LRS Registration Details: Spring 2024

1st and 2nd-year undergraduates may not register or enroll in LRS.

• However, 2nd-year undergraduates who will be rising 3rd-year undergraduates in Autumn may enroll for LRS offered in the Summer Quarter.

3rd- and 4th-year Undergraduates:

• You may pre-register for the course prior to the quarter.
• If you are not enrolled in the course after undergraduate registrations are resolved, you may place yourself on the LRS waitlist when it opens.
• The course will close to new registrations the Friday before the beginning of the quarter. We will invite students from the waitlist to enroll during Week 1, space permitting.

Students in PME (Autumn Only for PME Sections):

• Please contact your Assistant Dean of Students to place yourself on their LRS waitlist. They will enrolled you in the course per your position on their waitlist. (You may not enroll in any other section of the course.)

Students in MAPSS, MACSS, MAPH, and CIR:

• You must place yourself on the LRS waitlist when it opens during graduate student registration.
• Your respective programs will enroll you in the course before Week 1 (space permitting).

Master’s students in Divinity, Public Health, and Harris School of Public Policy:

• You may register for any of the general graduate sections of LRS as you would normally during registration week.

PhD students:

• You may register for any of the general graduate sections of LRS as you would normally during registration week.

Students in professional degree programs (LLM, MBA, JD, MD, Graham School):

• You must place yourself on the LRS waitlist when it opens during graduate student registration.
• You must wait until Friday of Week 1 to register if a seat becomes available and extended to you.

Graduate students from institutions in the Chicago Metropolitan Exchange Program (CMEP):

• You are encouraged to register for the course. Further information regarding registration is provided in the “How do I register?” section and through students’ host institutions.

Non-UChicago students, UChicago staff, and post-doctoral fellows are not permitted to register for LRS.

3rd- and 4th-year Undergraduate Students:

Eligible undergraduate students can only pre-register for the designated undergraduate LRS sections. Once student pre-registrations are resolved (usually around Week 9 or Finals Week), then the Registrar’s Office will register students in sections that work with students’ schedules.

Please note that undergraduate students may not place themselves on the LRS wailtist until the resolution period, and only if they are unable to enroll in the course per the results of their resolutions. If undergraduate students request to be enrolled in LRS after resolutions, we ask that they drop those requests and place themselves on the waitlist, as we have an internal process with which we invite and approve waitlisted students into open spots in the course. Unfortunately, we are unable to add, drop, or switch students enrolled in sections.

Graduate Students:

• Students in PhD programs, Divinity, MPH, and MPP programs: You may register in a general graduate discussion section as designated in the course listing.
• Students in the PME program (Autumn only): Please contact the Assistant Dean of Students to waitlist and register for program-specific sections of the course. If your program has a designated section(s), you will NOT be permitted to join a General Graduate section.
• Students in MAPSS, MAPH, CIR, or MACSS programs: Please place yourself on the LRS waitlist located at the bottom of this page. Your program administrator will register students for program-specific sections of the course by the Friday before Week 1. If your program has a designated section(s), you will NOT be permitted to join a General Graduate section.
• Students in professional programs (JD, MD, MBA, MSW, LLM, GSAL): Please place yourself on the LRS waitlist located at the bottom of this page. If there is an open seat in an appropriate section, we will reach out to you to offer you the seat; should you accept, we will permit you to enroll.

Chicago Metropolitan Exchange Program (CMEP) Students:

Students must first apply through their home institutions. The home school will then submit their application to the University of Chicago’s CMEP Liaison, who forwards them to the instructors of ENGL 33000. Approval to take the course is dependent on student qualifications and enrollment availability. Students who wish to apply through CMEP or other exchange programs should consult their home institution’s procedures and apply well before the quarter in which they would like to enroll. For more information, students are advised to contact their CMEP Liaisons at their home instutitions. Exchange programs are handled by UChicagoGRAD at the University of Chicago.

All Waitlisted Students:

In fairness to everyone seeking enrollment into the course, we ask that students do NOT add their names to the waitlist if they are already enrolled in an LRS section. Otherwise, students may be removed from waitlist consideration.

If students drop their LRS section and find that all sections are full, we ask that they please fill out the Waitlist Form so that we may attempt to re-place students in their original section or other open sections they prefer.

Please note that only currently registered University of Chicago students may register for LRS.

Alumni, professionals, and students outside the University of Chicago may reach out to us at writing-program@uchicago.edu for alternative writing resources.

The discussion section I want to be in is full. How can I enroll in LRS?

You may place yourself on the waitlist at the bottom of this page, which will open on Monday, November 13th for Winter 2024. By Friday of Week 1, we will notify those on the waitlist if a spot opens up in their desired section. In the meantime, waitlisters will be able to access course materials on the Canvas site and must attend lectures in Week 1 on Tuesday and Thursday. Discussion sections begin meeting during Week 2.

If I’m waitlisted, how will I be able to access the course materials?

You will be added to the course Canvas site on the Friday before classes start. The site will contain all the materials you will need for the first week of LRS. All waitlisted students are permitted to attend lectures for the first two weeks of the course; afterward, only enrolled students can attend lectures.

What if I want to switch to a section at a different time?

You must drop the course and then place yourself on the waitlist if you are unable to re-enroll into an open spot. However, you cannot place yourself on the waitlist if you are already enrolled in a section. We do not perform or facilitate switches between students in sections. 

What if I want to audit the course?

We do not allow anyone to officially audit the course. If you are unable to take LRS because you have dropped the course or have not secured a spot into the course during Week 1, you will not be able to further access lectures and course materials – no exceptions.

I couldn’t enroll into LRS this quarter. Will you guarantee me a spot next quarter?

We do not guarantee any student a spot in LRS in any quarter.