Course Selection Information - Fall 19
The Course Selection period for the Fall 19 semester began on Monday, June 17, 2019 according to the number of credits completed and in progress. All course seletion windows are now open. Please register promptly for courses. The system will remain open for Course Selection until September 13, 2019; however, students who do not enrol by July 22, 2019 may find that their desired or required course sections are no longer available due to space availability.
WebAdvisor will not be available on the following dates and times due to scheduled maintenance:
8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon on Monday, July 22, 2019
8:00 AM on Monday, August 19 through to 8:00 AM on Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Fall 19 classes begin on Thursday, September 5, 2019.
Please note that the information on this page is tentative, and may change often as updates are received. Monitor this page regularly for information regarding course restrictions, additions, deletions and special registration instructions.
(page last updated July 12, 2019)
Course Selection Updates
If you find that all sections of a required course for your major are full when your Course Selection window first opens, please just continue to monitor WebAdvisor. Occasionally, a course may fill up unexpectedly (especially overnight) and it may take a few hours before additional spaces are made available. Please see below for information on specific courses that may be full.
Approval for Credit Overloads (for students wishing to register for more than 2.75 credits) will only be considered for approval by the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre beginning August 19, 2019 pending space availability.
BIOL 2300 - Permission to register for the Field Course in Biodiversity required an application. The deadline for submission has now passed, and no further applications are being accepted (posted June 20, 2019).
BIOC 2580 - If the course is full, or if the available sections to not allow a conflict-free schedule with other required courses, please submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted July 5, 2019). Please note that this course is restricted to students in certain programs, according to the information listed in the restriction section below.
BIOL 3020 - BIOL 3020 is now full. Students in the MBG & WBC majors, and ECOL minors are asked to submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted June 24, 2019).
MBG 2040 - MBG 2040 is now full. Students in majors that have the course included in their Schedule of Studies are asked to submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted July 10, 2019).
MBG 3040 - MBG 3040 is now full. Students in the MBG major are asked to submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted June 25, 2019).
MICR 2420 - MICR 2420 is now full. Students in majors that have the course included in their Schedule of Studies are asked to submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted July 5, 2019).
MICR 3230 - Update! Additional spaces will be made available in WebAdvisor shortly (August 9, 2019). However, if MICR 3230 is full, students in majors that have the course included in their Schedule of Studies are asked to submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted June 24, 2019).
NUTR 3360 - Permanently restricted to HK and NANS (major and minor) students, as indicated in the Undergraduate Calendar. Students wishing to seek approval for a waiver should contact the Instructor, Prof. David Mutch (dmutch@uoguelph.ca). Students in the HK and NANS major will given priority (posted July 3, 2019).
ZOO 3000 - ZOO 3000 is now full. Students in the ZOO major or minor are asked to submit a completed Course Waiver Request form to the B.Sc. Academic Counselling Centre (bscweb@uoguelph.ca) to be added to the waiting list (posted July 5, 2019).
UNIV 1200 - Our office has been notified that spaces will continue to roll out in UNIV 1200 over the next few days. Please continue to monitor WebAdvisor. This course is restricted to first year students only (with 5.00 or fewer credits). Posted June 26, 2019.
New for Fall 19!
BIOL 3660 - Internship in Biological Science. Open to all majors offered by the College of Biological Science (CBS). The Internship in Biological Science course provides an opportunity for independent learning in the biological sciences within a work-related environment (volunteer or paid). Students can work with an external organization or an academic or non-academic unit, on campus.
Course Requirements
Plant Science (PLSC) - New students (those admitted for Fall 19) are scheduled to take ENGL 1030 in Semester 1, however the course is not available. PLSC student will now take ENGL 1030 in Semester 2, and may select any Liberal Education Elective they wish in Semester 1.
PBC students - For Fall 19, PSYC 4540 has been approved as a Science restricted elective.
