Overview

This is a registration guide for International Exchange Incoming Students. You will find helpful instruction pages and dates to complete your registration.

If you have any questions, feel free to email RegistrarExchange@uwf.edu.


Fall 2022 Dates (also found in our Academic Calendar):

Registration StartsApril 11, 2022
First Day of ClassesAugust 22, 2022

Drop/Add Period

August 22, 2022 - August 28, 2022
Late Registration BeginsAugust 22, 2022
Fee Payment DeadlineAugust 28, 2022
Withdrawal DeadlineNovember 14, 2022
Last Day of ClassesDecember 3, 2022
Final Exam DatesDecember 5, 2022 - December 10, 2022
Grades PostedDecember 13, 2022
Transcripts Printed (will be mailed to Home School)December 20, 2022


Preparing for Registration

This guide includes important information and helpful resources during the course registration process. You may also visit our website for additional tutorials, videos, and resources.

Please confer with your academic advisor at your home institution to ensure chosen courses are applicable to your program and level of study.

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

  1. Activate your MyUWF/Argonet Account - the first step in the registration process is to activate your MyUWF account as it's your portal to the university.

  2. View Holds - All holds must be lifted as holds prevent any registration activity.

  3. Acknowledge and Agree to the Financial Responsibility Statement - every UWF student has to agree to this responsibility statement.

  4. View Registration Information and Time Ticket (when you can register) - Your Time Ticket will indicate the first eligible day to register for classes.

Registering for Classes

Once all Holds are lifted, you may attempt course registration. 


Undergraduate students should register for courses level 1000 – 4000. Please check with the academic advisor at your home institution to confirm which course levels are appropriate for your exchange. Some students are required to register for upper-level courses (course levels 3000-4000).

Graduate students should register for courses level 5000 – 6000.


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

locations of courses

International Exchange students may only register for Main Campus and Online sections.

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

Once two (2) hours have passed after registering for at least one (1) course, you may then upgrade to have full access to your Argonet Account.

Registering for Courses with Prerequisites

Higher-level courses (3000 or 4000) may have prerequisites that are not reflected in your student account.

If you are receiving a Prerequisite Error when attempting to register for a class, you will have to email the Department offering the course so that they may provide you with an override.

Make a note of which classes you are getting this error from (ex. FIN 3403).

Follow these steps to look up the department offering the course and what to email them to possibly resolve these errors.

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.

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 each Department Chair individually if your course is owned by:

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


Your main point of contact will be Dr. Nestor Arguea (narguea@uwf.edu), Associate Professor and College of Business International Program Director. You may skip to Step 3 unless you have other courses with prerequisites from other departments.


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):

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)

FAQs



International Exchange students are classified as non-degree seeking. Therefore, an Advising Pin is not required to register for classes. Please disregard any information regarding the need for an Advising Pin.




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 Registration Errors.

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