Step 1: Check Your Program Requirements
How to Find Your Program Requirements
Program-specific requirements can be found in MyDegree for undergraduate students who started at Laurier in fall 2016 or later, or in the official academic calendar. The university grading system can be found in the official academic calendar. If there is any discrepancy between the requirements listed in MyDegree and the requirements in the academic calendar, the calendar is the official version.
Note, MyDegree does not include year-by-year progression requirements for the BBA program, so students should also consult the academic calendar.
- Step 1: Check Your Program Requirements
- Step 2: Build your timetable
- Step 3: Register for courses
Important Dates for Fall 2019 Registration
- May 29- June 11: Registration webinars.
- June 12 at 10 a.m.: Registration opens for first-year students.
- June 19: Registration opens for senior students. First-year students should register by this date for best course selection.
- July 15: Last day to register in at least one course to avoid a late registration fee.
- Late July: Entrance scholarships are finalized.
- Sept 3-8: Orientation week.
- Sept 5: Fall term classes begin.
How To Prepare for Registration
The Prepare for Registration section of LORIS allows you to check your registration status before registering for courses.
This page will show you:
- if you have any holds on your account
- your time ticket information (when you can start to register for courses)
- a confirmation of your year level
- a confirmation of major and declared minors/options
Choosing Electives
Majors, Minors and Options
Your major is the subject you are primarily studying at Laurier. In most cases, you are automatically placed in the subject major you chose when you applied to Laurier through the Ontario Universities' Application Centre.
A minor is a secondary area of concentration requiring at least 3.0 credits in a subject different from your program major. Many programs at Laurier can be taken as minors. We also offer a number of specialty minors.
An option is an enhanced minor, requiring anywhere from 4.0 to 5.0 credits.
Many programs have enough "elective space" to take another major, minor or option, but some programs do not. Speak with an advisor or consult the academic calendar to learn about the requirements for combined-majors, minors and options.