Course Registration

In your first year. you are required to take four to six half-credit courses from graduate classes relevant to your program. It is expected that you will take two half-credit courses in each contributing discipline.

Courses in research methods and/or statistics may also be required depending on your background.

You are permitted to take up to two directed studies courses either at Dalhousie or at another institution with a completed IDPhD Directed Reading Form (see our Forms and Guides page). 

How to register for courses

• Log in to Dal Online and select 'Web for Students'.
• Within 'Web for Students' select the link 'Registration' and then 'Add/Drop'.

You are encouraged to register early; there is a "last day to register" in each term, usually two weeks after term begins - please check these dates in the current academic calendar. Missing the registration deadline means you then must complete an add/drop form (see our Forms and Guides page) to have your registration done manually by the Faculty of Graduate Studies, and a late fee will be applied to your student account.

You must also keep your mailing address up to date in Dal Online. If there is a change, please also send an email with your new address to idphd@dal.ca to ensure our records are updated.

Course Registration Numbers

You will need to know the Course Registration Number (CRN) for each course you wish to take. The CRN is the bolded 5-digit number found beneath each class number in the academic timetable.

You must register for the course REGN 9999 in every term (Fall, Winter, Summer) in addition to courses, comprehensives, or thesis.

See the bottom of our Forms and Guides page for the CRNs for common courses for which IDPhD students are registered.

Classes offered by the Interdisciplinary PhD program are denoted with the course code: INTE. They can be found in the Academic Timetable under 'Interdisc Studies (Graduate)'.

INTE 7000 — Interdisciplinary Directed Studies
INTE 7005 — Research Proposal Directed Studies
INTE 9530 — Doctoral Thesis

Tips for using the Academic Timetable:

• Always be sure you're looking at the correct term. Sometimes the screen will default to summer classes when you're interested in the fall or winter terms.
• Graduate student classes are 5000-level classes and up. You may not take undergraduate classes.
• Many classes have restrictions on them - meaning that only students with specific prerequisites or in specific programs can register. If you cannot register for a course that you want, you will need to contact the professor of the course directly. Explain why you need to take the class and if they give you permission to do so, they will provide you an override which will allow you to register for the course.