PSYC 4780 is a co-requisite for PSYC 4870 and students not registered in the Honours Thesis course will not be able to take it.
Special Instructions
HK students - second year. MBG 2040 & BIOC 2580. In order to ensure space availability for a wide variety of B.Sc. students, HK majors will be required to register for any of the MBG 2040 lecture sections beginning with 02 (MWF at 8:30 lecture time) along with the BIOC 2580 lab times on MWF beginning at 10:30 AM (BIOC 2580 sections: 0102, 0104, 0119, 0121,0123, 0145, 0206, 0226, 0228, 0230, 0253). Please continue to monitor this website for updates as the Course Selection period progresses.
Human Anatomy. HK students scheduled to take Human Anatomy will be able to register in HK 3401 or HK 3501 as usual using WebAdvisor. Please note that desired lab times cannot be guaranteed. If all sections are temporarily full, please continue to monitor WebAdvisor as we work to make additional spaces available. BIOM students were previously emailed instructions to submit a Course Waiver Request form, and will be manually registered by our office pending space availability. BIOM registrations will continue through July and August, as space availability becomes known.
NUTR 4210 and the HK Research/Advanced Study courses - There is a small course conflict with the Friday lecture time of NUTR 4210 and the meeting time indicated for the HK Research/Advanced Study courses (HK 4230, HK 4360 and HK 4371/2). We have been advised by the HHNS department that students who are registered in both courses will be easily accommodated, and that the conflict can be ignored.
ZOO 4920 requires Instructor Consent. Students wishing to register should send a completed Course Waiver Request form to Sarah Schorno (sschorno@uoguelph.ca) in the Integrative Biology department. The department may not respond until the week of June 24th.
Restrictions
Notice Regarding Restrictions on First Year Courses. A number of first year (1000 level) courses have put a restriction in place that will only allow first year students to register. This is to ensure that sufficient space remains available for new students, since their Course Selection Window opens at the last available slot. These restrictions are put in place at the discretion of the department that offers the course. Not all first year courses are restricted, but please review the information below, and on the Registrar's Office website for Fall 2019 First Year Restrictions, for further details. The individual departments will determine if a first year restriction will be lifted, and if so, this will be done at Noon on Monday, July 22, 2019.
Please see the Course Description section of the Undergraduate Calendar for courses that have permanent restrictions listed.
BIOC 2580 - Restricted to students registered in programs that are required to take it in the Fall semester. HK students should refer to the Special Registration Instructions in the section above. Please continue to monitor this website for updates.
BIOL 1080 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). Restricted to first year students registered in the BIOM, HK, NANS & NEUR majors and the BBRM.FIM, BENG.BIOE & BAS programs. Please continue to monitor this website for updates.
BIOL 1090 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). Restricted to first year students registered in majors, minors or programs that are required to take it in any semester. Please continue to monitor this website for updates.
BIOM 3000 - Update! The department has now removed the restriction (posted August 6th). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the NEUR major or NEUR minor. The restriction will be removed on August 7, 2019.
BIOM 3200 - Update! The department has now removed the restriction (posted August 6th). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BTOX, BIOC, BPCH, BIOS, BIOM, MBG, & NEUR majors and the BASC.AHN program. NEUR and NANS minors may also register. The restriction will be removed on August 7, 2019.
BIOM 3010 - Update! The department has now removed the restriction (posted August 6th). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BIOM major and BENG.BME program. The restriction will be removed on August 7, 2019.
BIOM 4070 - Update! The department has now removed the restriction (posted August 6th). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BIOM, BTOX and TOX majors. The restriction will be removed on August 7, 2019.
CHEM 2400 - Update! The restriction will be expanded to include the BPCH regular major on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BPCH (co-op only) and CHEM (regular and co-op) majors.
CHEM 2480 - Update! The restriction will be expanded to include the BIOC and BTOX regular majors on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019).A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BIOC (co-op only) and BTOX (co-op only) majors.
CHEM 2880 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). Restricted to students registered in the BIOC, BPCH and FOOD majors.
