Ten SIS Most Important Facts for Students

1. You will use the SIS to:
   • Drop and add classes
   • Find the name of your advisor
   • Determine whether you have holds on your enrollment
   • View financial information
   • View a list of your classes, an unofficial transcript, an Academic Requirements report, and a list of your transfer of credit
   • Browse the Schedule of Classes using the Class Search
2. Some new features:
   • The old COD has been replaced by what is now called the Class Search.
   • All course numbers now have 4-digits instead of 3-digits. Use the crosswalk at www.virginia.edu/registrar/search.php to find a new course number based on an old one.
   • You can view detailed information on holds, such as what office placed the hold and why.
   • The Planner is where you can list courses you wish to take in future semesters, which you can review with your advisor to plan out a course of study. (Completing the planner does not guarantee class availability.)
3. To login to the SIS, go to http://www.virginia.edu/sis. NOTE: Because the Student Center provides access to sensitive personal data, it is critical that students do not share passwords. Keep your data secure!

4. You can view all classes in a department using DEPARTMENT and one other search field such as MAIN CAMPUS. To see ALL sections being offered, uncheck the box to view open classes only and click on VIEW ALL for classes. To switch a discussion section to one that is open use the EDIT function (not SWAP).

5. If a class section is full, you will most likely be directed to put your name on either a Wait List or a Permission list.
   The Wait List: The wait list works automatically. If space becomes available in a class and IF (1) you have no holds and (2) adding you to the class will not result in a time conflict or put you over the maximum number of credits allowed by your school, you will be added to the class and notified via e-mail. If the system cannot add you, you remain in place on the wait list. If you have a time conflict with the class section you wish to add, or if adding you to the class will result in you having more than your school’s maximum credit limit, you should identify one of your current classes to be dropped fi your wait list request is successful. You may be on up to 17 credits worth of wait listed classes; you can see your place on a wait list.
   The Permission List:  Permissions are controlled by instructors, who choose how to add students to their class (“instructor-permission” classes). If you are granted permission to add a class from a permission list, you will be notified via e-mail and have a designated amount of time in which to add the class.

6. There are links in the Student Center to view a course syllabus (once created and if it is public) as well as prior course evaluations.

7. Available for undergraduates and some graduate programs, the new Academic Requirements form is an interactive and “searchable document.” Your Academic Requirements form will “collapse” all completed school and major requirements and “expand” those you have yet to complete. It will also present you with a list of possible courses that fill a certain requirement. From there you can navigate to a course description and then see if the class has been scheduled for the upcoming semester. If it has been scheduled, you can add it from that page. View an Academic Requirements report demo at http://www.sis.virginia.edu/Advisement_StuDemo/

8. The College of Arts & Sciences maintains a separate advising system (https://www.web.virginia.edu/Advise). If your advisor uses the electronic calendar you will be notified via e-mail just before advising for pre-enrollment begins. You can then schedule your advising appointment online. You can make only one appointment per advisor, but you can schedule multiple appointments (if, for example, you are a double major).

9. Most undergraduate students will have an “advisor hold” placed on their record which will be removed AFTER meeting with an advisor (some undergraduate majors and most graduate schools do not use advisor holds). In the Student Center you can (1) see if you have a hold and (2) view your time to enroll, called your “appointment time.” Once all holds are cleared, you can enroll in classes at your designated time.

10. About two weeks prior to the start of course enrollment, you will be able to start identifying the classes you want through a process called validation. Validation allows you to check your proposed schedule for time conflicts and requisites, but does NOT enroll you or save a space in the class. Once your enrollment appointment arrives, you have to go back into the SIS to complete enrollment, at which time the system checks for available space. Validation is completely optional, but can help you plan your schedule in advance of pre-registration.