UPDATED 4/11/23

All CICS students receive an email from their assigned advisor before registration

If you have not heard from your advisor, email them! Their contact information is at the bottom right of your SPIRE student center page. Be sure to check your junk email folder as well.

COURSE UPDATES, OVERRIDES, AND SCHEDULES:

FALL 2023 COURSE SCHEDULE

Please see SPIRE for the most up to date course schedule.

CICS Active Course Updates: information on pending/resolved course changes and issues can be found here.

COURSE OVERRIDES:

• The Override form opens in mid-April.
• Please read class notes and the CICS override webpage carefully. Only request overrides as instructed.
• Overrides are for circumstances where SPIRE is incorrectly excluding you from a course or for when you have specific special circumstances, not to bypass SPIRE when courses are full.
• CICS Override Form

Enrollment Date/Enrollment Appointment

See the Registrar's webpage for the updated course registration schedule. Your "enrollment appointment" is the date and time when you can login to SPIRE to register for classes.

ADVISING AND HOLDS:

DROP - IN PEER ADVISING

Informatics and CS Peer Advisors are available! Their schedule is here.

Informatics Majors

Informatics majors have no registration holds, but are encouraged to meet with their assigned advisor before registering.

CS Majors

Those CS majors who meet any criteria below must meet with their assigned advisor to lift their registration hold.

• A cumulative GPA below 2.5
• Are on Academic Discipline (Probation/Warning/Reinstatement)
• Are new to the CS Major this semester

Whether you have a hold or not, meeting with a Peer Advisor to review course options is an excellent plan. Their page also contains our Pre-Registration Form, which is useful in helping you plan for your semester.

Other students are welcome to meet with their advisor but are not required to do so. All students receive email from assigned advisors about course registration; please check your inbox and junk mail thoroughly.

OTHER HOLDS (BURSAR/HEALTH/ETC)

If you have another type of hold on your account please follow the SPIRE instructions to lift your hold. If you need assistance or have questions, your advisor or our front desk can help. Please email cicsadvising@umass.edu.