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  • Staff in Academic Deans' Offices have the ability to override credit limits, audit grade changes, and view comments from a student's record. Change a Student's Enrollment Limit (PDF*, 52k) Search Enrollment Requests (PDF, 74k) Audit Grade Changes (PDF, 36k) View a Student's...
  • Select classes to add In the SPIRE Menu, go to Enrollment > Add Classes. Alternately, on your Student Center SPIRE Home page, select Enrollment: Add Classes from the other academic... drop-down list or click one of the enrollment links to the left of or below your class schedule. On the...
  • To view your advisee's enrollment appointment, if any, in SPIRE: Navigate to your advisee's Student Center. On the Student Center tab: Scroll down to the Enrollment Dates section, on the right side of the Student Center, between the To Do List section and the Advisor section....
  • In the SPIRE Menu, go to Enrollment > Drop Classes. The Select classes to drop page will open, listing all the classes for which you are currently registered or waitlisted. Alternately, on your Student Center SPIRE Home page, select Enrollment: Drop Classes from the other academic... drop-...
  • The Edit Classes option allows you to update your enrollment preferences (e.g., number of credits, instructor's name, grading options) for classes that you have already added to your schedule. It is best to make these changes before the end of the registration period. You can also use this option...
  • Use SPIRE to enroll in UMass Amherst University and some University Without Walls classes.  Your Enrollment Checklist Check your Enrollment Appointment: This is the time window within which you can enroll in for classes. Clear any holds. A hold on your record restricts your ability to enroll...
  • Enrollment Appointment Essentials The Enrollment Appointment is the time window during which you can register for classes in SPIRE. Check your appointment to see your personalized start and end dates for registration for this term. You cannot register before or after your appointment. Make...
  • Staff with SPIRE B access, learn how to process enrollment overrides and modify a students' class schedule. Add a Class to a Student's Schedule (PDF, 57k) Drop a Class from a Student's Schedule (PDF, 21k) Swap Classes in a Student's Schedule (PDF, 16k) Change a Student's Waitlist...
  • About Post-Enrollment Requirement Checking (PERC) PERC enables SPIRE B users to easily identify students who are enrolled in a class but did not satisfy prerequisites for it. Students often enroll in classes for the next term while they are still taking prerequisite courses in the current term....
  • Learn how to find and interpret a student's personal and academic information. Navigate to the Student Services Center page About the Student Services Center Look Up a Student's Contact Information, Including Address (PDF*, 94k) About a Student's Program(s)/Plan(s) (PDF, 103k)...
  • You want to drop a class from your schedule, and add a different class. Here's why you should swap classes (i.e., replace classes by simultaneously dropping one class and adding another): Swapping helps you stay within your credit limit. If the class you wish to add is full, you don't lose...