CHEM 3750 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BIOC, BPCH, BTOX, CHEM majors and CHEM minor.
MATH 1160 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BMPH, CHEM, CHPY, PHYS, MSCI, THPY majors and MATH and STAT minors.
MBG 2040 - HK students should refer to the Special Registration Instructions in the section above. Please continue to monitor this website for updates.
MBG 3350 - Restricted to students registered in majors or minors that are required to take it. This is a permanent restriction as listed in the Undergraduate Calendar. Students who are scheduled to take this course in the Fall 19 semester are encouraged not move the course to a future semester, as space will be particularly limited in Winter 20.
NUTR 3360 - Permanently restricted to HK and NANS (major and minor) students, as indicated in the Undergraduate Calendar. Students wishing to seek approval for a waiver should contact the Instructor, Prof. David Mutch (dmutch@uoguelph.ca). Students in the HK and NANS major will given priority (posted July 3, 2019).
NEUR 4100 - Update! The department has now removed the restriction (posted August 6th). Update! The restriction has now be expanded to include the NEUR minor. The restriction will be removed on August 7, 2019 (posted July 22, 2019). A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the B.Sc.NEUR major only.
PHYS 1080 - Restricted to students registered in the B.Sc., B.Sc.(Env.) and B.A.S. degree programs.
PHYS 1300 - Restricted to students registered in the B.Sc. and B.Sc.(Env.) degree programs.
PSYC 1000, PSYC 2330, PSYC 2410, PSYC 2650, PSYC 3270 - Update! PSYC 1000 - This restriction is scheduled to be removed on August 12th, pending space availability. Restricted to students registered in specific majors and minors. No decision has been made on when or if restrictions will be lifted. Please continue to monitor WebAdvisor and this website.
STAT 2040 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). The in-class section only (section 01) is restricted to students registered in the BIOC, BPCH, BIOM, ENVB, HK, MICR, MBG, NEUR, NANS & PSCI majors. There is no restriction in place on the on-line section (DE01).
TOX 2000 - Update! The restriction will be removed on July 22, 2019 at Noon (posted July 12, 2019). Restricted to students registered in the BPCH, BTOX & ENVB majors and the B.Sc.(Env.) ENVS and EEP majors.
TOX 4000 - A Priority Access Course. Restricted to students registered in the BIOM, BTOX and TOX majors. The restriction will be removed on August 7, 2019.
UNIV 1200 - Our office has been notified that spaces will continue to roll out in UNIV 1200 over the next few days. Please continue to monitor WebAdvisor. This course is restricted to first year students only (with 5.00 or fewer credits). Posted June 26, 2019.
Additional restrictions and updates will be posted as information becomes available.
Course Changes, Additions or Deletions
PSYC 4580 will not be offered in the F19 semester.
ANSC 2330 has been cancelled. ABIO majors will be able to register for a similar course, EQN 2040, offered in the Winter semester.
ANSC 3050 will not be offered in the F19 semester.
CROP 3340 will not be offered in the F19 semester, but will be offered in Winter 20.
ENGL 1030 - The School of English and Theatre Studies has confirmed that ENGL 1030 will not be offered in Fall 19, but will be offered in Winter 20.
HORT 3310 is listed as a Fall course offering in the Undergraduate Calendar, but will be offered in the Winter semester.
Past Updates
For the Winter 19 semester, PSYC 4540, and PSYC 4580 are approved as Science restricted electives for PBC students. For the Fall 18 semester, PSYC 4540 and PSYC 4580 are approved as a Science restricted electives for all PBC students. For the Winter 18 semester, PSYC 4540 and PSYC 4580 are approved as a Science restricted electives for all PBC students. For the Fall 17 semester, PSYC 4540, PSYC 4570 and PSYC 4580 are approved as Science restricted electives for all PBC students.
For past updates that apply to specific B.Sc. majors or minors, please contact your B.Sc. Program Counsellor.