Registration

Here is some general information on registration at UHM:

UH Mānoa Course Numbering: 

Undergraduate Courses (100-499)

100-199: Introductory

200-299: Second-year

300-499: Third- and fourth-year courses, which are considered upper division 

Post-Baccalaureate/Graduate Courses (500-800)

*NSE students are allowed to register for undergraduate courses while on exchange.

Registration Period for NSE students:

NSE students register after the continuing UH Mānoa students. This means that seats may not be available in your preferred courses when you register. For this reason, we recommend you select more courses that you actually plan on taking as back-up options in case your first choices are not available. Your exact registration day and time is assigned according to your class standing at your home campus that was listed on your NSE application. If your class standing has since changed, you may email your unofficial transcript to exchange@hawaii.edu so that we can verify your standing: Freshman (0-24 credits), Sophomore (25-54 credits), Junior (55-88 credits), Senior (89+ credits).

Full Time Enrollment Required:

You must be enrolled be registered full-time at UH Mānoa, which is a minimum of 12 credits of in-person courses (most courses are 3 credits, so students typically enroll in 4 courses to be full-time). 

Extension Courses Not Allowed:

There are two terms listed in the Class Availability for the Fall and Spring semesters, the regular term and the extension term. NSE students should choose courses exclusively from the regular semester term and not select extension courses. 

Unique Course Recommendations:

UH Mānoa offers a number of unique courses that provide opportunities to learn about Hawaiʻi and the Pacific while you are on exchange! We will send out a list of these courses offered during your exchange semester, which are highly recommended. The most popular courses among NSE students are HAW 100 and HWST 107. 

Closed/Limited Courses:

Please note these closed and limited courses at UH Mānoa:

Dental Hygiene and Nursing courses are closed to incoming NSE students. 300+ Business courses (Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Management, Management Information Systems, and Marketing) are limited to students with a 3.0 min. GPA, declared Business majors, and whose home campus is AACSB accredited. Requests from declared Business minors are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Registration for 300+ Business courses happens after the start of registration for other departments. Certain 300+ Business courses are restricted. The following have major restrictions (but overrides MAY be provided by the instructor or department: Architecture, Biology, Engineering, Fashion Design & Merchandising, Journalism, Kinesiology & Rehabilitation Science, Psychology, Social Work, and Travel Industry Management. Overrides for upper division Communication courses can only be requested on the first day of the semester. Only limited Education courses are available to NSE students. Access to Cinematic Arts courses are approved by the department. Students are responsible for obtaining course overrides to enroll in classes with prerequisite and major restrictions. Instructions on obtaining course overrides will be provided to incoming NSE students.

*NSE students should have course flexibility as we cannot guarantee enrollment in specific courses.