Undergraduate Courses & Registration
Tools
Academic Calendar
Outlines program requirements, course descriptions, and rules and regulations of the Faculty.
Use the Calendar to determine which courses you would like to take in order to fulfill your program/degree requirements and whether you are eligible to take the course (note any prerequisites, corequisites, exclusions).
Timetables
Timetable Builder is U of T’s official visual timetable building tool, which provides an intuitive, accessible and mobile-friendly user experience.
View timetable builder
Key Features:
- Manually or automatically generate a visual course timetable based on your preferred course sections and time preferences.
- Easily search for courses across divisions with improved filtering by course code, course title or keyword, delivery method (in-person, online, hybrid), as well as by department and subject area.
- Block off time to accommodate part-time job schedules and other commitments.
- See near real-time information about course sections, including space availability, waitlists (if applicable) and easy-to-understand enrolment controls.
- Share a link to your plan with others or create a PDF or PNG file.
Degree Explorer
This service is designed to complement the course advising sessions you may have with the Registrar’s Office There are three tabs at the top of the page:
- Current status gives you an overview of how you are progressing with your degree requirements. It lists the courses you have earned towards each category as well as your current status towards meeting degree requirements (Incomplete: more courses required; Pending: eligible to graduate upon successful completion of courses). This table also keeps a record of exceptions, substitutions, and waivers.
- Planner is where you have the option of doing “what if” scenarios to see how things will work out. It also does prerequisite checks.
- Academic History is an unofficial copy of your transcript.
ACORN
- Students use ACORN to enroll in both Music and Arts & Science courses
- Before your course enrolment start date, you can use the ACORN Enrolment Cart feature to plan out the courses that you intend to enrol in later. Keep the course sections you would like to take, including any back-up course choices, in the Enrolment Cart and then on your start date, click the Enrol button to officially add the courses. Note that this feature is not available to Music students for their Arts & Science courses.
- Please be aware that prerequisites and corequisites are not checked by ACORN in real time, but they will be checked. If you do not meet them, you will be removed from the course(s). This can happen at any time, even after classes have started. In addition, ACORN does not check for conflicts in course times, so plan your schedule carefully!
Steps to Course Enrolment
The first step to consider is the times for your required BASIC MUSIC courses. Create a plan for what your weekly schedule will look like for these courses using the Timetable Builder.
Remember to leave room for a Major Ensemble, if required for your program/year of study. Students who require an ensemble placement will be assigned to an ensemble following placement auditions in September. All Classical Major Ensembles are scheduled between 3-5pm on weekdays. Large and Small Jazz Ensembles are scheduled throughout the week (they do not conflict with any of the required Jazz courses). Once the placements have been finalized by the Performance Office, usually during the second week of classes, the Registrar’s Office will enrol you in the correct course code.
Check the appropriate chart in the Academic Calendar for your specific program requirements; it is recommended that you enrol in all the courses that have a credit value listed under your year of study.
Upper year students may also want to reference Degree Explorer to check their outstanding program/degree requirements.
You are responsible for checking that you meet any relevant conditions for enrolment in course(s): Prerequisite = courses that need to be completed before you can enrol in this course
Co-requisite = courses that you need to enrol in at the same time
Exclusion = you cannot enrol in the course if you have completed or are enrolling in the exclusion.
For students in the Common Year, choose courses from your intended area of study.
Refer to the timetable or Timetable Builder to establish the times and locations for these courses, by selecting the appropriate meeting section. Check the times to make sure there are no conflicts with your required courses.
A music elective is a course that is not required as part of your program of study. Every program requires the completion of a specific number of music electives. Refer to the timetable or Timetable Builder to establish the times and locations for these electives. Check the times to make sure there are no conflicts with your required courses. Remember to check that you meet any relevant conditions for the course (i.e. prerequisites, etc.).
Upper year students may also want to reference Degree Explorer to check their outstanding program/degree requirements.
Use the following online resources to help with selection:
Arts and Science Academic Calendar
Pay attention to the enrolment instructions in the Timetable Builder for Arts & Science courses. Some courses may have additional enrolment procedures. For example, language courses may require a placement test, prior to enrolment. Faculty of Music students may enrol in any Faculty of Arts & Science course listed in the Arts & Science Calendar, subject to limited enrolment conditions and to pre- and co-requisite requirements.
Note: Music students are not permitted to enrol in courses with the MUS prefix.
Faculty of Music students are also able to enrol in Arts & Science courses offered through UTM and UTSC to complete breadth electives. Note that the enrolment dates may vary for courses on these campuses.
