Plan & Register for Classes

Obtaining Your Registration PIN

All students are required to meet with their advisor at least once per year in order to receive their registration PIN, either during Fall or Winter term depending on their assigned advisor.

You will receive an email at the beginning of each term stating who your advisor is, and notifying you what term you will be required to meet with your advisor.

You can determine when you are allowed to register each term by logging into Online Student Services, or you can view the full Priority Registration Dates Table.

Completing a Two Year Plan

If you would like to view the tutorial on how to complete the two year plan, click here! <link>

Two Year Planning Forms:

ECE Two Year Plan Excel PDF
CS-Computer Systems Option Two Year Plan Excel PDF
CS-Information Systems Option Two Year Plan Excel PDF
CS-Applied Computer Systems Two Year Plan Excel PDF

Example Plans:

Academic Calendar

View the Academic Calendar Here <link>

Registration by Week of Term

Weeks 1 – 2 of the Term:

Adding Courses

Week 1: Use the standard registration system.
Week 2: Obtain Instructor Permission – for College of Engineering courses, use the College of Engineering Override Form. For other courses, check with the offering department.

Dropping Courses

Drop courses using the standard registration system, no grade will be recorded
Failure to drop a course properly will result in an F grade being recorded if you do not complete the course requirements.

Weeks 3 – 7 of the Term:

Deadline to Withdraw from Courses

If dropped during weeks 3-7, a W grade will be recorded on your transcript.
W grades do not affect your GPA

Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Grading Deadline

To receive an S, pass the course with a C- or better; all grades below C- receive a U.
S/U grading is an option for non-major-specific courses only. (All EECS required courses must be taken for a letter grade.)
S/U grading should NOT be substituted for withdrawing from a course if you do not expect to earn a C- or above.

Weeks 5 – 7:

Meet with an Advisor for next term’s registration information.

Weeks 8 – 10:

Withdraw from University

Withdraw from university = receive a W in all of your courses
No need to reapply to OSU to continue the following term
Withdraw from the University any time prior to 5pm of the Friday before finals week.
In emergency situations with evidence (serious illness, accident, death of a family member) within the last 4 weeks of the term, you may withdraw from the University with incomplete “I” grades in all classes.

Register for Next Term

Priority registration begins Week 8.

Week 10 – “Dead Week”:

The week before finals – no major exams are given.

Additional OSU policy information is located in the Undergraduate Catalog, under Academic Regulations.

School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science