Academic Advising

HOW TO ACTIVATE YOUR
Ohio State University E-MAIL ACCOUNT*

To activate your Ohio State e-mail account,click on the link above. Then click on "OSU Internet Username". After reading the instructions on that page, click on "Activate Account" and proceed. Or to activate your account via phone, call 688-HELP (TDD 688-8743) between 7am-10pm M-F.

*(Allow 48 hours lead time for your account to be activated.)

HOW TO SCHEDULE COURSES ON-LINE

1) Click here: Web Registration for Courses.

2) Type in your username - which is your last name.# (for example jones.100) from your OSU email account, and your password (also from your OSU email account). Click on Login. You will now have to click on Continue again to get through security information.

3) Choose the appropriate quarter and year and then click on Continue.

4) You will be directed to the page to enter your health insurance options. If you have no change, click Adjust Schedule. If you need to change the insurance option showing on the page, change it and then update See Options.

5) You have arrived at the scheduling page. The first column allows you to ADD or DROP a course. In the middle column you will now enter the call number of the course that you are ADDING or DROPPING and in the final column enter the number of hours for that course. Once your have made your selection press Update/Refresh.

6) Remember to click Update/Refresh after each request.

7) If no red caution words appear you have successfully processed your request. If one of these messages appear you have a problem with scheduling your requested course.
TIME CONFLICT: You have already scheduled or been waitlisted into a course that meets at the same time.
REQUESTED SECTION FILLED: The course has no more open seats. If there is another section of the course available you may view open seats by clicking the OPEN COURSE SECTION button, which will display the courses that do have room in them.
PREREQUISITE NOT MET: The course you are attempting to add has a prerequisite. If you feel that you have met the prerequisite at another university, please ask to speak to an advisor in the Office of Continuing Education at 292-8860.

8) If you would like to see and/or print your schedule, refer to the Registrar's On-Line Services page, but instead of clicking Web registration for Courses, select View Class Schedule.

9) Also on the Registrar's On-Line Services page you can select Statement of Account to print out your bill. You may wish to consider Paying Fees On-line. Click here for more information.

10) and you can check your waitlist status by selecting Registration WaitList.

Links for On-Line Registration for Ohio State Credit Courses