Upper year students may also want to reference Degree Explorer to check their outstanding program/degree requirements.
Enrolment in Arts & Science courses begins during the second round of course enrolment.
Waiting Lists: For Arts & Science Courses only The Faculty of Arts & Science has waiting lists as a function of course enrolment. This is beneficial as it removes the arbitrariness in how students get a place in a course once the course fills initially and will eliminate the need to repeatedly access ACORN to try to enrol in a course that was full. Waiting lists enable you to “line up” for a space that might become available in a lecture section that is full, or in an enrolment category that is full. If a space becomes available, and you are next on the waiting list, you will automatically be enrolled. Music students are permitted to be waitlisted for a total of up to 3.0 credits.
Important Note: Being on the waiting list does not guarantee you a space in the course.
Waiting lists are turned off at the end of day on September 12 for F and Y section code courses, and January 14 for S section code courses. Once waiting lists are turned off, enrolment happens on a firstcome, first-served basis until the end of the respective enrolment period.
Total course load must be between 4.0 to 6.0 credits for full-time enrolment.
You can choose any number of courses as long as the total credit weight is in this range. It is recommended your course load be in the 5.0-5.5 credit range.
Students are urged to enrol in your Music courses first, starting at 6:00am EDT July 9 until July 28, and then enrol in Arts & Science electives during the specified period (6:00am EDT July 31 – September 16). There is no access to Faculty of Arts & Science courses on August 1.
Courses will fill up quickly, so the earlier the better! Don’t forget to use the enrolment cart feature to make enrolment faster in Music courses! Note that Arts & Science courses may have the waitlist feature enabled.
You will also be able to make changes to your enrolment in Music courses during the second round of enrolment.
Once you have enrolled in courses, you will be able to view your personal timetable from ACORN.
Note: Second term (S) course enrolment continues until January 17, 2025.
Advising session with the Registrar's Office
- Students are encouraged to attend a group or individual session to take advantage of the offerings and maximize their learning outcomes. For individual sessions, please contact the Registrar's Office via email or by phone at 416-978-3740.
- Drop-in online advising sessions will be scheduled in early July 2024
Getting Registered (including Fees)
You will be able to enrol in courses in early July, however, in order to become registered you have to pay at least the minimum first installment of your fees or officially defer your fees by the posted deadline.
Instructions on how to pay fees or defer based on scholarship or financial aid are found below. The minimum payment to register is equivalent to 100% of Fall tuition fees (plus any arrears on your account) and is indicated on the Fees Invoice on ACORN.
To be automatically registered for the Fall-Winter 2024-25 session, you must enrol in courses and pay at least the minimum first instalment of your fees (or officially defer them) by August 27.
If you make a payment between August 28 and September 11 at 4pm you must provide the Registrar’s Office with proof of payment in order to ensure that your registration is complete.
If you do not present proof of payment or defer your fees by 4:00pm on September 11, you will be removed from all your courses and will need to contact the Registrar’s Office to re-register for the session. Re-registration requires approval and a financial penalty and does not guarantee a spot in previously enrolled courses.
By being registered, you agree to abide by all of the Academic and Non-academic Policies, Rules and Regulations of the University and Faculty and to ensure that the accuracy of your personal information such as current mailing address and telephone number is maintained.
Annual fees for registration consist of two components:
- Academic (including instruction and library)
- Incidental/Ancillary fees (including Athletics, Hart House, Health Service, and Student Organizations).
Fees vary depending on the program of study and year of admission to the Faculty of Music. As a Faculty of Music student, you will pay a program fee which is a set tuition fee for the Fall-Winter academic session regardless of a student’s course load, provided the load falls within a defined range (typically 4.0-6.0 credits). See more Fees Information in the Academic Calendar.
Your fees invoice is available online through ACORN. The Academic and Incidental/Ancillary fees for the Fall-Winter session are posted annually in mid-July. Once your invoice is available you can make a full payment, arrange for partial payments, or request a fee deferral. If you do not fully pay the fees for the session at the time of registration, there are separate Fall and Winter term fee payment deadlines for any outstanding payments and monthly service charges will apply.
See the Billing Dates Schedule below.
Note: Residence Fees will appear on your invoice, however, these are not associated with your registration and the deadlines for payment will vary. Make sure you review your residence occupancy agreement carefully to see when they are due.
Students have the following options to pay fees: on a sessional basis (both Fall and Winter together) by the Fall term payment deadline, or by term (separate Fall and Winter term payments).
Your Account Number appears on the top of your ACORN invoice. It consists of the first five letters of your surname (in capital letters) and 10 digits of your student number.
