Step 2: Determine Your Year of Study and Enrol in Courses

Your year of study is based on the number of credits (full-course equivalents) you expect to complete by the end of the 2006-2007 Fall-Winter session:

Enrol in courses

Enrol using ROSI starting at one of the times listed below. You can view your start time on ROSI starting April 5, 2007.

Visiting students will be informed of a start time by Woodsworth College upon admission. Students of other faculties/divisions including University of Toronto Mississauga and University of Toronto Scarborough enrol starting on April 27 at 6:00 a.m.

Waiting Lists

This summer, waiting lists have been introduced as a function of course enrolment. All lecture meeting sections with the exception of E indicator courses have waiting lists. We think this will benefit you as a student in at least two ways: (i) it will remove the arbitrariness in how students get a place in a course once the course fills; (ii) you will not have to check ROSI repeatedly to try to enrol in a course that has filled.

Waiting lists enable you to "line up" for a space that might become available in a lecture section that is full, or in an enrolment category that is full. If a space becomes available, and you are next on the waiting list, you will automatically be enrolled. You will NOT, however, be notified that you have been enrolled in the course. It is your responsibility to check ROSI periodically to monitor your waiting list status.

Question 1: When are waiting lists in use?

Waiting lists are available from the start of course enrolment on April 16 until May 16 for F/Y section code courses, and until July 3 for S section code courses, with the exception of PE indicator courses, where waiting lists are available from April 16-24 only.

Question 2: How many courses can I choose to "waitlist"?

You are allowed to be on waiting lists for a maximum of 1.0 full-course equivalent (FCE)—2 half courses, or 1 full course—however, "waitlisted" courses count towards your maximum allowable course load. In the summer session, the maximum course is 2.0 FCEs, unless you have been restricted to part time studies, in which, your maximum course load is 1.0 FCEs.

Question 3: Which courses have waiting lists?

Meeting sections with a waiting list have a "Y" in the "Wait List" column of the timetable listings.

Question 4: Are there waiting lists for practical and tutorial sections?

No. Waiting lists are only available for lecture sections of a course. Remember—if you are enrolled from a waiting list into a lecture section of a course that has practicals and/or tutorials, you are responsible for adding those practical and/or tutorial sections on ROSI yourself.

Question 5: Can I be on a waiting list for more than one lecture section of the same course?

Yes. Regardless of the number of meeting sections you "waitlist" for a particular course, the course will still only count as either 1.0 credit (Y course) or 0.5 credit (H course) toward your course waiting list total. For example, if does not matter if you are on the waiting list for one or two lecture sections of ECO100Y1 (L0101, L5101)—this will only count as 1.0 credit towards your allowable waiting list total of 1.0 credits. Likewise, if you are on the waiting list for all lecture sections of ENG100H1F (L0101, L5101, L5201), this will only count as 0.5 credits towards your waiting list total of 1.0.

Please note: If you are on the waiting list for multiple lecture sections of a course, and are enrolled into any of those lecture sections, you will be automatically removed from the other lecture section waiting lists. Be sure that you are only on the waiting list for lecture sections of the course that fit your schedule and that you want to take.

Question 6: Can I be enrolled in one lecture section and be on a waiting list for another lecture section of the same course?

No. If you are enrolled in a lecture section of a course, and choose to "waitlist" another lecture section of the same course, you will be removed from the lecture section that your were initially enrolled in, along with any associated practical and or tutorial sections, as soon as you confirm that you want to join the waiting list. For this reason, it is important that you carefully consider a choice to "waitlist" a meeting section if you are already enrolled in a course.

Question 7: If I am on the waiting list for one section of a course, can I add myself later on to the waiting list for another section of the same course?

Yes. For example if you are on the waiting list for ENG100H1F section L0101, you may add yourself to the waiting list for section L5101 at a later date without affecting your position on the waiting list for L0101. As explained in Question 5, above, the two "waitlisted" sections of ENG100H1F will count as 0.5 credits towards your waiting list maximum of 1.0 credit.

Question 8: Can I change or drop sections that I'm on a waiting list for?

Yes. To change sections, you must ADD yourself to the waiting list of the new section, and THEN WITHDRAW from the waiting list of the original section. Once you remove yourself from a waiting list, you lose your position—if you add yourself back, you will be at the bottom of the list.

Question 9: How do waiting lists work?

If you try to enrol in a course that is full, or in a course in which the space in your enrolment control group is full, ROSI will give you the waiting list option (if the course has a waiting list.) The message that ROSI will display contains information about the number of students already on the waiting list and the number of spaces available.

If the meeting section is full, the message might be: "Meeting section is full. There are currently 6 students on the waitlist for 50 total spaces."

You will be given the choice to join the waiting list for any lecture section that has a waiting list option. If you decide to join a waiting list, you will get a message indicating the sections into which you have successfully added yourself. You will now have to view your courses to see your rank on the waiting list(s) that you joined. If a student drops out of the course or additional space is added to the lecture section, and you are the first person on the waiting list, you will be enrolled into the lecture section. The rankings of all others on the waiting list will improve by one spot.

Question 10: What does "rank" mean?

Rank is your place in line. When you list your courses on ROSI, the courses will appear in the following sections:

• APPROVED (successfully enrolled)
• INTERIM (for AE courses – awaiting decisions)
• REFUSED (unsuccessful enrolment or removed from course)
• WAIT (on a waiting list)

For courses listed in the "WAIT" section, each lecture section will include a "rank." The message from ROSI will contain information about the number of students already on the waiting list and the number of spaces available.

If the meeting section is full, the message might be: "Currently waitlisted. Your rank is 4 out of 20 total space(s) in the meeting section."

In this example, you are the fourth person on the waiting list for a section that has a total capacity of 20 students. For you to be automatically enrolled through the waiting list process, 4 students out of the 20 currently enrolled have to cancel the course, or the department has to increase the total space in the section to at least 24.

Question 11: How many students can be on each waiting list?

There is no limit to the number of students that can join a waiting list.

Question 12: Will I be notified if I'm enrolled in a course through a waiting list?

No. It is your responsibility to check ROSI periodically to see your status on a waiting list. The Office of the Faculty Registrar plans to send email messages to the UTORmail address of students who have been enrolled in course through the waiting list process prior to the start of classes, and again after the waiting lists have been turned off. Please be sure to update your email address on ROSI with your UTORmail address (yourname@utoronto.ca)

Question 13: How do I know if I've been successfully enrolled?

Log in to the SWS periodically to list your courses and/or check your rank. It is important to note that ROSI does not enrol students from the waiting list into courses in real time; instead, the enrolments are done in batches. This means that there is no need to check ROSI many times per day to see if you’ve been enrolled from a waiting list.

Since the last day that you can join a waiting list or be enrolled into a course from a waiting list is either May 16 (for F and Y section code courses) or July 3 (for S section code courses), you should log onto ROSI on May 17 and/or July 4 and list your courses to see if you were enrolled in anything through the waiting list process.

You’ll know that you’ve been enrolled because the course will be listed in the "APPROVED" section. If the course has any practical or tutorial sections, you are responsible for enrolling in these sections as per the departmental instructions. You are also responsible for any academic and or incidental fees arising from the course enrolment.

If the course still appears in the "WAIT" section, check back later in the day. If the course is NOT listed in the "APPROVED" section AND you no longer have courses in the "WAIT" section, you were not enrolled through the waiting list process.

After the waiting lists are closed, course enrolment for courses that previously had waiting lists becomes first-come, first-served. The dates for this period are:

• May 17 to 21 for F and Y section code courses
• July 4 to July 9 for S section code courses

During this period, you should try to enrol using ROSI.