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titleImportant Dates

Fall 2025 Dates (also found in our Academic Calendar):

Registration StartsApril 14, 2025
First Day of ClassesAugust 25, 2025

Drop/Add Period

August 25, 2025 - August 31, 2025
Late Registration BeginsAugust 25, 2025
Fee Payment DeadlineAugust 31, 2025
Withdrawal DeadlineSeptember 21, 2025
Last Day of ClassesDecember 13, 2025
Final Exam DatesDecember 8, 2025 - December 13, 2025
Grades PostedDecember 19, 2025
Transcripts Printed (will be mailed to Home School)January 15, 2026



Spring 2025 2026 Dates (also found in our Academic Calendar):

Registration StartsNovember 410, 20242025
First Day of ClassesJanuary 87, 20252026

Drop/Add Period

January 87, 2025 2026 - January 1413, 20252026
Late Registration BeginsJanuary 87, 20252026
Fee Payment DeadlineJanuary 1413, 20252026
Withdrawal DeadlineApril 76, 20252026
Last Day of ClassesMay 32, 20252022
Final Exam DatesApril 2827, 2025 2026 - May 32, 20252026
Grades PostedMay 98, 20252026
Transcripts Printed (will be mailed to Home School)May 20, 20252026

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Preparing for Registration

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Please confer with your academic advisor at your home institution to ensure chosen courses are applicable to your program and level of study. It is also important to register full-time and in the correct number of in-person credits. For more information, review the section Academic Advising & Course Registration in the J-1 Exchange Student Resource Guide.

Here are some steps that you must take before attempting to register for courses:

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titleCourse Campus

When registering for courses, please be aware of the course's Campus location.

locations of courses

International Exchange students may only register for courses on the Main (Pensacola) campus and Online Campus.

Registration for Emerald Coast Campus courses is not acceptable and your course registration will have to be updated.

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titleRegistration Errors

It is common for International Exchange students to encounter Prerequisite Errors when attempting to register for higher-level courses. For Prerequisite errors, please follow the steps under Registering for Courses with Prerequisites at the bottom of this page.

Campus Restrictions Errors cannot be overridden as they indicate that the class is for Online-only UWF Students and/or Department-specific UWF Students.

Closed Section Errors mean that the section(s) you are trying to register for is full. You may enroll on the Waitlist so you may be notified when a space becomes available.

Department / Program Restriction Errors mean that the course/section you are attempting to register for is restricted to students in a particular UWF department.

Registering for Courses with Prerequisites

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titleClick here for Steps on Registering for Courses with Prerequisites

Step 1 - Look up College and Department

  1. Use the Course Search application on MyUWF and look up one of your courses.
  2. Select the underlined course title
  3. A pop-up titled “Class Details for…” should appear.
  4. Click on the “Catalog” tab at the bottom

In the “Catalog” tab, you should see the College and Department that owns the course. Repeat this with each of your courses. You may use the following image as a guide.

locating info on college and department

Step 2 - Department Contacts

Now that you have collected each course’s department and college, you may email them to review your transcripts and provide you with an override for your course. You will have to email the departments based on the College they are housed in.

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titleIf your course is owned by the College of Business

Lewis Bear Jr. College of Business course pre-requisite override form, click here. This form must be submitted for Colege of Business Course Override requests. Please complete this form ONLY FOR College of Business courses. You must be signed in to your uwf.edu email account to complete the form. If you have any issues with uploading the transcript, please send them to agreen2@uwf.edu

Your main point of contact for College of Business courses will be Dr. Alison Green (agreen2@uwf.edu), Professor and College of Business International Program Liaison. You may skip to Step 3 UNLESS you have other courses with prerequisites from other departments.

If your course is owned by any of the Colleges below, you will have to email the Department Chair:

  • College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CASSH),
  • School of Education,
  • Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering, and/or the
  • Usha Kundu, MD College of Health.

If you have multiple department chairs to email, please email them separately.

To view each Department Chair from all departments, you may visit the Administrative Units webpage.

From here, you may select the College that owns the course and see who the Chairperson/Department Chair is for the Department that owns the course.

There are two ways of looking up their email address:

  1. Visit the Department’s webpage and look at their “Faculty” site, usually found on the right side of the webpage under “In this section.”
  2. Access the Campus Directory application on MyUWF and search the Department Chair’s name in the search bar. You may also select the “Departments” tab, select the department, and find the Chairperson’s information there.

Step 3 - Email the Departments

Once you have each contact for your course(s), it is time you email them regarding your prerequisite errors. If you have multiple department chairs to email, please email them separately.

You may use the following template for your email(s):

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Good day,

I am an Incoming International Exchange Student who is interested in taking courses here at UWF but I have a prerequisite error that is preventing my registration. The Registrar’s Office at UWF instructed me to email you.

I am including my transcripts and the course(s). Would I qualify for a prerequisite override?

Thank you so much for your assistance.

Feel free to modify this email template as you see fit.

Please include the following in your email(s) to the department(s):

  • Your UWF ID
  • A copy of your transcripts
  • A list of courses with:
    • Course Subject & Number (ex. STA2023, ENC1102, etc.)
    • 5-digit Course Reference Number (CRN)

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titleI keep receiving an error when attempting to register for my class(es)...


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It is common for International Exchange students to encounter Prerequisite Errors when attempting to register for higher-level courses. For Prerequisite errors, please follow the steps under Registering for Courses with Prerequisites at the bottom of this page.

Campus Restrictions Errors cannot be overridden as they are for Online-only UWF Students and/or Department-specific UWF Students.

Closed Section Errors mean that the section(s) you are trying to register for is full. You may enroll on the Waitlist so you may be notified when a space becomes available.

Department / Program Restriction Errors mean that the course/section you are attempting to register for is restricted to students in a particular UWF department.