Spring 2025 Registration Information

Spring 2025 registration begins on October 23 for graduate students who have paid their tuition and have no holds on their accounts. Registration for undergraduate students begins on October 30.

Advisement Day is Tuesday, October 22. Campus-based students should visit the advisement center website to determine if you have mandatory meetings with your advisor in your program area. Distance-based learners should consult with their program directors regarding advising for future courses.

Registration Start Date

Your enrollment appointment is available in Access Stout and is based on your academic level (graduate or undergraduate) and your credits earned to date. This does not include credits that are in-progress or you are currently registered for. If you need any help finding your enrollment appointment or enrolling for courses, please follow these helpful step by step guides.

Don't forget to use the Schedule Planner to plan your best class schedule. For help on how to use the Schedule Planner (located in your student center), please refer here.

All students except those who applied to graduate in December are eligible to enroll in classes for the Spring term. If you applied to graduate in December but need to take Spring courses to satisfy additional requirements, please contact the Registration and Records office at registrar@uwstout.edu for an enrollment appointment.

Semester Classes

Quarter Classes

*After these dates, any registration changes require a Program Card with instructor permission (signature) to be returned to the Registration & Records office for processing. Students not on campus or distance education students can complete this process by email to registrar@uwstout.edu  For more information regarding the Add/Drop policy:  Click here for details.

Regular Session courses can be added via AccessStout during the first seven calendar days of the semester until (02/02/2025).

Quarterly Courses can be added via AccessStout up until the start date of the course. 1st Qtr classes can be added until (01/26/2025) and 2nd Qtr classes can be added until until (03/23/2025).

Irregularly Scheduled courses can be added via AccessStout up until the first day of the courses.

**In order to add courses online they must be open, pre-requisites satisfied, and instructor consent not required.

After these dates, any additions must be processed via add/drop card in the Registration and Records Office.

Regular Session courses can be dropped via AccessStout during the first fourteen calendar days of the semester until (02/09/2025). 

Quarterly Courses can be dropped via AccessStout during the first seven calendar days after the session has started. 1^st Qtr classes can be dropped until (02/02/2025) and 2^nd Qtr classes can be dropped until (03/30/2025). 

Irregularly Scheduled courses can be dropped via AccessStout up until the first day of the courses.

After these dates, any drops must be processed via add/drop card in the Registration and Records Office. 

**New Late Drop Policy (effective Fall 2020 term) - Drops for a 1st quarter class after February 27, semester class after April 13 and 2nd quarter class after April 29, must be for documented extenuating circumstances and must be approved by the Dean of Students office. 

May 8 - Last Day to Withdraw from the University (drop down to zero credits)

May 8 - Last Day to Drop a Semester class approved by the Dean of Students office for documented extenuating circumstances. 

Refunds for drops for tuition fees paid are prorated according to the length of the course and the number of weeks a course has been in session.  Please refer to the refund calendar here.

**You may drop all of your courses before the first day of classes this Spring term; however, if you wish to drop all Spring courses after the term begins on Monday, January 27, 2025 you will need to withdraw from the university. Visit Registration and Records Withdrawal Page for more information about withdrawing from the University.

Apply to Graduate!

Students who wish to graduate in Spring 2025 should apply for graduation by 03/28/2025 to be listed in the commencement book.  

 Modality Information

Here are some definitions for each modality type:

• In-person: intended to be taken in a physical classroom setting (online/distance technology may enhance but not replace in-person instruction)
• Hybrid: a combination of in-person and online/distance instruction
• Online asynchronous: 100% of instruction delivered online/distance, no in-person meetings required
• Online synchronous: 100% of instruction delivered online/distance, with scheduled dates and times for online class meetings; no in-person meetings required

You can find more information about how your classes will be conducted by looking at “My Class Schedule” in your Access Stout Student Center.

• Classes where the Room says “Online” are fully online.
• Classes where the Room says “Online-Synchronous” are not taught in person, but students log into the class at the same days and times as the instructor.
• Classes where the Room says an actual room number (such as “Harvey Hall RM 173”) are traditional in-person classes.
• Classes with two meeting patterns in which one says "Hybrid" and the other has a room number are a blend of in-person and online modalities.

If a student is seeking online options, they are encouraged to connect with their advisor. Students may also contact their instructor to better understand the required in-person components for courses that are hybrid or in-person.

Factors considered for course modality included: building and classroom density reductions due to COVID, disciplinary content and the feasibility of the course content to be instructed remotely, ensuring that course changes would not impact time-to-degree completion, and faculty/staff medical accommodations.