Register for Courses

• Understanding when you can register - Registration Dates and Deadlines
• How do I register for courses?
• How do I make a change to my course selection? (Add/Drop)
• I am unable to register for, or drop, courses on Self-Service, what should I do?
• If I drop a course, will I get a refund?
• What do I do if I missed a registration deadline?

Understanding when you can register

Once you have selected your courses and determined which times the courses are being offered it is time to register.

What is Priority Course Registration? When can I register for my courses?

Priority registration allows students with the most credits an opportunity to register their course selections in their major before those who have not acquired as many credits.  This process helps to ensure that students close to graduation are getting the courses needed to complete their degree requirements. The Priority Course Registration period opens in June for registration in Fall and Winter semester half-credit courses, and Fall/Winter academic year courses.

Registration happens through the MyTrent portal in the 'Register' tab under the 'Registration' section. 

How do I register for courses?

Step 1: Accept Required agreements: Academic integrity and financial obligation. Complete these agreements prior to creating your schedule and proceeding to registration. This will be an annual step before you can register for or make changes to your course selection.

Follow along with Screenshots from Self-Service in this document, or watch the video tutorial below.

Download the Required Agreements on Self-Service video transcript

How to Register in Courses on Self-Service

Login to MyTrent, click on the ‘Academics’ tabs, then click on the ‘Self-Service’ icon. On the homepage of that icon, click on the ‘Course Catalog’ button to start searching for courses.

Once in the course catalog, you can do a catalog listing or a section listing. In this example, we will do a search for Business Administration courses in the first 6 weeks of summer (the S61 term).

Apply your filters.  For example, ‘Peterborough campus’ and ‘Web-Based Course’, ‘second year’ courses.

Click on the “view available sections” box under the courses being added.  Click on the blue “add section to schedule” button.

A box will pop up with additional details on the course, including prerequisite courses.  Proceed with “add section” if you meet the prerequisites.

Once all courses are added, go back to the home page of Self-Service, and then click on the Student Planning and Registration icon, then click on “Plan your degree and register for your courses” at the top of the page. By default, this will load the current term. Click on the arrow to get to the summer term. Note that S12, S61, and S62 are treated as distinct terms and you will need to go through this process separately for each term.

Hit the arrow to the next term for summer to see the course section(s) added. Hit the arrow again to view the next term as well (i.e. S62).

The last step is to register. Click the icon on the left under each individual course added.

Any issues using this registration platform?  Take a screenshot of the issue and email registrar@trentu.ca.

Several other helpful tools for degree planning are available in this platform. More information guides to come!

Please note that there are multiple ways to add courses to your plans. This guide shows just one of those ways. Please refer to the videos under Video Tutorials for additional information on Self-Service.

Video Tutorial

How to Register in Courses using the Student Planning System (Self-Service)

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If you are experiencing any issues with the Student Planning System (Self-Service), please take a screenshot of the error messages you are receiving and email registrar@trentu.ca

How do I make a change to my course selection? (Add/Drop)

'Self-Service' is the new platform used for dropping courses.  The last date to drop Winter courses without academic penalty is March 10th, 2023.

Please note that you must accept all 'Required Agreements' in order to drop courses.  You will easily spot 'Required Agreement' messages at the top of the page in the Self Service platform.

The 'Self-Service' icon can be found under the 'Academics' tab on MyTrent.

Steps for Dropping a course: 

• Once registered in a class, if you need to drop the course, click on “Student Planning and Registration” from the home tab,
• then “Plan your degree and register for classes” at the top of the page.
• You can then scroll between your current or registered terms and click “drop” under the course you wish to drop.

Video Tutorial

How to Drop Courses and Change Sections using the Student Planning System (Self-Service)

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If you have questions about how many courses should you take each term? What should you consider before dropping a course? Visit the Determining Your Course load page.

Frequently Asked Questions

If I drop a course, will I get a refund?

Students withdrawing or fully de-registering from Trent University on or before the Add/Change deadline will be billed a non-refundable deposit fee. After the Add/Change deadline, a refund of tuition fees will be calculated according to the effective withdrawal date and the refund schedule on the Student Accounts website. 

Reference: Student Accounts – Trent University https://www.trentu.ca/studentfinances/2022-fall-and-2023-winter-refund-schedule

What do I do if I missed a registration deadline? 

If you need to register late for a course, you can complete a Late Add Petition form. You will need to send your completed petition to the course instructor for the course you would like to register for and ask their permission to register late in the course. If they agree, they will need to complete page two of the Late Add Petition form. Once complete with their signature, the form needs to be sent to registrar@trentu.ca.

Please keep in mind that once classes have started, any missed material will be your responsibility. You will need to get caught up in the course.