Course Registration
Current student course registration for the 2025-2026 academic year opens Friday, March 21.
If you have been recently accepted to STU, please register for one of our course registration for first-year incoming students. This session will guide you through the course registration process before registration for first-year students opens April 15.
Early Registration opens first to students with the highest number of ‘potential credit hours.’ Your total number of ‘potential credit hours’ is calculated by adding your completed credit hours with the credit hours in which you are currently enrolled. This would not include Intersession or Summer Session courses.
Note that you are strongly advised to register for both semester one and semester two courses at this time. Course registration is on a first come, first served basis and many courses do fill up.
The schedule of course offerings will be released in March 2025.
Early Course Registration Schedule 2025
Friday, March 21 at 8:00 am
All students with 84 or more potential credit hours
Monday, March 24 at 8:00 am
All students with 48 or more potential credit hours
Tuesday, March 25 at 8:00 am
All remaining current students
Course Delivery for 2025-26 Academic Year
Students should plan for courses to be delivered in person for the 2025-26 academic year. There may be a select number of courses offered remotely. These will be limited, and students should not expect to plan for a remote/online course load for the 2025-26 academic year.
Things to Remember When Registering for Courses
1. Refer to Your Academic Calendar
This is the most important tool for guiding yourself in what you are required to take to fulfill the requirements for your degree. You will generally use the Calendar from the year you started at STU.
The Calendar has all university rules and regulations, policies, application procedures, degree requirements, departmental program information, academic standing, and scholarships. The following two parts are most important to you right now:
Section Two: Programs – Bachelor of Arts, Applied Arts, Certificate Programs
- General degree requirements
- A breakdown of everything that makes up the A, B, C/D group distribution requirement
Section Six: Course Descriptions
- Program requirements for all academic departments
- Details for minor/major/honours for each department
- Catalogue of courses each department offers on a cyclical basis
2. The "Right" Mixture of Courses After Your First Year
Identify any additional introductory level courses
There is no "right" mixture of courses for all students, as this is different for everyone. Start by considering whether you are satisfied with all the introductory level courses you have taken. Identify if there are any additional introductory courses you would like to take (you can have a maximum of 48 credit hours at the 1000 level). If there are still subjects you wish to try, and you are below the maximum, you are able to do so.
However, when you are building your schedule, it is best to organize your upper level courses first and then choose the sections of intro courses that fit best for a balanced schedule. There are fewer sections of courses in the upper year course offerings, so it is important to prioritize those in your time table.
Familiarize yourself with the overall degree requirem