Course Registrations

Core Selections

Students who have started their freshman year in Fall 2005 and later must choose their core courses from the Social & Cultural Studies/Historical Studies (HIST/SOCI) and the Literature & Thought (LITR/PHIL) programs. Students except Engineering students must also choose one core course from the Science (SCI) program.

Two courses, not from the same program, from Social & Cultural Studies or Historical Studies programs.

One course from the Literature & Thought or Philosophy programs.

If students fail from the core selected courses, they can take another course from the same program instead.

The course lists and selection dates for the core courses are determined and announced by the Registrar’s Office.

Engineering students who have started their freshman year before Fall 2005 will be placed by the Registrar’s Office to their HSS (“SOCI 100”, “PSYC 100”, “PHIL 202”) courses according to their previously made selections. Engineering students who have not made selections or would like to alter their selections must apply to the Registrar’s Office with an Add-Drop Form signed by their advisors.

Core courses without selections and required area courses are assigned by the Registrar’s Office.

Pre-Registration Period

Dates for pre-registration and registration are announced by Registrar’s Office during the previous semester.

During the pre-registration period, students enroll to courses they wish to attend. If the applications exceed the class capacity, the students are placed on waiting lists according to time of registration.

Students can make lecture changes for core courses and required area courses assigned by the Registrar’s Office within the capacities of lectures. There will be no waiting lists for these courses.

At the end of the pre-registration period, deans and faculty members of the courses examine the class lists and make changes they see fit.

KUAIS Pre-Registration Procedure

  • Enter the Koç University Home Page.
  • Click the “KUAIS (students)" from the "Quick Menu"
  • Login to KUAIS.
  • Click the “COURSE REGISTRATION” option under “COURSE REGISTRATION”
  • Read the comments on the screen carefully before proceeding with course selection.
  • Clicking the “Course List” link and examining the detailed course list will help you make your course selections through KUAIS.
  • Make your selections.
  • If the capacity of a lecture does not allow you to be on the main list, you will be placed on a ‘waiting list'. If you wish to follow up on your position you can check “MY WAITING LIST” under “COURSE REGISTRATION”.

  • When complete, make sure to click the “SAVE SELECTIONS” link.

  • At this point you may receive a message that warns you to revise your selections. In that case, make the necessary changes and click the “Save Selections” link.

  •  After you complete your selections, your schedule will now appear on your screen.

  • You don’t need your advisors approval for the pre-registration.
  • Registration Period
  • Students who are still in the waiting lists after the Pre-registration period and those who have not yet finished their registrations should use the Registration period. Otherwise their KUAIS access will be restricted and they must complete their course registration by appointment from the Registrar’s Office after the Registration period.
  • KUAIS Registration Procedure
  • Enter the Koç University Home Page.
  • Click the “KUAIS (students)" from the "Quick Menu"
  • Login to KUAIS.
  • Click the “COURSE REGISTRATION” option under “COURSE REGISTRATION”
  • Read the comments on the screen carefully before proceeding with course selection.
  • Instead of courses you have chosen during Pre-registration period but are on waiting list, you must choose other courses with available capacity. If at the end of Registration period you still have courses on waiting list, your KUAIS access will be restricted. To have KUAIS access back, you must choose other courses with available capacity by appointment from the Registrar’s Office after the Registration period.
  • Clicking the “Course List” link and examining the detailed course list will help you make your course selections through KUAIS.  
  • Make your selections.
  • When complete, make sure to click “SAVE SELECTIONS” link.
  • At this point you may receive a message that warns you to revise your selections.
  • Your schedule will now appear on your screen.
  • Click the “COURSE REGISTRATION APPROVAL FORM” link in order to view the form.
  • Click the “PRINT FORM” link to obtain a hard copy of the form.
  • If form indicates the need for instructor’s consent for any course, visit the instructor of the course, to obtain her/his signature and date, before visiting your advisor. The Faculty Office Room numbers appears on the ‘Course Registration Approval Form.’
  • Once you have obtained instructors’ signatures, take the form to your advisor for approval.
  • Once you have the approved form, make sure you hand it to the Registrar’s Office to complete the process.
  • Add-Drop Period
  • KUAIS Add-Drop Procedure
  • Enter the Koç University Home Page.
  • Click the “KUAIS (students)" from the "Quick Menu"
  • Login to KUAIS.
  • Click the “ACADEMIC MENU” option.
  • Click the “ADD AND DROP COURSES” link.
  • Read the comments on the screen carefully before proceeding with course selection.
  • Clicking the “Course List” link and examining the detailed course list will help you make your course selections through KUAIS.
  • Make your selections.
  • When complete, make sure to click “SAVE SELECTIONS” link.
  • At this point you may receive a message that warns you to revise your selections.
  • “ADD/DROP FORM” will now appear on your screen.
  • Click the “PRINT FORM” link to obtain a hard copy of the form.
  • If form indicates the need for instructor’s consent for any course, visit the instructor of the course, to obtain her/his signature and date, before visiting your advisor. The Faculty Office Room numbers appears on the ‘Add-Drop Approval Form.’
  • Once you have obtained instructors’ signatures, take the form to your advisor for approval.
  • Once you have the approved form, make sure you hand it to the Registrar’s Office to complete the process.
  • If there is a clash in your schedule at the end of the add-drop period, you must contact the Registrar’s Office as soon as possible.
  • Rules and Regulations Concerning Course Registrations
  • The required course load for students per semester is 5 (five) courses. Students of Faculty of Law are required to take 6 (six) courses per semester in their first, third and fourth years.
  • Common core and required area courses are assigned to students by the Registrar’s Office. The cases of students on probation are considered by the related Faculty Executive Council and the students may be assigned to repeat courses with D+ and D grades. In that case, the schedule of the students are changed according to the council decision.
  • If they wish so, all students are allowed to retake courses they have previously taken and received D+ or D grades. For elective courses students can replace their D+ or D graded courses with another course of the same status.
  • Courses that are failed (F graded) must be retaken during the first semester they are offered. Students who have excuses for not taking these courses during the first semester must apply to their faculties.
  • If the assigned classes are less than the semester course load, students decide together with their advisors the core, area, area elective and free elective courses they wish to take. Students with a GPA of 3.00 or higher are allowed to take one more course than the normal course load as an overload. Students with a GPA lower than 3.00 who wish to take an extra course must apply to their faculties.
  • Students with 6 to 12 courses to graduation are allowed to overload one extra course per semester. Students with 6 to 9 courses to graduation are allowed to underload one course less per semester.
  • To drop a core or required area course students must apply to their faculties with a petition also signed by the advisor.
  • Communication 101-102 courses must be enrolled consecutively and there is no withdrawal from these courses.
  • It is not possible to take a course without fullfiling its prerequisites.
  • If a course requires the instructor’s consent, students must bring an ADD-DROP FORM or a COURSE REGISTRATION APPROVAL FORM, signed by the instructor to the Registrar’ Office.
  • All audit courses require both instructor’s and advisor’s signed consent. Students can not take an audit course if it clashes with their schedule. The criteria for a sucessfull audit are decided by the insructor of the course.
  • Students who complete their course registration must print the COURSE REGISTRATION APPROVAL FORM through KUAIS. This form is signed by the advisor and submitted to the Registrar’s Office.

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    Registrar’s Office
     Elif Ötgen 338 1602- eotgen@ku.edu.tr

    Esra Edin 338 1682- eedin@ku.edu.tr

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