Registration FAQs

Important dates for the university can be found here, on the Registrar’s website (university academic calendar; course schedules, exam schedules, registration dates).

Students are required to register through their personal Self Service Banner. Academic Advisors do not have access to student registration accounts to register students.

• First, look at a sample graduation plan for the selected major. Navigate here to find those plans along with instructions on how to access degree works. These pages offer a general sense of when students take classes in their program.
• Second, access DegreeWorks. DegreeWorks will show all of the classes required for a student’s major. DegreeWorks is linked to the course schedule. The full course schedule with detailed information can be found here. 
• DegreeWorks will also show any prerequisites or corequisites associated with a course.
• For Graduate students in the MS CS/ DS programs the following CS classes have been changed to the prefix DS. These courses will still count towards the MS CS/DS degree. (632,636,644,675,677)
• Third, for specific questions, contact an academic advisor here. 
• Undergraduate students cannot earn degree credit for both of the following courses. Students can only choose from one:

• ACCT 117 or ACCT 115
• MIS 245 or IS 265
• MIS 363 or MGMT 480
• IT 255 or CS 266
• IT 276 or CS 276
• MATH 337 or CS 337

• This software is used as an auditing tool for showing what classes students have left in their program.
• To access Degreeworks follow the steps below:
  • Log into Highlander Pipeline
  • Select the "Student Services" tab
  • Select "Self Service Banner (SSB)" under "Online Services"
  • Select "DegreeWorks"

• Courses are sometimes in the Not Used section because they are remedial courses (i.e. Math 107, Math 108, Math 110). These must remain in the Not Used section as they will not count towards graduation credits.
• Depending on the major, not all classes will be applicable toward NJIT degrees. For any other courses, please contact an academic advisor to determine if courses can be moved out of the Not Used section. Advisors rely on university policy to determine if courses can be moved in DegreeWorks.

• Yes, Undergraduates can attempt a single course up to a maximum of 4 times. These attempts include withdrawals with a “W”. Students will receive an email notice of this policy when they are enrolled in their third attempt and in their fourth attempt. If a student does not pass a core course on the fourth attempt, the student must pursue another major that does not require that course.
• According to the undergraduate repeat policy, if a student takes a course and then repeats it, the initial grade will not count toward the cumulative GPA. However, both grades will still appear on the transcript. If a student takes a course 3 or 4 times, only the lowest grade gets excluded from the calculation of their cumulative GPA and all other grades will be averaged together. All grades will still appear on the transcript. 
• Graduate students can repeat up to 2 courses throughout the lifetime of their degree.   
• Certificate students can repeat 1 course throughout their program.

• For Undergraduates, there is no list. Electives are any course that is not already required for graduation from a student’s program. Some courses do not count toward any NJIT degree and cannot count as an elective. For example, ENGL 096, ENGL 099, ENGL 100, as well as Math 108/110/107. Some courses cannot count toward specific majors, for example, BS CS students may not use PHYS 102 toward their degree. 
• For Graduates, there is a designated list of electives. Please consult degree works or the 

course catalog for a list of courses to choose from. Students should contact their assigned academic advisor with questions about outside elective(s) that students can take, as part of their program.

• To register for CS/IS 700B, please follow these steps:
  • Choose a professor to work with. They must be a YWCC tenure-track faculty (listed under Assistant/ Associate/ Senior/ Distinguished Professor on the departmental web pages). This can be a professor with whom students have taken a class or students can contact a professor working on a research topic of their interest listed here.
  • Once the research or project has been confirmed with the professor, graduate students must register for INTD 799 (students will only have to register for this once).
  • The professor can then email ywcc_permits@njit.edu. Once the request is reviewed, students will receive a response with a permit to register for the course.

• Credit overloads will need to be approved by an Academic Advisor. 
• Undergraduate students: There will be an additional tuition fee when registering for more than 19 credits.
• Graduate students: There will be an additional tuition fee when registering for more than 12 credits.

