Student Services Center, 2nd Floor | (501) 916-3110 | ualr.edu/records | Registration Guide
The Office of Records and Registration acts as a registration resource for students and the campus community. The office provides several online services to students through their Workday Student accounts, including:
- Registration (Sign up for classes)
- Enrollment Verification
- Degree Verification
- Official Transcripts (Note: Students may also print an unofficial transcript through Workday Student.)
For other important services provided by Records and Registration, please visit our website.
Things to Know
The Academic Year
The academic year includes two regular semesters in the fall and spring, each with seven accelerated terms within the semester, and a summer semester with four terms. The unit of credit is the semester hour. This unit is defined as credit earned for the completion of one hour per week in class for one semester. Two hours or more of laboratory work per week for one term equals a one-semester hour of credit. UA Little Rock offers night and weekend courses, web-based courses, face-to-face, and hybrid courses on campus and at various off-campus locations.
About Online Registration
After you have been advised, the next step toward taking courses at UA Little Rock is to view the UA Little Rock Registration Guide and Class Search web pages.
The UA Little Rock Registration Guide and Class Search web pages contain information on the web registration process and list the courses that will be offered during specific semesters by course, time, location, and instructor. At the Office of Records and Registration website, you will also find the academic calendar, the final examination schedule, and deadlines for various activities, including course drops and withdrawals, during the semester.
Please be aware that students may not enroll for more than 18 credit hours in a regular semester (Fall or Spring) or more than seven credit hours in a five-week Summer term without the prior permission of the person who approves their degree plan.
Courses and programs are also offered through web-based delivery as well as at off-campus locations. Off-campus and online credit courses are identified by location in the UA Little Rock Registration Guide and Class Search.
During a full, 15-week semester or term, the usual three-credit-hour daytime course will meet for 50 minutes a day on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, or for 1 hour and 15 minutes on either Monday and Wednesday or Tuesday and Thursday. Some classes will meet on different time schedules, such as one three-hour session per week. All these options are part of UA Little Rock’s effort to offer classes in times and places that suit the needs of all students, but it also means you have to read the UA Little Rock Class Search carefully.
Only credit hours earned at other institutions that have either regional or institutional accreditation as recognized by the US Department of Education will transfer and be posted on the UALR transcript. UA Little Rock will also transfer any courses from institutions with which we have a standing MOU. Grades and GPA do not transfer and are not calculated in the student’s GPA earned at UA Little Rock.
IMPORTANT NOTE: UA Little Rock cannot accurately evaluate transfer hours, advise, release financial aid funding for which students may be eligible, or guarantee registration in degree-appropriate courses until ALL final admission credentials have been received and processed.
The Office of Records and Registration also offers online services for your convenience. You may drop or withdraw from classes by using our online form. You may submit your requests for an official transcript online as well. Please visit our website for more information about our processes and important dates/deadlines.
How to Read Class Search
Here’s what you’ll need to know to register in Workday:
Subject – Ex.: RHET 10103
The four-letter code that correlates to the curriculum or department it refers to. In this case, it is “RHET” for the Rhetoric and Writing Department.
Course Number – Ex.: RHET 10103
The five-digit course number assigned by the department indicates the level and number of credit hours for the course.
**Note: The first number indicates the course level (1-Freshman, 2-Sophomore, etc.) and the final number indicates the number of credit hours received for taking and passing the course. In the example above, the course would be available to first-year students and give them three credit hours upon passing.
Title – Ex.: RHET 10103 Composition I
The course title. Abbreviated versions of longer course titles may be used. Descriptions of all courses appear within their respective departments in numerical order by course number.
Section – Ex.: 23
The section number assigned by the department.
Available Seats – Ex.: 20
The total number of students allotted for the class.
Class Meets – Ex.: MWF or TR
The days of the week the class will meet. See list below:
- W – Wednesday
- MW – Monday, Wednesday
- MWF – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
- TR – Tuesday, Thursday
- S – Saturday
- U – Sunday
- TBA – To Be Announced (typically used for online courses)
Time – Ex.: 6:50 p.m. – 8:50 p.m.
The time the class begins and ends. The department will be updating the exact time for TBA courses.
Instructor: Freeland, Betty T.
The name of the instructor assigned to this class. If “Staff” appears here, no one has been assigned yet.
Commencement is the ceremony that recognizes students who apply and qualify for graduation. The graduation process is the review and awarding of degrees that occurs after commencement and final grades for the graduation application term.
Students must apply for fall, spring, or summer terms to be considered for graduation for that term. Refer to the Academic Calendar for more information. If students do not meet the original expected term graduation date, they must reapply.
To be included in the Fall or Spring Commencement Program, all fall or spring (summer by spring deadline) applicants must submit their application online. The graduation application is completed in Workday Student.
