Before you register for courses, please refer to the official ITMA plan of study.

Note: We recommend that students register for three hours each semester but some students must register for six hours due to financial aid. If you must register for six hours for financial aid follow these guidelines: If you find yourself requesting numerous incompletes please take a semester off and finish the incompletes. The Financial Aid office will eventually stop giving you financial aid if you accumulate more than six hours of incompletes.

Virginia Tech allows students to register for classes during two windows of time, pre-registration and registration. Students must have established a PID (personal identifier) before they can register during either period. The dates for these registration periods are posted on the Registrar's website.

Select Courses

Procedural Guideline (See screenshots)

1. Access to VT Course Timetable.

2. Select Virtual for Campus

3. Select Term you want to enroll

4. Select EDIT - Instructional Design & Tech for Subject

5. Click FIND class sections, you will see the ITMA course timetable

Deciphering the Course Timetable

The course timetable consists of several columns, each of which contains relevant information you will need in order to register for courses.

Catagory Example Why it's important
CRN (Course Request Number-Clickable!) 97326 You must know the CRN to register for classes.
Course Prefix & Number (Clickable!) EDIT-5564 Click on this to see a catalog description of the course
Course Title TS:Instructional Media Course name
Type Online Course Course provided online
Cr Hrs 2 Number of credits of a course
Seats 13/25 Number after slash: number of seats in course
Number before slash: number of seats still available

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Pre-Registration (Course Request)

The pre-registration process allows students to request courses for a particular semester several months prior to the beginning of that term. The university designates a one-week time period during the prior term to allow entry of enrollment requests for a future term.

Procedural Guideline (See screenshots)

1. Go to Hokie SPA, log on using your PID and password.

2. Click Hokie Spa Tab

3. ClickCourse Request

4. Add Class Worksheet by entering the Course Reference Number (CRN).

5. Click Submit Changes

Students may alter submitted requests as often as desired during the allowed timeframe. If you miss the course request period, you may register for classes during drop/add period. Please refer to the Course Request Dates.

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Registration (Add/Drop Courses)

At the beginning of each semester, there is a time period during which students may add and drop courses for that semester. This registration period is known as Drop/Add.

Procedural Guideline (See screenshots)

1. Go to Hokie SPA, log on using your PID and password.

2. Click Hokie Spa Tab

3. Click Registration and Schedule

4. Click Drop/Add Register for Classes

5. Add Class Worksheet by entering the Course Reference Number (CRN).

5. Click Submit Changes

When you finish submitting your class information in Hokie SPA, you will immediately be enrolled in those classes. You may continue to change your course schedule by dropping and adding courses until the published deadlines.

For more detailed instructons, refer to Dropping and Adding Classes in Hokie SPA.

Note: Hokie SPA will not allow you to enroll in classes that are full or are restricted.

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Force Add

When a class is full, the only way you can add it is by force-adding. If you need to be force added into a course, please email itma@vt.edu with the following information:

Your full name, PID,the CRN and name of the course you wish to be force added to.

Note: Not all force adds will be accepted.

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Withdraw from Courses

If you must withdraw from all courses because of a registration error you will need to fill out the Resignation/Withdrawal Form.

Note:

1. If you wish to drop all classes you may withdraw through the first day of classes, please send the form to University Register Office.

University Register Office
250 Student Services Building (0134)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA, 24061

2. If you wish to drop all classes after the first day of classes, Please send the form to Graduate School for Dean's signature.

Graduate School
Graduate Life Center at Donaldson Brown (0325)
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061

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