Students ordinarily may take up to 19 (undergraduate) or 12 (graduate) credits per semester. If you'd like to take classes beyond that limit, consult the table below to confirm your eligibility, then email your advisor to make the request.

For tuition questions, please contact the Bursar’s office directly.

• Students should identify which class they would like to take outside NJIT. 
• Verify using NJ Transfers that this is an acceptable course to be transferred into NJIT.
• Work with the corresponding NJIT department to obtain written permission to take course(s) outside NJIT (Please note that most departments are most flexible during the summer semester.)
• Upon receiving written permission from the department, the form must be sent to the Registrar Office. If permission is denied, students cannot take the class outside NJIT. 
• Register for the class at the approved institution.
• Students must receive a grade of C or higher and have a minimum cumulative GPA of a  2.0 in order for the credits to be accepted back into NJIT.
• Once students successfully complete the course, they will need to request their official transcript from that school be sent to NJIT.

Once the NJIT Registrar receives a student’s official transcript the credits will be processed.
****Many upper division courses (300/400 level)  are typically not transferable****

• Academic advisors CANNOT place students into a closed course. 
• If a course is closed, please utilize the waitlist while the departments potentially work to open additional sections and/or increase course capacities. 
• For graduating seniors in their final semester, please waitlist for the core course  and then inform your assigned academic advisor. Students should make every effort to register for open classes, when applicable. 
• All other students should regularly check the course schedule along with their NJIT emails in the event a seat becomes available.

• At the designated registration time, log in to Banner Self Service.
• Click “Registration” and then click “Add or Drop Classes”.
• Enter the CRN of the course and click the “Submit Changes” button.
• If the class is full and waitlisting is available for the class, students will see Registration Add Errors with a status of 'Closed- 0 Waitlisted.' (It may say 1, 2, or 3, etc. Waitlisted depending whether a waitlist has already begun).
• From the drop-down menu, select the action of “Waitlist” and click the “Submit Changes” button.
• As long as the waitlist has not reached capacity, students will be placed on the waitlist.
• Students can only register or waitlist for one section of a course.

1. Navigate to the Highlander Pipeline
2. Find the ‘Registration & Degree Plan’ card
     a. Click the ‘Course Registration – (Banner)’ link
3. Click the ‘View Registration Information’ link
     a. Select the Term
     b. Click the ‘Schedule Details’ tab located in the middle-left of the page, next to
          the ‘Schedule’ tab
     c. View the ‘Waitlist Position’ for each waitlisted course in the details

• Waitlisting for a course does not guarantee a seat in the course. 
• Students are advised to identify an alternative course, just in case a seat does not become available.
• If a seat becomes available, students will be notified through NJIT email and students will have 72 hours to register for the course. The 72 hours includes weekends and holidays so students are advised to be vigilant and check email often.

• Instructions are here

International Graduate students will need to complete this form with the Office of Global Initiatives.

• Academic advisors CANNOT register students into a course. 
• Sometimes the system may not recognize the prerequisite course as completed. However, if students have already taken and fulfilled the prerequisites, they should fill out a Prerequisite Permit Form.
• Permits are a request to enroll in a course. The information students input into the form goes to our scheduling coordinator who reviews the request to determine eligibility for registration. Please be patient with this process. 

Once a determination is made for the request, you will be notified by email. The email will provide instructions on how to register with the permit for the course.

• A permit request is not for closed courses, but can be requested for any of the following error messages received when attempting to register for a course: prerequisite, corequisite, college, duplicate course, honors, year, major.

To request a permit, please click here

Please visit this webpage and click the appropriate link for the corresponding department.

• Only academic advisors can remove an academic advisor hold. Follow the steps outlined here 
• For a bursar’s hold, please contact the Bursar’s office directly: Account Holds | Office of the Bursar

For all other holds please consult the list of contacts here Registration Information | Office of The Registrar  under the heading “Holds”