Once the course schedule is available for the upcoming term and before your registration window, you can create a Saved Schedule by selecting sections for each course in your Academic Plan.

What is a Saved Schedule?

During your registration window, you can register for classes from your Academic Plan.

What is an Academic Plan?

During your registration window, you can register for courses by searching CCA’s course schedule for the upcoming term. For courses with co-requisites, it is best to register from the Academic Plan or a Saved Schedule.

If a course section is closed or has reached its maximum capacity, students may have the opportunity to add themselves on to a waitlist for that course section. Not all course sections have a waitlist option.

Review Waitlist policies, common issues, student's responsibility, and frequently asked questions.studentrecords@cca.edu

A section will have the status of CLOSED when a section is full and does not have a waitlist.

The closed section registration process is as follows:

• For Humanities and Science (H&S) courses without a waitlist, students should email the program chair and the academic director responsible for the course they want to add to request permission to add the course.
  • Humanities & Sciences Division Academic Director Mike Rothfeld
    • CRTSD Critical Studies Program Chair Patricia Lange
    • ETHSM Critical Ethnic Studies Seminar Program Chair Taraneh Hemami
    • HAAVC History of Art and Visual Culture Program Chair Elizabeth Mangini
    • LITPA Literary and Performing Arts Program Chair Eric Olson
    • PHCRT Philosophy and Critical Theory Program Chair Patricia Lange
    • SCIMA Science and Mathematics Program Chair Patricia Lange
    • SSHIS Social Science and History Program Chair Patricia Lange
    • WRLIT Writing and Literature Program Chair Eric Olson
• For studio courses without a waitlist, students should email the program chair and the academic director responsible for the course they want to add to request permission to add the course.
  • Architecture Division Academic Director ShawnJ West
    • ARCHT Architecture Program Chair Antje Steinmuller
    • INTER Interior Design Program Chair Amy Campos
  • Design Division Academic Director Cecilia Ng-Newman
    • FASHN Fashion Program Chair Gregory Climer
    • FURNT Furniture Program Chair Katherine Lam
    • GRAPH Graphic Design Program Chair Rachel Berger
    • ILLUS Illustration Program Chair Michael Wertz
    • INDUS Industrial Design Program Chair Sandrine Lebas
    • IXDSN Interaction Design Program Chair Erin Malone
  • Fine Arts Division Academic Director John Jenkins
    • ANIMA Animation Program Chair Christoph Steger
    • CERAM Ceramics Program Chair Nathan Lynch
    • INDIV Individualized Major Program Chair Taro Hattori
    • FILMS Film Program Chair Ranu Mukherjee
    • GAMES Game Arts Program Chair Zachary Walter
    • METAL Jewelry and Metal Arts Program Chair Curtis Arima
    • PNTDR Painting and Drawing Program Chair Linda Geary
    • PHOTO Photography Program Chair Aspen Mays
    • PRINT Printmedia Program Chair Michelle Murillo
    • SCULP Sculpture Program Chair Taro Hattori
    • TEXTL Textiles Program Chair Deborah Valoma
  • Humanities & Sciences Division Academic Director Mike Rothfeld
    • COMIX Comics Program Chair Matt Silady
    • ETHST Ethnic Studies Studio Program Chair Taraneh Hemami
    • FYCST First Year Core Studio Program Chair Erik Scollon
    • UDIST Interdisciplinary Studio Program Chair Erik Scollon
• For H&S and studio courses with a waitlist, there won’t be a manual over-enrollment approval. There may be some exceptions that could be made for students who need to enroll in a course to graduate on time. The request doesn't guarantee approval. Otherwise, students should monitor the course section for an open spot and register for an alternative course section in the meantime.

Students can also find chair information under Current Deans and Chairs or search "Academic Chair Assignments" in Workday.

Proof of approval should be forwarded to studentrecords@cca.edu to be administratively registered for the course. Please note that an instructor's approval is not sufficient and the Chair or Director must approve of the over-enrollment in the course. For further information contact studentrecords@cca.edu.

An undergraduate student trying to add a graduate level class, or a graduate student trying to add an undergraduate class will have to wait until the open online registration period for all continuing students to add the class. In both situations students will need the approval of the program manager of the course they wish to register. Graduate students trying to register for an introductory undergraduate class will not need the instructor’s signature. Graduate students receive Pass/No Credit grades in undergraduate classes, while undergraduate students will receive letter grades (A-F) in graduate classes. Graduate and undergraduate students will need to register with the Student Records Office.

Time Conflicts

I want to register for two courses that have time conflicts or I need to register for a course that conflicts with another course I'm registered for.

If there are no other options available, undergraduate students should contact their Program Advisor and graduate students should contact their Program Manager to discuss other alternative course choices.

Course Sections with the Same Course Number

I need to register for another course section with the same course number, but Workday won't let me. (i.e. a student is already registered for METAL 2080-1 and needs to register for METAL 2080-2)

Please contact studentrecords@cca.edu with your name, student ID number, and the section number for the second course you would like to add.

Unable to Register for an Open Section

The section I’m trying to register for shows as “open”, but I cannot register for it.

It could be a co-located course that is shared capacity with another section. Please follow the above instructions of the Closed Section Registration Process to add a course.

• Student Records: Contact for inaccuracies in your academic record, registration issues, and information on applying for graduation
• Academic Advising: Contact for questions about your Academic Plan, guidance on which courses to take, and registration support
• Help Desk: Contact for technical issues with Workday and/or your CCA account

For any questions you have related to your student record, billing, financial aid, student immigration regulations and visa status, and housing and dining, email student services at ask@cca.edu or text (415) 915-2503.