Registration Error Messages

Your guide to error messages

Use the chart below to determine which error you're receiving during registration, as well as the appropriate override to request from the course instructor.

Error Message	Description	Type of override
Academic Advisor Appr. Req'd	Must have academic advisor approval before enrolling	Special
Cancelled Class	Course no longer exists	N/A
Class Restriction	Must be certain class level to enroll	Class
Closed Section	No more space is available in this class	Capacity
Cohort Restriction	Must be part of a specific student cohort to enroll	Cohort
College Restriction	Must be declared in a major within this college/school	Coll
Consent Required	Must have this consent prior to enrolling in this course	Special
Corequisite Required (CORQ)	Must take two different courses concurrently	Coreqs
Dean Approval Required	Must have Dean's consent before enrolling	Special
Dean Honors Prog Appr Req'd	Must have Honors Program approval from the Dean to enroll	Special
Degree Restriction	Must be declared for that degree	Deg_Major
Departmental Approval	Must have departmental consent before enrolling	Special
Department Restriction	Must be a declared major in a particular department	Dept
Duplicate Course with Section	Already registered for the same course	Duplicate
Duplicate Equivalent with Section	Already registered for an equivalent course	Duplicate
Field of Study Restriction	Must be declared in a specific major or field of study to enroll	Deg_Major
Instructor's Signature Req'd	Must have instructor's approval to enroll	Special
Level Restriction	Must be certain level (undergraduate, graduate, or law) in order to enroll	Level
Link Error, Linked Course Required	Must take course, lab, and/or recitation together	Link
Major Restriction	Must be declared in the major to enroll	Deg_Major
Maximum Hours Exceeded	Student has exceeded maximum hours permitted for level; if student would like to take more than the maximum hours, he/she should contact the Dean of his/her school or college	N/A
Mutual Exclusion	Course cannot be taken because it is mutually exclusive with another course	Muexcl
Prerequisite or Test Score	A specific course must be taken prior to this one OR a test must have been completed with a specific score value OR formal program requirements must be completed. Contact the chair/dean of the department offering this course or program to enter a system override if appropriate.	Prereqs
Program Restriction	Must be declared in major and degree combination	Deg_Major
Student Attribute Restriction	Must have a specific student attribute	Att
Study Abroad Coord Approval Req'd	Must have approval from the Study Abroad Coordinator before enrolling	Special
Time conflict	This course overlaps in time with another course	Time
VPAA/AVPAA Approval Required	Must have approval from the VPAA office before taking this course	Special

GET IN TOUCH WITH Registrar's Office

University Registrar's Office
Morgan Hall
1700 SW College Ave.
Topeka, KS 66621

Phone, Fax & Email
Phone: 785.670.1074
Fax: 785.670.1104
registrar@washburn.edu