Undergraduate registration dates - Spring 2026 

October 29, 2025: academic advising begins for Spring 2026

November 17, 2025: registration begins for Spring 2026

Step 1: Academic advising

Advising for students is October 29 - November 14, 2025. Schedule an appointment with your adviser early. Advising sessions generally take a half hour, sometimes longer.

Use your Academic Plan, the Academic Catalogue to note required courses, and the Fall class schedule to start your planning process. The schedule will be posted on the web on October 20, 2025. Send your advisor a complete list of all the courses you want/need to take. Many advisors require that advisees take this first step before starting an advising session.

After the advising session (which must be in-person, not via email, unless you are away from Goucher this semester) your adviser will authorize you for online registration. If you need to add courses requiring approvals other than your advisers, please submit a course change form (below). Select alternate courses during your advising session, in case your first choices are full.

Course change forms

Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Use this automated form for add/drops, audits, pass/no pass, and withdrawing from a course. Students seeking permission from an instructor to add a course should also use this form.

Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Independent Work - Use this automated form to add an independent work course.

Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Time conflicts - Use this automated form to request approval for courses that have time conflicts.

Forms for additional requests

Prerequisites: You may only register for courses for which you have met the required prerequisites. If you would like to register for a course and are requesting waiver of a prerequisite requirement, complete the Course Change Form - Undergraduate students for approval.

Intensive Courses Abroad (ICA): These courses require acceptance into the program to register. ICA registration will be done by the Registrar’s Office. Make sure you include the ICA credits into the 18 credit total you are allowed when registering online.

Audits, Closed Courses, Instructor Permission Required: In addition to your advisor, instructors’ approvals are required for audits, closed courses, and any course in which you are required to have the permission of the instructor to enroll. To register, complete the Course Change Form - Undergraduate students.

Time Overlap Requests: If your desired courses will overlap, you must complete the Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Time conflicts form to obtain approval from both instructors.

Independent Work: For independent work, complete the Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Independent Work form to obtain advisor, instructor and program director approval.

When registering online, pass/no pass can only be selected for courses required to be graded as such (PE activity, etc.). Changing from a regular grade to pass/no pass can be done by submitting the Course Change Form - Undergraduate students after your assigned registration time. For additional information, see pass/no pass in the Academic Catalog.

Registration for internships requires the Internship Learning Agreement (ILA) be submitted to the Career Education Office (CEO) for approval (be sure to check deadlines.) After approval by the CEO, the ILA is submitted to the Registrar’s Office for entry.

Registration for senior thesis requires the Senior Thesis Guidelines and Form be submitted to the Associate Provost’s office for approval (be sure to check deadlines.) After approval by the Associate Provost’s office, the Senior Thesis Registration Form is submitted to the Registrar’s Office for entry.

Step 2: Resolve holds

Your holds (stop flags) appear when you log on to myGoucher. Online or in person registration cannot occur unless the hold is removed.

Undergraduate financial responsibility hold

Use these steps to resolve this hold on your myGoucher account:

1. Please click on “Goucher Links” at the top of your myGoucher page and click Undergraduate Financial Responsibility Agreement.
2. You must e-sign the Agreement, which should immediately lift the hold on your account and allow you to register.
3. If the hold does not immediately lift, try to log out and log back in to your account, or contact helpdesk@goucher.edu.

All other holds

Contact the appropriate office to resolve any hold placed on your account such as those noted by Billing, the Registrar’s Office, the Health Center, Financial Aid, the Associate Provost’s Office, etc., before your assigned registration start day and time.

Step 3: Registration

The order of registration is determined by the number of credits a student has completed. Students can view their assigned start time on myGoucher on October 20, 2025. Online registration will begin on November 17, 2025. Registration groups will start in at 7:00 a.m. each morning. Students can continue to make online schedule changes from their assigned time through February 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

After this date, through February 6, 2026, students may still add full semester courses with the instructor’s and advisor’s approval, or drop semester courses with the advisor’s approval, by submitting a course change form.

Course change forms

Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Use this automated form for add/drops, audits, pass/no pass, and withdrawing from a course. Students seeking permission from an instructor to add a course should use this form.

Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Independent Work - Use this automated form to add an independent work course.

Course Change Form - Undergraduate students - Time conflicts - Use this automated form to request approval for courses that have time conflicts.

Making schedule changes online

Through February 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m., students will be able to make schedule changes online only if initial approval for registration was received from the advisor (approval is needed one time only). Your adviser will receive an e-mail showing changes that are made each day they are processed. Closed courses, time overlaps, credit overloads, audits, independent work, and special permission courses will need to be registered for by submitting a course change form, as they require a manual override. These changes must be made by February 6, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

***Once a manual override is required for any reason, a manual override will be required for ALL schedule change for the term, which is compelted by submitting a course change form.

Credit overloads

Course credit load is 18 credits for all students. For additional information, please read the course load section in the Academic Catalogue.

To register for credit overloads, the student must submit a petition to the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Studies. If approved, the petition will be sent to the Office of the Registrar for entry. Students will be additionally charged the part-time tuition rate for all credits over the limit of 18 credits per semester.

Online registration dates 

Current Credits Completed as of Fall 2025	Your registration begins:
85.00 or more credits completed	Registration Online Starts: November 17, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. Registration Online Ends: February 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
51.00 - 84.99 credits completed	Registration Online Starts: November 18, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. Registration Online Ends: February 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
18.00-50.99 credits completed	Registration Online Starts: November 19, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. Registration Online Ends: February 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
0-17.99 credits completed	Registration Online Starts: November 20, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. Registration Online Ends: February 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.
Non-candidate students	Registration Online Starts: November 21, 2026 at 7:00 a.m. Registration Online Ends: February 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

 

 

Technical problems during online registration?

If you encounter technical problems, please email helpdesk@goucher.edu. The helpdesk will be monitored for problems during registration.