FAS Accelerated Registration Planning Timeline for Faculty

Faculty will need to plan for Fall and Spring courses simultaneously – due dates for each term will overlap.

The new FAS registration process began in Fall 2023 for Spring 2024 courses. Please consult this timeline to plan your courses through Fall 2024. The FAS Registrar's Office will reach out to you regularly with reminders about key deadlines and recommended action items. You should also review critical changes to the FAS registration planning process to ensure you are prepared.

This timeline shows key academic calendar dates along with planning dates and deadlines. Deadlines that have passed are listed at the bottom.

Tip: You can link the FAS Registration Planning Sharepoint calendar with your Outlook calendar to keep track of past and upcoming deadlines and events related to registration.

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Planning to be done in Spring 2024 / Key Dates

January 8, 2024

Spring 2024 add/drop opens

Spring 2024 cross registration opens

January 22, 2024

Publish your complete course Canvas site for Spring 2024

Spring 2024 classes begin

March 5, 2024

FAS Faculty vote on course offerings for Academic Year 2024-2025

March 27, 2024

No changes permitted for Fall 2024 classes after this date

March 27, 2024

My.harvard course search available to the public for Academic Year 2024-2025

March 27, 2024

Basic syllabus information due in Canvas for Fall 2024 courses. You do not need to have your syllabus finalized – you only need to provide basic course information to help students choose Fall 2024 courses.

April 3, 2024

Fall 2024 Registration opens

April 9, 2024

Fall 2024 limited enrollment classes: returning student deadline to submit course petitions

April 10, 2024

Fall 2024 limited enrollment classes: run controlled enrollment process and notify returning students

April 17, 2024

Fall 2024 Registration closes

Departments can start to submit classroom preferences to the Registrar; includes section space requests

February 12, 2024

Begin working on basic syllabus information for Fall 2024 classes. You do not need to have your syllabus finalized – you only need to provide basic course information to help students choose Fall 2024 courses. 

May 17, 2024

Deadline for departments to submit classroom preferences to the Registrar; includes section space requests

 

 

Planning to be done in Summer 2024 / Key Dates

August 19, 2024

Fall 2024 registration opens for incoming students; continues through add/drop period

Fall 2024 add/drop period, cross-registration, and waitlists open

August 20, 2024

Fall 2024 limited enrollment classes: petitions due for GenEd courses for incoming students

August 21, 2024

Fall 2024 limited enrollment classes: run controlled enrollment process for GenEd courses for incoming students and send notifications

August 26, 2024

Fall 2024 limited enrollment classes: deadline for incoming students to accept seats in GenEd lotteried courses.

 

 

 

Fall 2024 / Key Dates

September 3, 2024

Fall 2024 classes begin

September 10, 2024

Instructor consent required for all Fall 2024 course adds after this date.

 

Past Planning Dates

Timelines - Past Dates

Spring 2023:

May 2, 2023

FAS Faculty vote on course offerings for Academic Year 2023-2024.

Summer 2023:

June 5, 2023

My.harvard course search available to the public for the AY 2023-2024.

Course Canvas websites will be available to work on for Fall 2023 and Spring 2024.

  • Complete Fall 2023 course websites should be published by August 21, 2023.
  • Spring 2024 courses will need to provide basic syllabus information for Canvas websites by October 25, 2023. You do not need to have your Spring 2024 course syllabus finalized – you only need to provide basic course information to help students choose Spring 2024 courses.

August 4, 2023

No changes permitted for Fall 2023 classes after this date.

August 21, 2023

Fall 2023 Registration opens.

Publish your Fall 2023 course Canvas websites.

August 29, 2023

Fall 2023 limited enrollment course petitions due.

August 30, 2023

Fall 2023 limited enrollment classes: run controlled enrollment process for incoming students and send notifications.

August 31, 2023

Fall 2023 Registration closes.

Fall 2023:

September 5, 2023

Fall 2023 classes begin.

October 16, 2023

Begin planning your course offerings for the full academic year 2024-2025. FAS Faculty will vote on academic year 2024-2025 course offerings on March 5, 2024. We recommend using our course planning checklist to help you prepare to confirm your course offerings.

No changes permitted to Spring 2024 classes after this date.

October 25, 2023

Basic syllabus information due in Canvas for Spring 2024 classes. You do not need to have your syllabus finalized – you only need to provide basic course information to help students choose Spring 2024 courses.

November 1, 2023

Spring 2024 Registration opens.

November 8, 2023

Spring 2024 limited enrollment course petitions due.

November 9, 2023

Limited enrollment classes: Run controlled enrollment process for Spring 2024 courses and notify students.

November 15, 2023

Spring 2024 Registration closes.