Tele-BEARS and Enrollment in Classes

Course Restrictions and Seat Reservations

Many courses are restricted to students who have certain majors or who are at certain class levels. Restrictions for a particular course are usually indicated in the

Online Schedule of Classes

. If you attempt to add a course and you do not meet the restrictions, you will not be allowed to enroll and you will receive the message "You have not met the enrollment restrictions for this course" or "Students at your class level are not permitted to enroll in this course."

A course can also have blocks of seats reserved for different categories of students. Courses that have seats reserved are usually indicated in the Online Schedule of Classes. If you attempt to add such a course and do not meet any of the seat reservation categories, you will not be allowed to enroll and you will receive the message "You do not meet the departmental criteria for this class." If you qualify for a seat reservation category but it is full, you will receive the message "The enrollment category for which you qualify is full."

Class Entry Codes

Some or all seats in a course can be reserved for Class Entry Codes (CECs). You must first seek approval from the instructor or department offering the course, and, if approved, you will be given a CEC, which must be entered when you add the course. Each CEC is unique and can be used only once; if you drop the course and decide to add it again, you must obtain a new CEC.

Instructor Drop

You may be dropped by the instructor from any enrolled or waitlisted course if you do not attend every class meeting during the first three weeks of instruction or if you do not meet the course's prerequisites. NOTE: Do not assume you will be dropped if you do not attend; you should always drop any unwanted courses from your schedule immediately.

Prerequisites

Tele-BEARS does not check whether you have completed prerequisites for a particular course (except those requiring satisfaction of the UC Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly the Subject A requirement)).

Time Conflicts

Tele-BEARS will allow you to add a class that conflicts with another class on your schedule. However, it warns you of this situation before you confirm the transaction. You should avoid time conflicts when enrolling in courses. This applies to all sections of a course (lecture, discussion, lab, etc.) except those designated as self-paced ("Slf") or voluntary ("Vol").

Exam Group Conflicts

You should avoid conflicts in exam groups when choosing courses. However, Tele-BEARS will permit you to add a course that has the same exam group as another course on your schedule, but will warn you if this situation occurs. If you are enrolled in courses with identical exam groups, it is your responsibility to request one of the instructors to reschedule the final examination for you. You should not assume that this request will be accommodated.