Registration Tokens

A registration token is a pre-requisite or co-requisite waiver that administrators can issue a student in Workday if they are eligible for a course but unable to register on their own. Registration tokens may only be issued for one academic term at a time and cannot be carried over to the next term (If you are issued a registration token for 2024 Winter term 2, you cannot use it in the 2025 Summer or future Winter terms).

In order to register for a course, students must meet all pre-requisite or co-requisite course codes exactly as shown in the course description. A registration token may be issued to a student if:

  1. They meet the pre-requisite or co-requisite requirement for a UBC course, but Workday Student does not recognize the transfer credit they received to allow for student self-registration.
    • For example, if a course requires one of: APSC 176, ENGL 110, ENGL 111, ENGL 112, ENGL 120, ENGL 121, WRDS 150 as a pre-requisite, Workday Student will not recognize ENGL_V 1ST transfer credit.
  2. Their transfer credit is yet to be posted on their Workday Student account.
  3. If they are currently waitlisted for the pre-requisite or co-requisite course.

*Please note that in Workday, registration and the Academic Progress Report (APR) function separately and are not linked to one another. There are cases where a student will see the requirement is met in their APR but they will still be unable to self-register for a course which requires it as a pre-requisite.

If your circumstances fall into one of the categories above and you are unable to register in a CHBE course, the CHBE office can issue a registration token. Contact the CHBE office at undergrad@chbe.ubc.ca.

For non-CHBE courses, please contact the departments directly for assistance.