Registration Instructions for NEW STUDENTS

Dear Students,

The below is provided as guidance as you continue your registration for Semester II.

Copy of your Academic Advising Form 2021/2022 for your respective programme:

Where applicable, do note the following information: 

1. REGISTRATION RESOURCES

2. REGISTER for GATE - Trinidad and Tobago Citizens ONLY

3. APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTIONS/CREDIT

4. MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY TEST (MPT) and ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (ELPT)

5. ONLINE REGISTRATION GUIDE

6. FEE PAY AND FINANCIAL CLEARANCE (MANDATORY)

7. UWI ID / SMARTCARD

8. ONLINE TIMETABLE

 

 

1. REGISTRATION RESOURCES

Download the Student Registration Guide: Student Registration INSTRUCTION GUIDE (uwi.edu)

Download the Academic Calendar 2021/2022 when it becomes available: https://sta.uwi.edu/resources/documents/ACADEMIC%20CALENDAR%202020-2021.pdf

Download the 2021/2022 Faculty Booklet when it becomes available: https://sta.uwi.edu/faculty-booklet-archive

Familiarise yourself with course restrictions: https://sta.uwi.edu/registration/restrictions.asp and Faculty Overrides https://sta.uwi.edu/registration/overrides.asp

 

2: Trinidad and Tobago Citizens ONLY. Register for GATE

https://sta.uwi.edu/GATE/

https://sta.uwi.edu/registration/procedure.asp#STEP3

 

3: APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTIONS/CREDIT

If you are eligible for exemption(s), complete the Application for Credit/Exemptions Form and submit the completed form to admis@sta.uwi.edu

Do not register for the courses for which you applied to be exempted from. Instead, there are some courses listed under Semester 2 that you may be able to do in Semester 1. You may register for one or more of these courses as needed.

·         Full-time students should register for no more than five (5) courses in a given semester.

·         Part-time students should register for no more than four (4) courses in a given semester.

NOTE:

Exemptions with credit may be granted to students who obtained Grades 1 and 2 for CAPE Units 1 and 2 in the following subjects as shown below:

CAPE SUBJECT

COURSE EXEMPTED

CAPE Accounting - Unit 1

ACCT 1002 Introduction to Financial Accounting

CAPE Accounting - Unit 2

ACCT 1003 Introduction to Cost and Managerial Accounting

CAPE Economics-  Unit 2

ECON 1002 Introduction to Macroeconomics

CAPE Management of Business - Units 1 and 2

MGMT 1001 Introduction to Management

CAPE Statistical Analysis-Unit 1 and

CAPE Mathematical Analysis Unit 2 OR

CAPE Applied Mathematics – Units 1 and 2

ECON 1005 Introduction to Statistics

 

CAPE Sociology - Unit 1

SOCI 1002 Introduction to Sociology I

CAPE Sociology - Unit 2

SOCI 1000 Introduction to Sociology II

CAPE Pure Mathematics Units 1 and 2

ECON 1003 Mathematics for Economics I

CAPE Tourism - Units 1 and 2

TOUR 1001 Introduction to International Tourism

 

Exemptions with credit may be granted for Grades A or B in the following subject area:

A-Level Mathematics

ECON 1003 Mathematics for Economics I

 

Exemptions only will be granted for passes in the following subject areas:

CAPE SUBJECT

COURSE EXEMPTED

AS Mathematics; GCE Additional Mathematics

ECON 1003 Mathematics for Economics I

 

4: MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY TEST (MPT) and ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST (ELPT)

Special instructions for Mathematics Proficiency Test (MPT) and English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT):

Read instructions pertaining to the Mathematics Proficiency Test (MPT): https://sta.uwi.edu/fss/economics/who-should-write-mathematics-proficiency-test-mpt

Read instructions pertaining to the English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT): https://sta.uwi.edu/fhe/dmll/ELPT.asp AND WELCOME TO THE FHE VIRTUAL HELP DESK | The Faculty of Humanities and Education (uwi.edu)

 

5: ONLINE REGISTRATION GUIDE

To access online registration, log in to the Student Portal at https://my.uwi.edu. [Your user ID is your 8-digit or 9-digit student registration ID number. On first login your password is your date of birth in the format YYYYMMDD. Click on MySecureArea and register for your courses.]

You can register online wherever there is a stable and secure internet connection:

a. Read the Online Registration Instruction Guide

b. Follow the instructions to select courses online (be guided by the provisional academic advising sheet for your respective programme).

NOTE: At the BEGINNING of each academic year you are required to register for:

Semester 1 and All Year-Long courses (where applicable) ONLY. To select Year Long course(s) on-line, with no other course(s) to read in Semester 1, students must first select the course REGS 1000 in Semester 1

Registration for Semester 2 courses takes place at the beginning of Semester 2 normally in January of each year. Year Long course(s) registration and fees will appear on your Registration Fee Assessment/ Invoice under Semester 2.

Online Course Restrictions Guide: Online Registration Course Restrictions Guide (uwi.edu)

 

6: FEE PAY AND FINANCIAL CLEARANCE (MANDATORY)

Registration (uwi.edu)

 

7: UWI ID / SMARTCARD

Registration (uwi.edu)

 

8: ONLINE TIMETABLE

The link to the Timetable can be found in the student portal. See point 6 above for login information.

In the Student Portal:

  • Click Timetable
  • Click Class Timetable
  • Click Semester II 2021-2022 Timetable
  • Click Timetable Finder
  • Click Open Timetable Finder
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