Class Registration

• Registration Date and Time – Listed under your profile information shaded on the MyUTK home page. This is usually available once the timetable for that term is open to view.
• Any Advising Requirements – Listed under “My Resources” menu. Click on “Add/Drop Classes.”
• Any Holds – Listed under the “My Services” menu. Click on “My Holds.”
• Timetable of Classes – Listed under “Top Links.” Click on “Search for Classes.”

Are you 65 or older? You may enroll in courses for credit at a reduced rate of $7 per semester hour. The student is responsible for other special fees (e.g., program fees, course or lab fees, college specific fees, parking, late fees, graduation fees, etc.) as needed.

Follow these steps to register:

• You must be admitted to UT by either Undergraduate Admissions or Graduate Admissions.
• Complete the senior citizen registration form for enrolling in credit courses.
• Get instructions to register for classes on MyUTK.
• Submit a photocopy of identification that will verify your age and valid Tennessee residency. This identification can be a driver’s license or passport with birth date. You can submit documentation to the Registrar’s Office or to One Stop.
• For the Registrar’s Office, you can take documentation in person, via mail 209 Student Services Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, fax 865-974-2606, or email (scanned) to: registrar@utk.edu.
• For One Stop, you can send documentation by fax 865-946-3223 or email onestop@utk.edu.

Are you 60 or older? You may audit courses at UT without paying fees.

Follow these steps to register:

• Submit a photocopy of identification that will verify your age and valid Tennessee residency. This identification can be a driver’s license or passport with birthdate. You can submit documentation to the Office of the Registrar or to One Stop.
• For the Office of the Registrar, you can take documentation in person, via mail 209 Student Services Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, fax 865-974-2606, or email (scanned) to: registrar@utk.edu.
• For One Stop, you can send documentation by fax 865-946-3223 or email onestop@utk.edu.
• Complete the senior citizen registration form. Submit this completed form to 209 Student Services Building, Knoxville, TN 37996; or, fax (865-974-2606); or, scanned and sent via email to: registrar@utk.edu.
• Locate courses being offered for the term you are interested in on the Schedule of Classes. It lists semester dates, course days and times, locations, and instructors.
• Submit confirmation from the instructor. Get an add slip. The form can be mailed, faxed, or scanned and sent by email to: registrar@utk.edu. An email message from the instructor giving you permission to audit the course will also be accepted.
• You will be assigned a NetID—the username associated with your accounts at UT. It allows you to access various systems such as your UT email and Online@UT, our course management system. Set up your NetID password on the Office of Information Technology website.

Most courses have a first-in/first-out waitlist. When a seat becomes available, you receive a UT email saying you are eligible to enroll. You have twenty-four hours to log into MyUTK and register. If you do not register in this timeframe, your seat will be given to the next person on the waitlist. Check your email every day to see if you are offered an opportunity to add the course.

It may appear that there is one seat available in a section that has a waitlist. This seat is being held for the student who received the notification, so no other students can register although one seat shows as available.

Always remember that you are the person responsible for strategically planning your academic schedule, but you are not in this process alone. Consult your academic advisor before and during registration. If you are unable to get into a course you must have to graduate, let your academic advisor know. The faculty and staff of each college are responsible for scheduling classes. The more they know about student needs, the better your chances for additional seats.

You can check whether other sections have seats available for the course you have waitlisted. Many courses offer more than one section, and more sections and seats are added regularly. Check your schedule and the timetable to see if other sections are available.

Look at all the course offerings to see how many students are enrolled in each. The deeper you are on the waitlist, the lower your chances of getting in the course. Some sections are more popular than others. Consider all offerings and look at the size of the waitlist for all sections. Being number one on a waitlist has dramatically better odds of getting in a course than being number five.
Look at the other sections to see if you can improve your position on a waitlist by registering for another. Remember, you can only register for one section at a time. You will have to drop your current section before you can add a different one. After dropping a course, you will lose your spot in the waitlist and not be able to return to it. Think carefully and check your schedule before changing sections.

Waitlisting for a course should be your last option. If you are deep in the waitlist and the course has few seats available, understand your chances of getting into the course. A student on the waitlist is given twenty-four hours to enroll, regardless of how close the enrollment deadline is. If you are number five on the waitlist and one seat becomes available, it could take five days before your chance becomes available. However, being number one on a waitlist does not guarantee you the possibility of getting in the course.

As the semester gets closer, work with your academic advisor to plan alternatives.