2Course Registration(1) Course Registration
Course registration includes submitting a registration plan to the provosts of your affiliated school afterplanning and receiving guidance and advice from instructors, etc. Course registration is the most important
procedure prior to taking courses at the University of Tsukuba. Refer to the Course Registration Guidebook
given at the time of admission and confirm the credits necessary for graduation for your program. Please
ensure to complete the registration procedures within the specified time period.
If you are unable to register during the specified period due to unavoidable circumstances, pleasecontact the Undergraduate Student Affairs of the Academic Service Office. If you do not register for acourse, you will be unable to take the course. You will not be able to earn credit for the course, even if you
take the final examination.
For courses and credits required for graduation, please refer to the Course Registration Guidebook
distributed at the time of enrollment. Furthermore, this booklet (the Course Catalogue) providing
information on courses offered is distributed every academic year. The subject area for which you shouldtake your courses will vary with the affiliated schools/colleges of the major you would like to study.
In addition, the selection of majors of schools/colleges is already established depending on youraffiliated schools/colleges.

Registration Process
Necessary Documents for Course Registration
Booklets

Purpose of Use and Contents●The Course Registration Guidebook provides the following information about registration.

CoursePlease read this guide carefully.

Registration- Credits required for graduation

Guidebook- How to register for the courses required to qualify for the educational personnel license(By Year of- Approval to transfer credits from other universities (e.g., pre-admission [transfer,Admission)

re-admission, etc.], TOEFL, study abroad, etc., during residency at the University ofTsukuba).

Distributed at theTime ofEnrollment- Continue your studies at the University of Tsukuba after returning from studying abroad.
- Annual limits for course loads●If you have any questions, please contact the section of Undergraduate Student Affairs of
the Academic Service Office.
●The Course Catalogue provides information about courses as scheduled at the beginning ofCourse Catalog(This volume)
Distributed EachAcademic Yeareach academic year.
●It is also posted on the university website. Both will display the schedule as planned at thebeginning of the academic year.
●If new courses are added or changes of classrooms, dates, times, etc., occur, the information
will be posted on the Web Bulletin Board (TWINS) for students, so please be aware ofthem. Please specifically focus on the updates during the course registration period inApril.

Syllabus●The Syllabi provides an outline of topics to be covered in courses, as well as other relevant

Updated Each

information. Some colleges provide syllabi online on their homepages or Curriculum

Academic Year

Scheduling Support System (KdB).

Using Curriculum Scheduling Support System (KdB), you can search the latest subject information as well as
read the syllabus of courses (registered courses only) on the website. https://kdb.tsukuba.ac.jp/↓●Orientation meetings are offered in academic centers
Orientation

Center for Education of Global Communication, Sport and Physical Education Center, etc.

(Advising(Advising session on general subjects, such as foreign language, physicalSession)

Education, etc.)●Undergraduate orientation (Academic advising held by each college)↓●It is the students’ responsibility to register for courses in accordance with the graduation
requirements outlined in the Course Registration Guidebook.

CourseRegistration
Scheduling●To be counted as credits toward graduation, courses must be accurately selected according
to the subject area.
●If you have any questions on graduation requirements and subject area, contact the sectionof Undergraduate Student Affairs of the Academic Service Office.
↓●Students should complete the course registration through the TWINS system:
https://twins.tsukuba.ac.jp/

OnlineRegistration

Please refer to the (2) “Registration Period and Rules” shown below and follow the“TWINS operation manual”●Details about the distribution of Guidebook, etc., will be separately informed.

(2) Registration Period and Rules
Registration Period
Registration Period
Module that Courses Starts in:

Registration Period

Spring A

Friday, April 5 – Friday, April 26

Spring B

Friday, April 5 – Thursday, May 30

Spring C

Friday, April 5 – Thursday, July 11

Fall A

Friday, April 5 – Monday, October 14

Fall B

Friday, April 5 – Friday, November 15

Fall C

Friday, April 5 – Thursday, January 16

Note: General physical education courses for first-year college students. Students should takethose classes on the specific dates as stated at the orientation held by the Physical Education
Center. Please register for those classes within the registration period.
Registration dates for intensive courses are announced when it is determined that it will beoffered. For intensive courses already assigned, course numbers and semesters in the Course
Catalogue will have the same registration dates as above, so please register during those dates.
Course adjustments will be made for courses that overcapacity in Multidisciplinary Subjects.
Announcements regarding course adjustment and offerings will be posted on the Web Bulletin
Board. Pre-registration is required to take the “Multidisciplinary Subjects for the Undergraduate
Degrees” offered in Japanese.

Rules Regarding Registration(1) Some intensive courses cannot be registered until the schedules are settled, even if they have course
numbers and modules listed on this “Course Catalogue”
Information will be uploaded on the bulletin boards once the schedule is approved. Please register forcourses within the designated period.
(2) You may not register for courses if their schedules overlap.
(3) When you are going to take courses with prerequisites or take courses from other colleges, please notify
the instructors on the first day of the course.
(4) As a general rule, the retake of courses for which you have already completed credits (retake of thesame course) is not permitted.
(5) If you have any inquiries or doubts regarding your grade evaluation, contact with your instructor. If you
cannot solve the problem, ask the Academic Service office regarding the method of inquiry to theEducational Organization that conducts the course and fill in the prescribed form. Thereafter, submit itto the Academic Service office.