plan-course-registration

name	plan-course-registration
category	school
description	Build a feasible course-registration plan from verified requirements, prerequisites, schedules, workload, and fallback options. Use when selecting classes for an academic term.

plan-course-registration

Treat the catalog, degree audit, and current schedule as constraints. Preserve room for the student's learning goals and real capacity.

Procedure

1. Obtain the current catalog, degree audit, program rules, registration window, holds, and advisor guidance.
2. List unmet requirements, prerequisites, co-requisites, sequencing, minimum grades, residency rules, and time-sensitive offerings.
3. Capture the student's goals, workload capacity, work or care commitments, accessibility needs, and preferred learning conditions.
4. Build candidate schedules with section times, credits, locations, travel, exam conflicts, and realistic weekly workload.
5. Check every prerequisite and requirement against the authoritative current source.
6. Rank courses by sequencing risk, scarcity, necessity, and preference.
7. Create at least two valid fallback schedules and waitlist or permission plans.
8. Review financial-aid, visa, athletic, housing, or other enrollment-load consequences with the appropriate office when relevant.
9. Register, preserve confirmation, and recheck the official schedule after changes.

Failure plan

• Do not rely on an old catalog, unofficial planner, or peer advice for binding requirements.
• Never assume an exception or transfer credit until it is documented.
• If the preferred plan exceeds realistic capacity, show the tradeoff instead of hiding overload.
• Escalate conflicting degree-audit and catalog rules to the authorized academic office.