MICS Class Registration

MICS students register for classes via CalCentral, with enrollment appointment priority based on units completed. Please review the information below carefully.

Before Registration

• Review upcoming semester dates on the MIDS & MICS Academic Calendar.
• Review Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) waiver requirements and deadlines. Submit SHIP waiver application and/or verify successful waiver by the deadline.
• Check CalCentral to resolve any holds that could prevent you from registering.
• Complete the required UC Berkeley Student Financial Agreement (SFA) before registering for classes the first time, as well as prior to the beginning of enrollment for the fall term every academic year. Students who do not sign will be unable to enroll in classes.
• Continuing students: one week before registration, navigate to your CalCentral “My Academics” tab and confirm that the enrollment appointment on your “Class Enrollment” card is active and accurate. Note that dates and times are listed in Pacific Time. Be sure to click on the tab for the upcoming term; it is not the default.
• New students: register on the date announced in new student orientations, and note that it may not correspond to the enrollment appointment listed on CalCentral.
• Review all course prerequisites prior to registration to confirm your eligibility for a particular course.
• Attend the Student Success team’s advising and registration office hours, or reach out to your Student Success Advisor if you have questions.

Financial Aid & Billing Reminders

• Your bill will not be generated until after you register for classes. The billing due date will be listed in CalCentral.
• Students interested in federal loans and/or federal work-study to help fund their education must complete a FAFSA for the appropriate academic year.
• You must be enrolled in a minimum of 6 units to receive federal financial aid.
• If you are receiving financial aid or scholarships and have completed all required forms and tasks, funds will be disbursed by the tuition deadline.
• For fall and spring semesters, eligible students can enroll in the UC Berkeley Fee Payment Plan (FPP) to pay their bill in five installments. FPP is not an option for summer semesters. Students are not able to enroll until their tuition & fees are assessed, and students must enroll by the deadline.
• A late registration fee of $150 is charged to all students who are not officially registered by the registration deadline; check the MICS Academic Calendar for each semester’s registration deadline. To be officially registered, students must be enrolled in at least one class, pay 20% of their tuition & fees, and have no holds on their registration.
• Having an outstanding bill after the third week of instruction can also cause a hold to be placed on a student’s account that can block class registration in the following term.

Registering for Classes

• Enroll in and waitlist for courses and sections of interest once your enrollment window opens. Add yourself to waitlists of classes you want to take so that program staff have the most accurate picture of student interest.
• Do not register or waitlist for sections that you are not able to attend.
• Set up an automatic section swap in CalCentral. A swap allows you to enroll into an open section, waitlist for your preferred section time, and indicate that you should be dropped automatically if space becomes available in your preferred section.  Review instructions for how to set up a swap and when to set up a swap. Tip: set up your swap immediately after enrolling in an open section so that you are added to the waitlist right away. Waitlist positions cannot be retroactively changed should you decide to set up a swap later.
• Arrange a manual swap on a peer-to-peer basis via Slack. Student Affairs can process one-on-one swaps, but we cannot initiate manual swap requests on behalf of students. Both students must already be registered for different sections of the same course in order to arrange a manual swap.
• Only students with permission to accelerate in the MICS program can enroll in 3 classes (9 units) during their initial enrollment period. Students without permission to accelerate may only enroll in a total of 6 units. All students are able to waitlist and enroll in a combined total of 12 units.
• Drop courses you don’t plan to take as soon as possible.

What to Expect after Registration

• Reminder: add yourself to waitlists of classes you want to take so that program staff have the most accurate picture of student interest. In the event that sections need to be added, existing waitlists will be used to fill new sections, with priority based on timestamps.
• After the last priority group registers, program staff audits and evaluates all waitlist enrollment, potentially adding sections or making other adjustments.
• Student Affairs continues to monitor waitlists, working closely with students who were not able to enroll in a course in the initial enrollment phase.
• Access to course content opens about two weeks before the start of instruction; historically enrollment shifts around this time and students can expect to see movement off of class waitlists.
• Instruction begins and enrollment continues to shift up until the add/drop deadline at the end of the second week of instruction.

Additional Reminders

• Review the refund schedule on the MICS Withdrawal Refund page if you need to take a leave of absence (i.e., withdraw from all classes for the semester rather than just dropping a class).
• If you have any questions or concerns in the course of the registration process please reach out to your Student Success Advisor.