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Class selection process
Required first-year classes
Select/check your classes online using Quest

Class selection process

Whether you choose your classes yourself depends on your program. Check the table below for details.

  • If all or some of your classes are automatically selected for you, a place in those classes has been reserved for you.
  • In other first-year elective courses, some spaces are reserved for first-year students.
  • You'll use our schedule of classes website to find out the times for your courses.
  • You'll use our online enrollment system – Quest – to select your classes and/or check your schedule.

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

Class selection process

  • Health Studies
  • Recreation and Leisure Studies
  • Your required classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • You select your elective class(es) online beginning July 9th.
  • You’ll receive class-selection instructions in June.
  •  Kinesiology
  • All of your classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • You may also add CHEM 120 Lab (optional) online beginning July 9th.
  • You'll receive course information in June.

Faculty of Arts

Class selection process

  • Arts and Business
  • Honours Arts
  • Social Development Studies
  • Depending on your program, you'll need to select some or all of your classes online beginning July 9th.
  • Follow the instructions for your specific program in the Arts New Student Guide included in your offer package.
  • You'll receive class-selection instructions in June.
  • Course-selection tutorials are available in July.
  • For more details, read the Faculty of Arts information for admitted students.
  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • All of your classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • Check your schedule online beginning July 9th.
  • Global Business and Digital Arts
  • Some of your classes are selected and reserved for you; others you select online beginning July 9th.
  • You'll receive class-selection instructions in June.
  • For more details, read the Faculty of Arts information for admitted students.
  • Computing and Financial Management
  • Follow the class-selection process for programs in the Faculty of Mathematics.
  • Independent Studies
  • You'll plan your courses in consultation with your advisor
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Faculty of Engineering

Class selection process

  • Architecture
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geological Engineering
  • Management Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechatronics Engineering
  • Nanotechnology Engineering
  • Systems Design Engineering
  • All of your classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • Check your schedule online beginning July 9th.
  • Use Quest only to check your schedule – you'll be enrolled in the correct classes automatically.

Software Engineering

Class selection process

  • Software Engineering
  • All of your classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • Check your schedule online beginning July 9th.
  • Use Quest only to check your schedule – you'll be enrolled in the correct classes automatically.

Faculty of Environment

Class selection process

  • Environment and Business
  • Planning
  • All of your classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • Check your schedule online beginning July 9th.
  • Environment and Resource Studies
  • Geography and Aviation
  • Geography and Environmental Management
  • Geomatics
  • International Development
  • Knowledge Integration
  • Some of your classes are selected and reserved for you; others you select online beginning July 9th.
  • You'll receive class-selection instructions in June.

Faculty of Mathematics

Class selection process

  • Bioinformatics
  • Business Administration (WLU) and Computer Science (Waterloo) Double Degree
  • Business Administration (WLU) and Mathematics (Waterloo) Double Degree
  • Computational Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Computing and Financial Management
  • Mathematics
  • Mathematics/Business Administration
  • Mathematics/Chartered Accountancy
  • Mathematics/Financial Analysis and Risk Management
  • Follow the instructions on the First Year in Math Course Enrollment Guide website.The guide for 2012 will be available in June.
  • Check your schedule online on Quest beginning July 9th.

Faculty of Science

Class selection process

  • Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy
  • Biotechnology/Economics
  • Environmental Science
  • Honours Science
  • Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences
  • Science and Aviation
  • Science and Business
  • Your required classes are selected and reserved for you.
  • You select other classes (electives) online beginning July 9th.
  • You'll receive class-selection instructions in June.

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Required first-year classes

Faculty of Applied Health Sciences

  • Health Studies
  • Kinesiology
  • Recreation and Leisure Studies

Faculty of Arts

  • Accounting and Financial Management
  • Computing and Financial Management
    • Please see Faculty of Mathematics for course selection information.
  • Honours Arts
  • Arts and Business
  • Independent Studies
    • You'll plan your courses in consultation with your advisor.
  • Social Development Studies

Faculty of Engineering

  • Architecture
  • All other programs

Software Engineering

  • Software Engineering

Faculty of Environment

  • Environment and Business
  • Environment and Resource Studies
  • Geography and Aviation
  • Geography and Environmental Management
  • Geomatics
  • International Development
  • Knowledge Integration
  • Planning

Faculty of Mathematics

  • All programs, including Computing and Financial Management
    • Information about required courses for programs in the Faculty of Mathematics is included on the First Year in Math course enrollment guide website.

Faculty of Science

  • Biotechnology/Chartered Accountancy
  • Biotechnology/Economics
  • Environmental Science
  • Honours Science
  • Life Sciences
    • Biochemistry
    • Biology
    • Biomedical Sciences
    • Psychology
  • Physical Sciences
    • Chemistry
    • Earth Sciences
    • Mathematical Physics
    • Medicinal Chemistry
    • Physics
  • Science and Aviation
  • Science and Business

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Select/check your classes online using Quest

Bookmark www.quest.uwaterloo.ca. Quest is Waterloo's online enrollment and student information system.

  • If you'll be selecting any of your classes yourself, you'll receive class-selection instructions in June.
  • If you're transferring from a college or another university, you'll need to find out which transfer credits you've received before you select your classes.
    • Review the transfer credit assessment information in the next step for applicants for details.
  • July 9-22, 2012 is the time reserved for first-year students to use Quest.
  • From July 23rd on, you may still select classes in what is called the Open Enrollment period.
    • At this time, all Waterloo students will have access to Quest to select classes and make changes to their schedules.

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