conflicts with the time of the waitlisted course.