First-Year Students

WebAdvisor is the online platform that all L&C students use to register for classes.

You can log into WebAdvisor by using your L&C User ID (lc24-xxxx) & password.

Here are some key areas in your Student menu to know about prior to registration:

• User Account -> Emergency Contact Info: You will not be able to register for anything until you have updated this information.
• Academic Profile -> Test Summary: Check to ensure that your placement exam results have been upload, and to verify that L&C has received your AP or IB exam results.
• Registration: You will register for your yourself courses using WebAdvisor. This menu has several sections that will be explained more fully in the following questions
• Registration -> Registration Permissions: After clicking this link, the next screen will prompt you to select 24/FA. The next screen will indicate the date and time you may register. This screen will also show any course permissions you have.
• Academic Profile -> My Class Schedule: Double check the results of your registration by checking your schedule before logging off. Choose “My Class Schedule” to verify that you registered for your course(s) correctly.

This summer you will register for your fall semester courses two rounds:

• Your first registration round is on Wednesday, July 31. In this first round, you will register for one 4 or 5-credit course (note that you cannot register for a PE/A or MUP course in the first round).

Because you can register for only one course at this time, register for the one that is most important to you. For step-by-step instructions on how to search for courses and register, see “How do I register for classes?” below.

• Your second registration round is on Friday, August 2. In this second round, you will register for all remaining courses. Remember, going into this registration round you will already be registered for 8 or 9 credits (your First-Year Seminar: Words and Numbers section and the course you registered for on July 31).

You must be registered for a minimum of 12 credits in fall semester to reach full-time status, and we encourage students to register for 15 to 17 credits each semester. The maximum number of credits you can take is 19.

You will be automatically registered for your Words or Number course this summer. The deadline to submit your First-Year Seminar: Words and Numbers section preferences form is June 30 and your section assignment will be emailed to you July 5.

To view your registration round times on July 31 and August 2:

1. Login to WebAdvisor using your L&C User ID (lc24-xxxx) and password
2. Click on the Students menu
3. Under Registration, select Registration Permissions
4. Choose CAS-Fall 2024. You should now be able to see the dates and times at which you are scheduled to register for your courses on on July 31 and August 2. Note that times are listed in the pacific time zone.

After your second registration round, registration remains open until August 16, when it shuts down until New Student Orientation.

On August 29, registration will re-open for first-year students, and stay open until 11am on Friday, August 30.

After that, registration is closed until the start of the add/drop period. when it shuts down until the start of the add/drop period. The add/drop period begins on the first day of classes, Tuesday, September 3, and Friday, September 13 at 4pm (for more information on registering for classes during the add/drop period, review this page on the Registrar’s website).

The College Catalog lists all of the courses offered at Lewis & Clark; however, not all courses are offered every semester. The courses that are offered in a particular semester are listed on our registration website, called Webadvisor.

1. Go to Webadvisor (bookmark the site now - you will be using it a lot!).
2. Log in using your L&C User ID (lc24-xxxx) and password. Select the Students menu.
3. Under the Registration heading, select Search for Sections.
4. From the Term drop-down menu, select CAS - Fall 2024.
5. Narrow your search to courses open to first-year students by clicking on the Course Type field (in the lower right) and selecting CAS: First year students in the drop-down menu. This will show you all 100-level courses and 200-level courses that have an F in the section number (it’ll be a long list).
6. Click Submit.
7. If you see a course you would like to learn more about in the Section Selection Results, click on the title of the course to open a new window and read a description, determine if there are any prerequisites, and to see complete scheduling information about when and where the course meets.

First-year students may register for all 100-level courses, for 200-level courses that have an F in the section number (for example, ART 257-F1: Urban Experience in China), and for 300-level language courses, if you place into them.

You can find out if courses have prerequisites when you search for courses in WebAdvisor, click on the course title to read the description, including prerequisites. For example, many math and science courses have a prerequisite of “QR 101 or equivalent” (an ALEKS score between 53 and 75 is equivalent to QR 101. Visit Placement Exams to learn more about equivalencies).

