Operating logic of course registration in Sisu

Sisu has the following operating logic when you register for courses:

1. Add a course to your primary study plan on the Structure of studies-page.
2. Schedule your studies on the Timeline-page.
   • You can register for courses even without scheduling them. However, scheduling them will make it easier for you to see your upcoming courses. More detailed instructions on using the timeline are available here.
3. Use the Registration-page to choose the teaching you wish to attend and register for it. 

Registration for courses

1. Open the Structure of studies page. 
2. Check to see that the courses you are registering for are in your primary study plan.
   • Update the course versions, if necessary. You can do so at the banner ‘Your study plan includes courses that have a version available for the current curriculum period. View courses to update.’ 
3. Go to the Registration page.
   • If you have more than one right to study, specify which right to study you will use to register for the courses you want. 
4. Choose the courses you want to take under the heading Courses to be completed and selection of course unit. 
5. After making your selection, go to Register and click the Register button for your chosen courses. The button is at the bottom of the registration box. 
6. Make your teaching group selections and answer any registration questions in the window that opens.
   • If attendance in all the teaching groups of a course is mandatory, Sisu automatically displays them as selected.
   • If the course has teaching groups that are not mandatory, select the groups that are suitable for you. Detailed instructions are below at ‘The course includes several teaching groups and students do not need to participate in every group’.
7. Click Confirm to complete your registration. 

Sisu will perform a registration calculation usually within about a minute after you have registered. When the page view is updated, you can see whether you met the conditions for registration and whether you are now admitted or are likely to be admitted based on Sisu’s calculations. For more information, see:
Viewing your registrations 

Changing course version

1. In your study plan, click the code (name) of the course you want to change.
2. The info sheet opens. Click version: zzzz-xxxx under the name of the course.
3. A list opens and you can choose the current academic year.
4. A blue banner appears in the top of the screen, confirm your selection from ”Switch to this version”.

Additional information for changing the version of a minor, an equivalent course, or master studies: Changing the version in your study plan

Detailed instructions: changing course version

If you have created your study plan according to a previous academic year, you will have the course versions of that particular academic year in your HOPS.  

1. Check according to which academic year you have created your study plan. You can see it under the name of your study plan. 
2. Vaihtaaksesi opintojakson version klikkaa opintojakson koodia. To change the version of the course, click the course code. The course information sheet will open. 
3. Under the course name and code in the top left corner, choose the ongoing academic year from the drop down menu. 
4. Sisu will inform you that "You are now looking at a version of the course that is not in your study plan. Use this version."
5. Click the link Use this version.
6. Move to the Completion methods-tab and choose your completion method by clicking Select method. 
7. After choosing the completion method you will be able to choose the teaching you want to participate in, and move to registering via the Registration-page. 

Registration-page

On the Registration-page you can choose how you want to complete the courses you have added to your study plan and register for course implementations. You can also see an overall view of all your registrations. 

Selection of course unit

• Here you can see the courses that are in your primary study plan, for which you have not yet chosen the implementation (teaching).
• If you have scheduled the courses on yout Timeline, they will be in the scheduled order. Otherwise they are listed. 
• You can select an implementation by clicking Select implementation by the course. 
• If you have more than one stusy right, you can see the courses you have selected to the study plan according to the different study rights. 

Registration to implementations

Register-column

• Here you can see the implementations for which you have chosen the teaching you want to participate in but you have not yet completed the registration
• If the registration period is still ongoing .you will see a Register-button next to the implementation you have chosen

• If the registration period has not yet begun, you will see that information next to the implementation. 

Registrations being processed-column

• Here you can see the implementations that you have successfulyy registered to, but for which the registrations are still being processed. 
• Next to each implementation you will see an estimate of whether you would be accepted to the course, if the registration period were to end at this very moment. 
• If there are conditions to the registration that you do not fulfill, you will be informed next to the implementation. By clicking on the implementation you will see which conditions that are not being met. 

• You can modify you registration by clicking the Edit-button and cancel your registration by clicking Cancel.

Registration processed-colum

• Here you can see the registrations that have been processed.
• You will see whether you were accepted or not. 
• If the registration was not accepted but the registration period is still ongoing, you can register again.
• You can cancel your registration if you can see a Cancel-button
• You can modify you chosen teaching groups if you see a Edit group selections-button.
• You can drop the course if you can see a Withdraw from this course-button. 
• You can check ended or dropped courses by navigating to the Study calendar.  

Study calendar

If you want to check for possible overlaps between courses before registering, use the study calendar.

In the top right corner of the study calendar there are three tabs: Teaching not selected, Registration, and Finished and discontinued. 

In the Teaching not selected-tab you will find the courses that you have placed in your study plan but for which you have not yet chosen the teaching you want to participate in. You can register either through the Registration-page or through the Registration-tab in the study calendar. 

In the Registration-tab you will find all the teaching that you have selected and placed in your study plan and study calendar, and for which you have either not yet registered or already registered. 

In the Finished and discontinued-tab you will find all the teaching that has already finished, and courses you have dropped. If you have received a grade you will see it beside each course. 

Registering to raise your grade for a course you took in a previous year 

If you completed a course in a past academic year (e.g. 2023–2024) and you want raise your grade by retaking the course or a make-up exam for it in the next academic year (e.g. 2024–2025), do the following: 

1. Use the search function to find the course. 
2. Open the Search page to select the course from the course information sheet. 
3. Register for the course on the Registration page. 
4. You may receive an error message saying that the course is not in your HOPS plan and you cannot register for it.
   • This is because your HOPS contains a different version of the same course. Different versions of completed courses cannot be changed in HOPS. 
5. If Sisu cannot process your registration because the correct version of the course is not included in your HOPS study plan, write to Student Services at [email protected] and ask them to confirm your registration. 

If you register for a course by using the Search function, please note the following: 

• Sisu will first direct you to register for the course and then ask you to add the course to your study plan. However, if you change the order (add the course to your study plan before registering), Sisu will not remind you to register. In that case, go to the Registration page to make sure you are registered. 
• When you register via the Search function, the course you select is automatically added to the Add to the plan panel, which is on the left side of the Structure of studies tab. Instructions on that can be found here. 
• You need to choose a completion method that matches the course for which you have registered. This will ensure that Sisu can compile the course components automatically. Sisu does not check whether you selected the correct method of completion, so you need to do that yourself.