»WebAdvisor and Course Registration

Now that you have an idea of what to register for, it’s time to talk about how to register. You will use WebAdvisor, Chapman’s online course registration system.

Part I below (Steps 1-6) can be completed prior to your assigned registration date. We encourage you to do this before your registration date, and to give yourself plenty of options, so that registration is a quick and easy process for you.

Part II below (Steps 7-9) cannot be completed until your assigned registration date (or after).

For your convenience, we have created WebAdvisor Registration Instructions that you can download and print HERE.

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+-Part I: Steps to Registration

Steps to registration (these steps can be completed prior to your assigned registration date):

1. Login to WebAdvisor

2. Click on Register for Course Sections

3. Click on Orange Campus Students

4. Click on Search and Build Preferred List

Building your preferred list is like building a "shopping cart" of courses you would like to take. You can put as many courses on your preferred list as you want. We encourage you to put multiple sections of the same courses on your list, to give yourself choices when it's time to register.

On the Search and Build Preferred List page, you can search using multiple criteria. You can search for specific courses by entering a subject and course number (ex: Psychology 101 or Math 110). Or, if you are looking to fulfill a GE area, but don't have a specific course in mind, you can search by course type. Using the "course type" drop down menu, you can select a GE area and click submit. WebAdvisor will bring up all of the courses being offered this term that will fulfill that area of GE. Remember that you are limited to taking 100 and 200 level courses in your freshman year.

5. After searching, add classes to your preferred list by clicking the "select" checkbox next to each course you with to add. This is NOT registering for courses – you are still just building your shopping cart at this point.

6. Continue to search for courses until your preferred list is complete.

REMEMBER: Steps 1-6 can be completed prior to your assigned registration date. We encourage you to do this before your registration date, and to give yourself plenty of options, so that registration is a quick and easy process for you.

+-Part II: Registration

The following steps cannot be completed until your assigned registration date (or after):

7. Login to WebAdvisor, and click on Register for Course Sections, then Orange Campus Students, then Register From Preferred List.

8. From your preferred list, you can choose to register for or waitlist courses. Each course on your preferred list will have a drop-down menu next to it. In that drop down menu, choose an action (register, waitlist, or remove).

Some helpful hints:

  • You will not be allowed to register for courses which overlap in time
  • You will not be allowed to register for courses which are full. You can see if a course is full by looking at the "available/capacity/waitlist" column. If the first number is "0" then the course is full. The third number indicates how many students are on the waitlist already.
  • You can choose to waitlist courses, but there is NO GUARANTEE that you will get in. It is important for you to actually register for at least 12 credits to be a full time student.  Your billing information will be affected if you are not registered for at least 12 credits.

9. Once you have chosen "register" for all of the courses you would like to be in, click "submit". WebAdvisor will tell you if there are any problems or errors with your registration. If there are no problems, you will see a confirmation screen with your current class schedule. If there are problems, you will receive an error message in red, indicating which problems you need to fix.

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