Deciding on what to register for means considering a few different factors: What class is most important to you? Is there a major that you are particularly interested in exploring? Are there many sections of the same class being offered, and how many open seats are still available? Are you a prospective STEM, Environmental Studies, or Music major? Is there a general education requirement that you would like to complete soon?

There is a lot to consider, but don’t worry: you don’t have to do this alone! When, after discussing your interests with your faculty advisor and reading over the College Advising Center’s First-Year Students FAQ: Creating a Schedule advice, you have questions or just want to double-check your plans, email your advisor in the College Advising Center or make an appointment.

Something to keep in mind is that the later you register, the fewer course options you’ll have. Try to register for classes as soon as possible.

Prior to registration on July 31 and August 2, you can use WebAdvisor to search for classes and save them in a Preferred Sections list, which is like a shopping cart. When you are ready to register, you can return to this list to easily complete your registration.

1. Go to Webadvisor.
2. Log in using your L&C User ID (lc24-xxxx) and password.
3. Under the Registration heading, select Register for Sections.
4. Choose Search and Register for Sections.
5. From the Term drop-down menu, select CAS - Fall 2024.
6. To search for all courses open to first-year students, go to the Course Type field (in the lower right) and select CAS: First year students from the drop-down menu. This will show you 100-level courses and 200-level courses that have an F in the section number. You may also search for courses in a particular subject area by selecting the name of the subject.
7. You may search the course offerings of up to five subjects at once, but it is not necessary to fill in the entire search form. Subject-only searches will show all courses offered in that department, including classes that are not open to first-year students.
8. Click Submit.
9. To learn more about a particular course, click on its orange section name and title. An new information window will pop up. If the course interests you, check if there are any prerequisites or restrictions.
10. Once you find a course listing that intrigues you, place it in your Preferred Sections list by returning to the search results, checking the box next to the section name, and title and clicking Submit at the bottom of the page. (You can remove a section from this list at any time by using the Action drop-down menu next to the course you wish to remove.)
11. Continue looking for courses to add to your Preferred Sections list by clicking on Search for Sections.
12. You can see all the classes you’ve added to your Preferred Sections list from your main Student Menu by selecting Register for Sections —> Register for Previously Selected Sections.

NOTE: You can add as many courses as you want to to your Preferred Section list. However, they will only be able to register for the class if you meet the prerequisites and restrictions criteria.

On Wednesday, July 31 and Friday, August 2, follow these steps to register for classes:

1. Log into WebAdvisor using your L&C User ID (lc24-xxxx) and password, go to your Student page and click on “Register for Sections.”

2. Next, choose “Register for Previously Selected Sections.”

3. Check the availability of the seats in your “Preferred Sections” list in the column third from the right, Avail/ Cap/ Wait. The first number shows the number of open seats in the class; the second number the total number of seats in the class overall; the third shows how many students are on the waitlist already.

   If any of your classes are closed (i.e., there are no open seats) or already has a waitlist, you may add yourself to the waitlist or remove that course from your Preferred Sections list.

4. From the Action drop-down menu, select “Register” from next to the class(es) you are enrolling in, and hit “submit” at the bottom of the page.

5. Scroll down and click “submit” at the bottom of the page.

6. The next page is “Registration Results.” It has 3 parts. The first part shows the actions that were just completed. The second part shows everything for Fall 2024 that you are currently registered for. The third part shows courses that you are currently waitlisted for.

7. Double-check that your registration was successful by going to you main Students menu —> Academic Profile —> My Class Schedule —> CAS-Fall 2024.

Want some advice on how to put together a schedule? Check out the First-Year Students FAQ: Creating a Schedule, email your advisor in the College Advising Center, or make an appointment.

If you are unable to get into a class that strongly interests you this fall, don’t be discouraged. We have small classes at Lewis & Clark and so some courses do fill up, but if you really want a course, you will have plenty of chances to take that class in subsequent semesters. Instead, this semester, register for a backup option or a hidden gem. When a course you would like to take in the fall is full, you can put your name on a waitlist using the same screen you would use to register (select “Waitlist” from the drop-down menu, and then Submit). After you place yourself on the waitlist, be sure to register for another course that is open.