Instructions on making a fee payment within Canada
Instructions on making a fee payment outside of Canada
Always keep the bank verification/confirmation number of your payment. This will be your proof of payment.
Be sure to plan enough time for your bank to transfer the funds to the university as this can typically take three-five business days, and up to 10 days for international payments.
Check ACORN to see if your payment has been received or your deferral has been processed. In the “Academics” box on your ACORN dashboard, you will see your registration status for the Fall/Winter Session:
Registered = Your registration is complete; no further action is necessary.
Invited = You risk being removed from your courses.
Check your status again in a few days to make sure your payment or deferral request was successfully received.
Deadline for Automatic Registration: Recommended date to pay/defer minimum fees; payments after this date will require proof of payment submission to the Registrar’s Office – August 27
Registration Deadline; Proof of Payment required by 4:00PM – September 10
Payment Deadline for deferred unpaid Fall term tuition & non-tuition fees – September 30
Payment Deadline for unpaid Winter term tuition fees for all students without a fee deferral – November 30
Payment Deadline for Unpaid Winter term Tuition for Students who have a deferral – January 31
Payment deadline for Unpaid Fall and Winter term tuition & Non-tuition fees (including for those who have a scholarship/sponsorship/tuition waiver based deferral) - April 30
Beginning in October, a monthly service charge of 1.5% compounded will be added on to your outstanding balance until your account is paid in full. All payments are applied to the charges on your account according to the algorithm of “oldest first”. This means that the oldest outstanding charge in the oldest session will be cleared first; there is no distinction between the type of charge, e.g. residence fees, academic fees, etc.
In order to release your RESP funds, your provider will require verification of enrolment. They may ask for a confirmation of enrolment letter, or they may have a form that needs the registrar’s signature. If your RESP providers asks you to submit a form, please email it to reception.music@utoronto.ca and ensure that you have first signed and filled out all of the necessary fields regarding your account. Alternatively, you may request a confirmation of enrolment letter from the Registrar’s Office to be sent directly to your RESP provider. If you would like this letter to be sent elsewhere, please note that there may be a fee for this service.
When requesting verification, please note: Only requests submitted directly by the student will be accepted. Include your U of T student number
Forms and letter requests will not be accepted until after the first round of enrolment has begun.
The Registrar’s Office will begin to send out verification to RESP providers at the end of July.
Please send all verification of enrolment requests to reception.music@utoronto.ca
Students may defer tuition fees if they are expecting to receive OSAP/government loan and/or they are the recipient of a scholarship.
OSAP/government loan deferrals:
If you are expecting to receive OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program) or another provincial/ territorial government loan and are unable to pay the first instalment of fees with your own funds, a deferral is the opportunity to officially postpone the fee payment until your funds arrive.
By deferring your fees, you are agreeing to the following conditions: All outstanding tuition fees have been paid.
Your deferral is not valid if you owe tuition fees from a previous session.
If you do not receive the financial assistance you were expecting, you are still responsible for paying your fees.
Defer Fees through ACORN: To defer fees on ACORN visit the Finance menu, select “Tuition Fee Deferral” and follow the directions. After completing the online deferral, you should check your status to ensure your status is changed to ‘Registered’. Defer Fees through the Registrar’s Office: Provide the Registrar’s Office with confirmation that you have been approved for OSAP or other government loan funding.
Scholarship deferrals:
If you are receiving a scholarship from the Faculty of Music/University of Toronto, or an external establishment that is required to go towards your fees, your fee payment may be deferred. The award will be credited towards your student account once you have registered for the session.
In order to register, you must notify the Registrar’s Office by August 27 of your intent to defer your fees payment with the scholarship(s). If the value of the scholarship(s) does not cover the minimum tuition fees payment, you will be required to pay the difference prior to requesting a fee deferral using the scholarship. Even if your scholarship covers or exceeds the minimum tuition fees payment, you must notify us by the deadline of your intent to defer your fees payment.
The request to defer your fees by scholarship should be sent to registrar.music@utoronto.ca and must include:
your full name
UT student number
scholarship name
scholarship value
Proof of payment – applicable if your scholarship does not cover the minimum fees to register
Please note: University issued scholarships are typically applied to student accounts in late September/early October. Students should check on ACORN at this time to confirm all funds have been applied appropriately.
If payment of your fees is made by Staff/Dependent Waiver, please follow the process as outlined by the Student Accounts Office.
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The Faculty of Music Registrar's Office is the best resource for undergraduate course and registration support.