Course Selection and Registration

Students can register for courses in their Self-Service which is located in their myTrent portal under the Academics Tab. Visit the register for courses page to find additional resources for course registration.

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

Tech Note: For Apple Mac computer users please ensure you have downloaded Google Chrome.  We have observed an increase in issues accessing a specific subset of icons (including all course registration icons) in myTrent from Apple iOS devices and Apple Mac computers using Safari and Firefox.

Need further support from Academic Advising? Call 705-748-1011 ext 7333 to speak with an experienced student ambassador about the registration process and resources. Same-day advising appointments are also available during the Priority Course Registration Period. 

If a specific course section (ex: CHEM-1000H-A-F01) is full (“Closed” according to the Academic Timetable), students are encouraged to find a different section of the course that is still “Open” for registration. If a specific course section is full, but a waitlist is available, the student will have the option to “Waitlist” rather “Register” in your Course Plan on Self-Service. Learn more about waitlists.
 

Consult the Academic Timetable to double check if there is another section in the course that does not conflict with the other course. If the error message persists, and the courses do not conflict, send a screenshot of the error message to the Office of the Registrar registrar@trentu.ca.

First, confirm that you have not passed the deadline to add or change a course for the term you wish to update. These deadlines are posted under Academic Dates and Deadlines in the Academic Calendar.

View this video for steps on changing your course selection in the Self-Serve Registration System. 

The Priority Registration Schedule is how to determine when you are eligible to register for courses during the Academic Year. 

Students can add or change courses until the course registration deadlines outlined in the Academic Calendar under Academic Dates and Deadlines.  

You may view your waitlist standing in Self-Service which can be found on the myTrent portal, under Academics → Self-Service. Your waitlist status will be one of the following: a numerical ranking of your position on the waitlist (e.g. 3/14), or permission to register when space has been offered. For more information on Waitlisted Courses, please visit the Registrar’s Office page on Course Registration.

Contact the Academic Department offering the course you are waitlisted for to inquire about the likelihood of additional spaces opening up in the course. You may need to consider adding this course to your plans for course selection in a future semester.

To request to take a course without the prerequisites you will need a Prerequisite Waiver Form. Once you have completed and submitted the form, it will automatically be sent to the Department and course instructor for consideration. Someone will be in touch with you via email to let you know their decision. If approved, the email will also contain information about how to officially register in the course.

This might be a Verification of Enrollment form (VOE)​ which can be found on the Registrar’s website. Other reasons why you might need a VOE is for a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), bank for a student chequing account or student line of credit, government agency such as Service Canada, high school scholarship committees or other non-Trent scholarships, and/or third-party funding sources including, band funding, private funding, etc.

Funding agreements like Scholarships, OSAP, band funding and other sources of funding often have course load requirements which should be reviewed with the source of the funding before making decisions on required course load. You should review these limits with the funding source that you are using. For additional considerations before dropping a course, please visit the Determining Your Courseload page.

Review the process for readmission on the Former Trent University Student Readmit page on the Office of the Registrar’s website. Once you have reactivated your student account, we recommend reviewing the Course Selection and Registration resources on the Academic Advising website and meeting with an Academic Advisor to reestablish your degree plan for future studies.

Trent University students may study at another accredited university on a Letter of Permission (LOP).  An LOP allows students in a degree program at Trent to take courses at another university for credit towards their Trent degree. Approval is required for each course that the student plans to take.  Students from another university can also take credits at Trent on an LOP. For more information, please visit the Registrar’s Office page on Letter of Permission

The university defines 3.5 credits to 5.0 credits as ‘full-time’ and 3.0 or less as ‘part-time’ during the Academic Year.  Please consult www.trentu.ca/financialaid for definitions of ‘full-time’ and ‘part-time’ for the purposes of OSAP.  Students registered with Accessibility Services should consult an Accessibility Advisor about course loads. Note that if you are a recipient of the Trent Renewable Entrance Scholarship, you must complete 5.0 credits in an academic year. 

All university and degree requirements can be found in the Undergraduate Academic Calendar

All course offerings for the current term can be found in the Undergraduate Timetable

There is no official list of elective courses at Trent. An elective course is essentially any course at the university for which you have the prerequisites to take that is not required for your program.

It is important to plan courses that meet both the program and university degree requirements, which are outlined in the Academic Calendar. Learn more about understanding your degree requirements. 

You can review your Transfer Credit Assessment on the myTrent Portal under the Academics tab and Admissions section. or the transfer credits that have been assigned as Trent course codes (e.g. BIOL 1030H, PSYC 1020H, ADMN 1221H) this means you do not have to take these courses again at Trent. Read more on Understanding your Transfer Credits.

See our list of Frequently Asked Questions from New Transfer Students. 

Students must take at least 0.5 credit from the Approved Indigenous Course List (see Undergraduate Degree Requirements in the Academic Calendar). This credit can be completed any time before you apply to graduate, and courses are offered at the 1000-level and beyond.