NOTE: If you initially apply for Spring graduation and later determine you need to apply for Summer graduation, you must contact the Office of Records and Registration. The Spring application MUST be deactivated before a Summer application can be submitted.
Continue to review and update information on the application until you can apply.
NOTE: The application will ask if you are planning on attending the ceremony. Even if you list that you will be attending the ceremony, you will still need to keep watch in your UA Little Rock (@ualr.edu) email address for any updates or additional RSVP requirements that may be sent out.
Program printing deadlines will not enable the University to include the names of students submitting applications after the deadline. Please refer to our Apply to Graduate webpage for more information.
Students pursuing multiple majors must submit a graduation application for each major they finish in that term.
To be awarded a degree in the term of graduation, a student must complete all requirements and obligations no later than the date grades are due as listed in the Academic Calendar. This includes but is not limited to grades of “I,” “MG,” and “IP.” Students failing to meet this deadline must reapply for graduation and will be awarded their UA Little Rock degree the following term, provided all requirements have been met.
Names of undergraduate students with superior academic performance are recorded on the Chancellor’s and the Dean’s Lists. This recognition is also noted on the student’s grade report and official transcripts. This status will be granted at the end of each semester in which the following qualifications have been met:
Chancellor’s List:
- At least nine hours for credit with a grade of A, B, C, or CR
- At least a 3.9 grade-point average for the semester
- No D, F, I, or NC grades on the semester grade report
Dean’s List:
- At least nine hours for credit with a grade of A, B, C, or CR
- At least a 3.5 grade-point average for the semester
- No D, F, I, or NC grades on the semester grade report
Several departments at UA Little Rock offer honors programs to exceptional students. Admission to an honors program is generally tied to the student’s grade point average and class standing and may require nomination by a faculty member. Such programs are distinct from graduation with honors; In addition to meeting and maintaining a certain grade-point average, qualifying students also take a special curriculum in the major. Requirements may include advanced study, seminars, or a research project and presentation. Departmental honors are posted on the student’s academic transcript at graduation. Contact individual academic departments for more information.
To qualify for graduation honors, a student must have completed a minimum of 60 hours in residence at UA Little Rock. Graduation honors are calculated on all academic work completed in UA Little Rock credit-bearing courses. For repeated courses, only the grade from the final iteration of the course will be included in the calculation of the cumulative grade point average for determining graduation honors. All work completed at all other institutions, whether accepted as transfer credit at UA Little Rock or not, will not be included in the final calculation of honors (except as noted below).
The bachelor’s degree with honors will be conferred upon candidates who graduate and earn a minimum cumulative grade point on all credit courses taken at UA Little Rock as follows:
- Summa cum laude: minimum grade point average of 3.90
- Magna cum laude: minimum grade point average of 3.70
- Cum laude: minimum grade point average of 3.50
Students who do not complete the minimum of 60 hours in residence at UA Little Rock may request, in writing, that all work completed at all other institutions, whether accepted as transfer credit at UA Little Rock or not, be used in the final calculation of honors. For repeated courses at other institutions, only the grade from the final iteration of the course will be included in the calculation of the cumulative grade point average for determining graduation honors. Some courses from institutions outside of the U.S. are calculated in the admissions process on a pass/not pass basis. For a student to be considered for honors, all credentials from institutions outside of the U.S. must be evaluated to determine an A, B, or C equivalency.
Students granted academic clemency are still eligible to qualify for graduation honors, but they must complete a minimum of 60 hours in residence at UA Little Rock, not including the hours for which clemency was granted.
The associate degree with honors will be conferred upon candidates who have completed a minimum of 30 hours in residence at UA Little Rock and graduation, have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.7 on all academic work completed in UA Little Rock credit-bearing courses. The recipient must have met all requirements for graduation with an associate degree and must not have completed more than 83 credit hours. Students who are granted academic clemency are still eligible to receive an associate degree with honors, but they must complete a minimum of 30 hours in residence at UA Little Rock, not including the hours for which clemency was granted.
A student who has earned a baccalaureate degree from UA Little Rock and is pursuing a second baccalaureate degree at UA Little Rock is granted graduation honors based on the credit hours earned after the posting of the first degree. If fewer than 30 credit hours are completed at UA Little Rock after completion of the first UA Little Rock degree, the level of graduation honors can be no higher than that obtained on the first degree. If 30 or more credit hours are completed at UA Little Rock after completion of the first UA Little Rock degree, the level of graduation honors on the second degree is based on the cumulative grade point average on coursework after the first degree.
Students who graduate from another college or university and pursue a second undergraduate degree at UA Little Rock must complete a minimum of 30 hours in residence at UA Little Rock to be eligible for honors. Graduation honors on the second degree are based on the cumulative grade point average on all UA Little Rock coursework after the first degree.
University and departmental honors (but not awards) may be posted on the academic transcript.
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