If your name is on a waitlist and a space becomes available while WebAdvisor registration is still open (through August 16), the Registrar’s office will email your Lewis & Clark email account and you will have 48 hours to register before the spot is offered to someone else. If a spot does not open up before classes begin, you can contact the professor and/or attend the first day of class, and the instructor will explain how they will be handling the waitlist. (Wondering more about how waitlists work? Read this information on the Registrar’s website.)

You do not need advisor permission this summer to register for fall class.

However, If you are interested in a course but have not met the prerequisite or are otherwise restricted for some reason from registering for it, email the Professor of the course (listed in WebAdvisor) to discuss permission to enroll in the course. If granted, their permission will appear in “Registration Permissions” in WebAdvisor and you can register for the course. Prior to emailing the professor, be sure to consult with your College Advisor.

In order to register for in subsequent semesters, all students are required to gain their faculty advisor’s permission to register for classes. You will be able to see advisor consent in the Registration Permissions section of WebAdvisor. Advisor permission is required because a close academic-planning partnership between students and faculty is at the heart of advising at Lewis & Clark.

If you have created your L&C account, have logged into WebAdvisor, and are having trouble registering, it may be that you haven’t yet filled out your Emergency Contact information; without this information, WebAdvisor places a “registration hold” on your account. To submit this information, follow these steps:

1. Go to WebAdvisor.
2. Log in using your L&C User ID (lc24-xxxx) and password
3. Click on Students
4. Under User Account, click on Emergency Contact
5. Enter the appropriate contact information
6. Click on the Update/Verify button to complete the entry

After you Search for Sections, the Section Selection Results page provides details about the current number of spots available in a course (Avail), the maximum number of spots offered in the class (Cap), and how many students are on that course’s waitlist (Wait). If there are 0 spots available in a course, you can join the waitlist.

You will not be permitted to register for courses with time conflicts, no matter how small the conflict. To make sure you are seeing all the times that a course meets, click on the title of the course in the Section Selection Results and read what is listed under Meeting Information.

You will not be able to register for a course if you have not met the prerequisite. For incoming students, certain prerequisites can be met by placement exams, by AP or IB credit, or by transfer credit. Many 200-level courses, and most 300-level courses, are not open to students until they have completed the appropriate prerequisite courses at L&C.

To see course prerequisites, click on the title of the course in the Section Selection Results and read what is listed under Requisites.

Many science classes have co-requisite courses, which means that you must register for both lecture and lab sections simultaneously (in fact, WebAdvisor will not allow you to register for one or the other on its own). For example, if you are interested in taking General Chemistry, you can register for both Chem 110-01, a lecture section, and Chem 110L-03, a lab section (or any lecture and lab pairing that fits with your schedule).

It could be that you have reached the maximum number of cookies in your web browser and need to clear them in order to log into WebAdvisor. You can:

1. Use a different browser and/or an incognito window in your current browser OR
2. Clear your cookies in your current browser

Not sure how to do either of these? Google instructions for your browser, and you should be able to find them very easily.

Wondering about how you create a great fall schedule? What are general education requirements, and when should you take those classes? How placement exams, advanced placement, and transfer credit effects registration? Be sure to check out the First-Year Student FAQs.

There might be some general education requirements that you would like to take before too much time passes. For example, if you took a language in high school, and want to continue studying that language in college, we recommend enrolling in the appropriate level language class your first or second semester.

Try to keep in mind how the work you’ll be doing in your classes will fit together. When possible, we suggest picking courses that offer a variety of different kinds of “brain work” that strikes a balance between reading- and writing-intensive, quantitative problem solving, world language, or creative courses. You might love one particular subject, but too much of one thing is usually a bad idea! Remember, you will be registered for one reading and writing intensive course already, Core 120: Words, or one quantitative course, Core 121: Numbers.

As you think about your credit total for fall, remember that physical education and music performance classes are one credit (we recommend enrolling in 15 to 17 credits per semester). If you participate in varsity athletics, you can register and earn credit for your sport during season.

If you’d like advice on how to arrange your fall semester schedule, email your advisor in the College Advising Center or make an appointment.