Pre-Registration Plans
Workday Terminology
Academic Period or Term - Class start dates and end dates may be standard length (4 months) or shorter sessions within the standard session.
Session - Multiple time periods within a standard term, each with its own group of courses available for registration and grading.
Session A - The session taking up the entire full or standard academic term (view the Academic Calendar).
Session B, C, and D - Sessions taking up less than the entire full or standard academic term (view the Academic Calendar).
Academic Plan - Created by an advisor to show the courses a student will need to complete their program of study.
A Pre-Registration Plan does not register you for classes. It is an advisory tool to organize your courses before you register. You can use it to register more quickly, but it is only a planning tool.
Watch this short video or follow the steps below.
1. Determine what academic period you want to design your pre-registration plan for, like Fall 2026. You can proceed to step 2 to build your plan from scratch, or confirm you have an academic plan for the associated year, like 2026-2027, by accessing Academics from your student profile and clicking the Plan tab. Contact your advisor if you need assistance, or use the Academic Plan article to design your own or make changes.
2. Click Create Pre-Registration Plan.
Alternatively, you can access the View My Pre-Registration report to create a Pre-Registration Plan without updating your Academic Plan, and it considers all available academic periods for which you can create a saved schedule. If you prefer to use the Find Course Sections and Register report, you can also create and add courses to a Pre-Registration Plan while viewing the course based on its academic period availability.
3. Create your pre-registration plan name (like Fall 2026) and choose an academic period.
If you want to create a pre-registration plan that includes multiple sessions within the standard term (e.g., Fall 2026 A and C), then select the primary term (Fall 2026 Session A) in the Academic Period field.
3. Click OK.
4. Review the course(s) from your academic plan or if building from scratch, proceed to step 5. Workday automatically filters courses based on the academic level in your academic record. Click Clear All if you need to search for courses outside your academic record, for example, if you have multiple (undergraduate and vocational).
5. Use the search box to locate the courses from your academic plan or that you need to satisfy your degree to add to your pre-registration plan. Alternatively, you can use the results menu to locate the course.
Optional: Click Add Filters to filter by facets like academic periods/sessions, academic level, delivery mode, meeting days, instructor, etc.
Review the course section details for a description, meeting patterns, seat availability, and more.
6. Click the plus sign (+) to add the course to your pre-registration plan. Continue exploring and adding courses.
Click the trash can to remove a course, either from the results pane or calendar view.
As you build your pre-registration plan, courses will be color-coded on the calendar, making it easy to identify date and time conflicts, and a checkmark will appear next to courses you've added from your academic plan. If you overlook a course conflict, when you click save, errors will populate informing you of this information. Click See Details.
7. After all desired courses have been added. Click Save. Remember, this does not register you for classes, but makes it easier to do so when you're ready.
View/Edit Your Pre-Registration Plan
If you just finished saving your pre-registration plan, you can click the View My Pre-Registration Plans button at the bottom of the page. Otherwise, open your academic plan from your student profile as shown in step 1 and follow these instructions:
1. Click View Pre-Registration Plans.
2. Under Upcoming Pre-Registration Plans, select the actions button to edit, view, and remove your pre-registration plan.
The View My Pre-Registration Plans page will show a list of all your plans for the academic term you selected.
Ready to register? View the article Register for Classes from Your Pre-Registration Plan for more details.
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