My.Lakeland

Registration Instructions

Here are the steps to register for classes online. Read all the instructions before
you register!!!

Step #1: Prepare Correctly•••••••

Get the latest schedule, with course names, codes, sections, days, times, & teachers.
Check your LUJ email to find out which day is your registration day.
Plan which classes you want to take.
Make an appointment & meet with your advisor.
Plan the courses you will take and any alternate courses in case your intended
courses become full.
Get your Degree Planner from your advisor.

Make sure to record the course information and details you decide together withyour advisor. You will need this information when registering online.

Step #2: Log In on Your Registration Day
On your registration day, you will be able to register from 12:45 p.m. While you
can register anywhere you wish, the staff will only provide technical support
through email or in-person until 5 p.m. The online registration will close at midnight of the last day of Registration Period.
Log in to my.lakeland using your LUW ID number and the password you set up
when you created your account. Once you have logged in, click on LUJ Student
in the page’s navigation bar.

Step #3: Go to Add/Drop
At or near the top of the page, you will see a section titled Add/Drop.
Click on the link titled Add/Drop Courses.
Make sure that you choose the correct Term,selecting the term after this one, the one marked“LUJ ... Term”. If you do not do this, then thecourses you need will not appear, or courses in
Wisconsin may appear!
Make sure you are in Add by Course Code.
※To get information on open seats in classes, use the “Course Search” tab.

Step #4: Enter Course Codes
In the boxes below, fill in the course codes for the classes
you wish to take.
As you begin typing the course code, you will see all matching courses appear in a menu below your typing. You may
use the arrow keys on your keyboard to choose the correct
section, and then hit Enter to make the selection.

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Note: it is not possible to (1) sign up for classes which you have not taken thenecessary pre-requisite, and (2) sign up more units than you are allowed. Be careful only to sign up for classes and the number of classes which you are allowed totake!

If you are signing up for any 4-unit courses (i.e. Biology or any 100-level languagecourses), then you must sign up for the Main Course and the Lab with the exact
same section number (except for JST220-Way of Tea). The Lab has an “L” added tothe code.

IMPORTANT:
1. Sign up for courses in the Japan Campus, only ones with section number ofJ1-J4.
2. Make sure that you signed up for the correct section (.J1, .J2, .J3, or .J4)
3. Follow the courses approved by your advisor. You may change to another section of an approved course.
Keep in mind that registering is not the same as being approved for a course. Allof your class choices will be reviewed by your advisor, and if you signed up for acourse your advisor did not approve, you may be rejected. You must not ignore
your advisor’s recommendations. When you register for classes, you must only
take courses that you arranged with your advisor as your main choices or alternates. Do not suddenly decide to take courses which you were not pre-approvedfor. If you stray from the approved courses, you may be denied the course you
chose, and you may not be contacted until hours or even a few days later. By
the time you find out what happened, your approved courses may be filled up!
This may cause you to miss taking necessary courses, or it may force you to sign
up for classes you did not want!
Possible reasons for course non-approval:•••

You signed up for a course that requires a prerequisite which you did not take
You signed up for too many / too few courses
You signed up for a course that your adviser strongly discourages

Changing the courses you agreed on with your advisor may also mean that you
will miss the chance to take a “rotating” course which is only available once a year.

Step #5: Check Your Courses Carefully
Review the choices you made for your classes.

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Did you select the courses approved by your advisor?

•If any of those were filled, did you only choose alternate courses which were preapproved by your advisor?

•Did you choose the sections you intended?

•Do all of the courses have a J1, J2, or J3 course number?

•If you signed up for a 100-level language class or for Biology, did you also sign up
for the separate lab?

•Did you only sign up for 12-14 units? (fewer is OK if you’re in your last 2 semesters)

Step #6: Add
Once you have entered all the courses you wish to take, click on the Add
Course(s) button.

If you scroll down below the “Add” window, you will see the results of your registration. Your courses will be reserved under the “Awaiting Advisor Approval” title;
you must then wait until the courses are approved by your advisor, and appear
under “Your Schedule (Registered).”

There are a few special situations you may have to deal with:3•Co-requisite course required:a “co-requisite” course is alab which is required with amain class. If you sign up for a
4-unit course without the lab,
you may see an error message
telling you that you need a corequisite course (which means
the lab for the course). Clickon Add Co-requisite Course(s) and add the companion class.

•Course section is full: if a class you signed up for is full, you must sign up fora different section. If no section is available, or if no section is free without
conflicting with another course you wish to take, then you may sign up for analternate course, so long as your advisor approved the course previously.

•Waitlist: if a course or section is full, you will be given an option to go on a
wait list. You must register for an alternate class which you can enter now. If aspace opens up in your waitlisted class, you will be given the option of addingthat class at a later time, and dropping the alternate. However, the chance ofbeing added from a waitlist is very small. If you go on a waiting list for acourse, you cannot sign up for another available section of the same class.
Therefore, if it is a required course, the waiting list is not your best option,
because you may get shut out of all sections if the class fills up.

Be sure to check your list of registered courses, and make sure that you aresigned up for all the courses you intend to take. Again, if you chose to be on a
wait-list for a class, you must sign up for an alternate class which is not full.

Special Step: Drop
If you find that you have signed up for the wrong class, you may remove a course
from the list you have selected so far.
To cancel a course that you have added incorrectly, look in the “Awaiting Advisor
Approval” section. You will see that each course has a check box next to it. Puta check only in the box next to the class(es) you intend to cancel, then click on
the “Cancel Selected Approval Request(s)” button. You will see a confirmation
message.

After a course has been approved, if you later decide to makea change (only if it was OK with your advisor!), you can still
drop courses any time that course registration is active. Thistime, under your Registered courses, click on the box next toyour course and then click on “Drop Selected Courses.” Again,
you will see a confirmation.

Special Step: Problems
Make sure that you signed up correctly. If there are any problems that you cannot
fix yourself, it is your responsibility to contact the Academic Affairs staff
immediately in order to correct them. You will not be given special permission
to join a class which filled up after you failed to join it for any reason.

Step #7: Check
A day or two after you register for your classes, log in again and check the status tosee if they are approved. If the courses have not been approved after 2 days, checkwith your advisor.

REMEMBER4•

If you waitlist a class, you MUST choose an alternate class at the same time, as
most students do not get into waitlisted classes.

•Email your advisor immediately after you register for classes, or after you
make any subsequent change on my.lakeland.