Registration Information

We encourage you to meet with your academic advisor to discuss course plans and graduation requirements. More information about academic advising is available here: http://registrar.ucmerced.edu/registration-help-page/registration/academ...

MyDegreePath is a tool available to you that combines a degree audit with an academic planner. This resource may aid you in the selection of courses for the term. 

Please refer to this full list of errors and instructions here: https://registrar.ucmerced.edu/registration-help-page/registering-classe...

To meet the normal progress to degree requirement, undergraduate students are expected to pass an average of 15 units per semester or 30 units per academic year, completing the 120 units necessary for graduation in four years. Each semester you decide not to enroll in 15 units, you will have an item appear on your checklist one week after open registration called Journey to 30. If you are NOT planning to enroll in at least 15 units for the upcoming term, please acknowledge you have read the Journey to 30 requirement on your checklist and understand the implications. 

In other words, the amount of units you need to pass must average out to 30 units per academic year over a four-year period in order to graduate within four years. For example, CSE, MATH, and COGS majors might take 28 units their first year and complete 32 units their second year. Be aware that Cal Grant awards are limited to four academic years.

To enroll in additional classes, log into MyRegistration through MyMerced in UC Merced Connect.

Failure to enroll in courses for a fall or spring term may result in the loss of your student status and you will be required to apply to reinstate unless you are on an approved educational leave. 

If you do not intend to return to the university you must submit a Leaving UC Merced Form. If you intend to return to the University, it is recommended that you submit the Leaving UC Merced Form and speak to your academic advisor.

More information about leaving UC Merced: http://registrar.ucmerced.edu/policies/leaving-uc-merced.

This notification may appear for multiple reasons for students, with the most common causes being special program enrollment, an active educational leave, or a graduation application on file. Examples are below.

Special Program Enrollment - Students who are approved to participate in the Education Abroad Program will not be able to register for courses at UCM during their anticipated abroad term. The Registrar's Office will restore registration eligibility at UCM if we receive a withdrawal notification from the EAP program.

Active Educational Leave - Students on an educational leave will not be able to register for terms in between their leave term and the return term noted on their ELP form. If you are interested in updating your return term, send an e-mail to registrar@ucmerced.edu so we may review your request. 

Graduation Application - Your student status is updated to inactive in the term immediately following the term you have applied to graduate in. If your plans have changed and you will be graduating later, you must refile for graduation to have your student status restored. You may refile for graduation here: https://dbsforms.ucmerced.edu/forms/student-graduation-refile. 

Note - if you are on educational leave and submit a graduation application for a term earlier than your educational leave return term, you may not register for courses in your return term. Submit a graduation refile form and follow up by emailing registrar@ucmerced.edu to let us know that you want your educational leave return term to be restored.

Beginning with summer 2020 registration into PHYS 009L or PHYS 019L requires the completion of PHYS 008L or PHYS 018L with a C- or better. Students who completed PHYS 008 or PHYS 018 with a C- or better in or before fall 2019, should notify their academic advisor of their intent to register in PHYS 009L/019L, for registration assistance. 

Cross-listed Courses are the same course offered under different course subjects at the same level (either undergraduate or graduate) that share the same meeting time, requirements, units, etc. Conjoined Courses are the same course but one is undergraduate and one is graduate. Cross-listed and Conjoined courses share seats available in the course and share waitlists. To check to see if a course is cross-listed, from the course description box, click the cross-listed tab.